Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

Catching up on the last 5 weeks of LinkedIn™️

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Mark Williams returns from his wedding trip to Fiji and reveals LinkedIn has quietly broken its connection with Twitter.

Mark Williams opens the episode by explaining his five-week absence, during which he traveled to New Zealand, Fiji, and Singapore and got married. He acknowledges that listeners only interested in LinkedIn might find less value due to personal content. Williams states he received updates from John Esperian about LinkedIn changes during his break. He discusses LinkedIn breaking its connection with Twitter/X, preventing profile links from functioning. Company pages now have a featured section and a new competitor analysis tool, which Williams critiques using data from Michaela Alexis's page. He shares frustrations with LinkedIn's messaging system, particularly voice message glitches and missed messages from Gillian Whitney and Sandra Long. Williams plays Sandra Long's voice message disagreeing with his negative view of collaborative articles, prompting him to reassess their improved Q&A format. He notes a new notification feature for popular posts from employees of followed companies. LinkedIn is removing all existing profile videos on December 14th, which Williams criticizes for poor communication. Premium members now have a custom badge feature that appears in content, though he questions its logic. Verification is expanding to Brazil and Australia but not Europe. LinkedIn reached one billion members, with about 37% monthly active users. Image posts no longer have a nine-image limit, though the creation process remains clunky. Polls can now be scheduled. A change prevents editing surnames when tagging users in comments. The most significant update is LinkedIn restricting free accounts to only 10 personalized connection invites per month, which Williams strongly opposes as anti-user. After the LinkedIn segment, Williams shares detailed travel stories from New Zealand, including visits to Auckland, Taupo, Wellington, and the South Island, and describes his wedding in Fiji amidst a cyclone.

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A loose return that still lands when Mark gets into LinkedIn's smaller product shifts.

Mark Williams returns after about six weeks away from the microphone and spends the episode catching up on his recent trip and LinkedIn. The arc moves from his wedding and travel through New Zealand, Fiji and Singapore into collaborative articles and a company-page notification…

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When LinkedIn gets a little weirdly specific, this is your catch-up with the updates.

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