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One LinkedIn Tip … Don’t Be Me

One LinkedIn Tip --- Don't make this LinkedIn MistakeLinkedIn Mistake!

I am going to embarrass myself and admit to making a HUGE LinkedIn mistake early in my online business.

I look back to 2007 when I first opened my virtual doors. My website was live and I was waiting anxiously for the first paying client to grace my doors. LinkedIn was new and exciting. Social media was gaining in popularity and I was enthusiastically prepared to present myself to the world. Ah, the good ole days of anticipation, joy and even…

Embarrassment

I started my LinkedIn profile back in dark ages. Wow, I was so excited to get started and was thrilled to have an audience. Discovering groups was awesome and I started a Virtual Assistant’s Tips & Tricks group that grew to over 1,000 VAs. It was definitely a learning curve and remember so many faux pas back in those days. The poor people I imposed those LinkedIn mistakes on. One specific memory stands out and I was reminded of it today.

LinkedIn Mistake Confession

Now, for my duh moment, my pride bender and reality check. I was so full of myself that I thought since I had engaged with this audience and they knew me so well that surely someone would want to add a recommendation on my LinkedIn profile. I didn’t have any paying clients at that time, so I naively sent out requests to poor unsuspecting acquaintances, unashamedly asking them to recommend my services.

Most politely ignored my LinkedIn mistake (thank you so much for that), but I had one person who took me to task over the matter. They left no doubt in my mind that I had committed a social media crime and I was to be held accountable for my actions.

That left an indelible mark on me

Now when I receive requests for endorsements or recommendations on LinkedIn I have to chuckle. If I don’t personally know the person or have worked with them, I politely and discreetly click the delete button. Take the hint please, don’t be ME.

Don’t leave me blushing here alone

What has been your most memorable social media blunder?

September 18, 2013 By Lisa Olinda

Filed Under: Operations Management Tagged With: LinkedIn, linkedin endorsements, linkedin recommendations

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