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At LinkedIn we are focused on helping our members be more productive and successful on a daily basis. Your participation and that of your trusted connections is key to making this possible, whether you’re posting a job opportunity to your network or someone in your network is sharing ideas and feedback to your question. Millions of these interactions are happening everyday across the LinkedIn home page, Groups discussions, Company Pages, LinkedIn Today, and more. How many times have you asked a peer or a colleague for a product or service recommendation? Imagine if we can make the advertising that you see on LinkedIn as relevant, timely, and useful by surfacing the wisdom of your network at the appropriate times. That’s why we recently announced changes to our privacy policy around how member actions may be shared with others. We’re excited to announce today that we plan to roll out changes to the advertising platform across LinkedIn which will surface actions from your network, like r...

Every month on InDay we’re encouraged to take a break from our normal work routines to focus on doing something completely different – something that will help change our own perspectives and perhaps the lives of others. I can honestly say that June’s “play-themed” InDay succeeded for me on both fronts. Let me explain. Recently, my 7-year-old daughter, Siena, asked me if we could have a “kids day” at my work. I asked around, and before I knew it, my day job in Sales had temporarily morphed into chief event planner for LinkedIn’s first “Bring Your Kids to Work Day” at our Mountain View campus. Thankfully, helped by a long list of ideas from my daughter, the Employee Experience Team of Brooke Lopez and Connie Wang , and a team of 50 enthusiastic volunteers from across the company, the day took on a life of its own. Over 200 kids participated in a range of activities that were educational, inspirational and most of all – fun. Click to view slideshow. Our morning was geared toward learni...

This guest post is by Richard Adams of WordPress Traffic Explosion . Whilst it’s easy to get excited about crafting your latest blog post it’s far less likely you’ll be kept awake at night thinking about your blog’s Contact page. Indeed many bloggers don’t even bother to add a Contact page to their blog at all—but this can be a big mistake. As you’re about to discover, when contact pages are done right, they can become one of the most important parts of your entire blog… The importance of your contact page Image copyright kpwerker, licensed under Creative Commons A key blogging concept that sets it apart from running a standard static website is the “community” element. Blogs are built for discussion and networking and any blog worth its salt will have a group of like-minded subscribers reading and contributing on a regular basis. In the same vein, your Contact page is just one more way to interact with your blog visitors. Here are just a few of the many types of email you mig...

This guest post is by Norbert Figueroa of GloboTreks. For many, keeping a blog is a full-time commitment, especially if you want to keep your readers active and engaged with what you have to say.  This often means spending long hours day after day creating content, commenting, promoting, and networking with other bloggers. Copyright Ilja Mašík - Fotolia.com Then the time comes when you need a small break to step back and relax.  A vacation sounds nice, right?  But, will taking that time off have a negative effect on your blog?  Will you lose your readers or will your traffic die during your trip?  Will it set you a few steps back on all the work you’ve achieved so far? The answer is, not necessarily; and the key is preparation. Since you won’t want to spend your entire trip keeping up with the blog, or since there’s a chance you might travel somewhere with unreliable internet connection or no internet at all, you have to know how to prepare beforehand in order to keep your blog as acti...

This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures . You’ve probably heard that you should put some of your personality into your blogging. And you know that stories are a great way to engage readers—to capture not just their attention, but their hearts as well. Perhaps some of your favorite bloggers are people like Naomi Dunford or Johnny B. Truant or Pace and Kyeli Smith —folks who write from the heart, who are open and honest, and who make you feel that you know them. You want your blog to be like that too. The problem is, it’s easy to get personal stories wrong. And a blog that’s too “me me me” can be a total turn-off for readers. They might not even read a full post before getting bored and clicking away. Copyright Anatoly Tiplyashin - Fotolia.com Readers are put off by… 1. Stories that have no point If you can’t think of what to post about, don’t just ramble about your life story or write about your day. Just as with any blog post—or any piece of writing—readers will expect some s...

This guest post is by Martyn of Two Hour Blogger . It does not take long to write. It does not take long to read. It forces you to write efficiently. It increases the number of comments. It makes you stand out. It gets spread a lot. It builds your audience. Get more from Martyn at Two Hour Blogger . Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Why Your Next Post Should Be a Short One Generated by BlogIt BlogIt - Auto Blogging Software for YOU!