Do You Check The LinkedIn News Feed?

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John Honovich
•Dec 20, 2017
IPVM

Please vote inside. I am trying to better understand what percentage of people check the LinkedIn news feed. By this, I mean the updates that show on one's LinkedIn home page, e.g.:

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Undisclosed Integrator #1
•Dec 20, 2017

Multiple times a day.  Same as IPVM, Apple News (news feed configured), stock watch, Facebook etc. 

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Undisclosed #2
•Dec 20, 2017

I almost never check my linkedIn 'feed' any more - primarily because I find little actual value in the ruminations of self-proclaimed thought leaders... which LinkedIn seems rife with.

There are a few interesting stories on occasion - and I might read one if the headline is appropriately enticing.  But most of the stuff I see is self-help, 'how to overcome X' tips and tricks that I find to be mostly banal drivel.

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Brad Peterson
•Dec 21, 2017
In reply to Undisclosed #2

Hey #2, good word...banal.  Had to look that one up.  :-)

 

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Undisclosed #2
•Dec 21, 2017
In reply to Brad Peterson

I got the 2017 edition for Christmas last year.

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Undisclosed #4
•Dec 21, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to Undisclosed #2

Must take care when speaking not to mispronounce, lest your smart points get taken away and then some ;)

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Hal Bennick
•Dec 20, 2017
Trafficware, a CUBIC Company

I'm a big fan of LinkedIn, personally.  I got my first 400k view post a few days ago...

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John Honovich
•Dec 20, 2017
IPVM
In reply to Hal Bennick

Hal,

What has the practical benefit / impact of that post been? Also, please share a link to it.

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Undisclosed #4
•Dec 21, 2017
IPVMU Certified
In reply to John Honovich

Maybe this one?

But I’m not sure as I don’t see reads, just ~4k likes.

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Hal Bennick
•Dec 21, 2017
Trafficware, a CUBIC Company
In reply to John Honovich

Practical benefit?  Not sure yet.  I really just started using it more actively a few weeks ago.  I was going through a very challenging time, dealing with several health issues with my youngest son, and I kinda' just wanted to try to encourage someone else.  Paying it forward, kind of thing.  The personal branding might help me in the future?  I did get like 6000 profile views, so I guess that's something.  I was also shocked at how may people took the time to send me a message to thank me.  All in all, I'm not sure if the benefit is practical or not...

 

I looked this morning, and the total views were only 335k, so I'm going to need to keep shooting for 400k.  Optimistic memory....

104k views: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6346713284313522176/

305k views: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6336589253211930624/

335k views:  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752/

 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6338065932107210752300

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Ahmed Elsayed
•Dec 20, 2017

I like today’s LinkedIn and the opportunity to interact with other professionals.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
•Dec 20, 2017

We have assigned one person in our small office to check all LikedIn posts.  Reduces time demands.

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Christopher Freeman
•Dec 21, 2017

Dont Use as they became the how to see your competition site and see what there all about site.

no real value

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Ari Erenthal
•Dec 21, 2017
Chesapeake & Midlantic

About 60% of the stuff in my LinkedIn news feed is drivel, but the other 40% more than makes up for it. 

I abandoned Twitter some time ago, when the signal to noise ratio got too high. I don't miss it. 

I get a lot of good information on Facebook, because I follow the technician oriented groups. There isn't a lot of good business related content on Facebook, I guess because technicians tend to be younger and use Facebook more. 

I'm in a few WhatsApp groups to chat with European and Middle Eastern technicians (it's less popular in the US). Again, that content is usually technician oriented, and limited to "look at this sensor, how do I fix it?" 

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Undisclosed #2
•Dec 21, 2017
In reply to Ari Erenthal

"I abandoned Twitter some time ago, when the signal to noise ratio got too high. I don't miss it."

You can control that SNR by simply not following those that produce most of the noise.

I prefer the one on one (and sometimes more) interaction with those that I follow on Twitter vs all the blog posters on LinkedIn trying to position themselves as thought leaders because they believe the current day marketing/branding self-proclaimed gurus mantra.

Twitter seems more authentic to me.

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Undisclosed
•Dec 21, 2017

wading past all the noise where people presume linkedin is a resume posting service makes it mostly useless.  I do check my news feed just in case something of value sneaks by.  Signal-to-noise and signal-not-seen-elsewhere scores are terrible. (And now that Linkedin is owned by Microsoft we're evacuating as we can to avoid having the Office365 monster join the Google monster in presuming it can harvest us all like battery chargers in the matrix...)

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