Reducing LinkedIn notifications
This one is aimed at people who have quite a busy Notifications tab on LinkedIn. You can improve your LinkedIn experience by cutting down the number of unnecessary notifications you receive. There are various options for notifications control in the Settings & Privacy panel, but one approach that no one ever seems to talk about […]
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Among other topics, this week’s show is about LinkedIn voice notes. I love them! Postbag. Mark Lee voice note on spam comments. Full transcript. Who here is a fan of voice notes? I am and I’m going to be using them a lot more in the future. Welcome to episode 480 of the Informed podcast. Hi, everyone. I’m John Espirian, your host of the Informed podcast, and this […]
LinkedIn data archive
Did you know that you can download all your data from LinkedIn? Here’s how. Introduction. The data archive is the most robust way to get a copy of all your most important LinkedIn data. I recommend that active LinkedIn users back up their data at least a couple of times each year. If things ever […]
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Show notes. Is AI coming for all our jobs? That’s the main topic this week, with lots of resources for you to check out so you can work out on which side of the fence to fall. Postbag. Anon: How can I make my Featured items look the same size? Other topics in this week’s […]
LinkedIn chat group DMs
LinkedIn allows you to create direct message chat groups containing up to 50 people. Here’s some important things to know about them that goes beyond what LinkedIn tells us in the official help file on this topic.
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Show notes. This week’s show comes out early to remind you of this weekend’s price rise for the UpLift Live 26. We have an interview with our final speaker, the host of the Nudge podcast, Phill Agnew. Postbag. Ashley Leeds: Premium banner image buttons Caryn Yuen: Some experts say that sharing glimpses of your personal […]
LinkedIn banner dimensions
Personal profiles on LinkedIn include space at the top for a rectangular banner image, where you can promote yourself and your services. This is prime visual real estate. On desktop browsers, LinkedIn renders the banner at 1400×350 pixels. The dimensions are often reported as 1584×396 pixels but actually any image with a 4:1 ratio will […]
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Show notes. Being away for a week in Milan did wonders for people asking me questions for the show! Postbag. Richard G Abrahams: As a fiction author, given that time learning and using social media is time not spent writing and editing fiction, and given that LinkedIn is a business platform, is there really any […]
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This week we look at audio pronunciation on your profile. Postbag. Sara Gallagher: How can I realistically tell what advice is applicable to me, and what “works” because of the skewed sample but won’t in the broader LinkedIn universe? Does it just come down to trial and error? Illiya Vjestica is running a bonus UpLift […]
LinkedIn audio pronunciation
LinkedIn lets you record up to 10 seconds of audio on your profile to help people pronounce your name correctly. This post shows how it works and some examples of it in action. Introduction How to record an audio pronunciation Audio pronunciation examples Let’s wrap up Introduction. LinkedIn’s audio pronunciation feature is great for people […]
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Show notes. Main topic is how others can be your marketing department via their recommendations and video testimonials. Postbag Mark Lee: I’m wondering what would happen if I chose to start another newsletter on a different topic potentially of interest to a different subset of my connections. Do all my connections get notified of the […]
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Show notes. What is real and what is fake on LinkedIn? We’re looking at some fake accounts this week. Postbag. Gillian Whitney voice note Can anything be done to stop DMs fragmenting when sending LinkedIn recommendations? LinkedIn security fake account Update on fake LinkedIn security accounts via Guy Strijbosch Where did all the Top Voices […]
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Happy New Year! Postbag. Hanne Møller – reposting your own post Caryn Yuen – hashtags I know LinkedIn has removed the ability to follow hashtags, but people can still use them. Some include hashtags within the body of their post to draw attention to certain words, while others add several at the end in a […]
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Show notes. What’s in your LinkedIn Year in Review? This is LinkedIn’s version of Spotify Wrapped. Postbag. Should a CTA be included in the headline? Caryn Yuen If the CTA is very short and part of a reasonably short overall headline, then that’s OK. Headlines that are too long won’t be read by humans, and if the intention of the text isn’t clear to the AI-powered LinkedIn search, that could do you harm. How to share achievements Famey Lockwood LinkedIn […]
LinkedIn Premium review
Here are some further thoughts about the value of LinkedIn Premium from 13 December 2025 on the Informed podcast episode 471: This is a completely rewritten update to a blog I wrote in 2021: see original Every time I run a LinkedIn training session, someone always asks whether it’s worth upgrading to a Premium account. […]
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Postbag. Does the industry setting matter on your profile? Christopher Johnson (voice note) LinkedIn industry options help page Fake accounts with similar headlines? LB Brittingham I’m searching for other experts supporting introverts and I keep coming across profiles with “introvert living in an industry of extroverts” or similar. Many seem like real accounts. Maybe it’s […]
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This week’s main topic looks at how many active accounts there are on LinkedIn. See my LinkedIn membership tracker, particularly the updated section titled “How many active users are on LinkedIn?” Postbag. What do you think of people customising their pronouns? In short, don’t do it! Do text-only posts perform less well than posts with […]
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Show notes. Postbag via Beth Kirk: Loving the informed podcast! I have a question around the proactive use of DMs to build relationships on LinkedIn. Do you have any top tips for people with established audiences please? — Look for opportunities to start conversations: birthdays, job changes — Look through your network to find key […]
LinkedIn personal profile analytics
This post looks at the analytics shown on personal profiles on LinkedIn. Which ones matter and what do the numbers mean? When you view your own profile on LinkedIn, you’ll see an Analytics panel near the top of the page, beneath the top card. This Analytics panel shows 3 items: Let’s review these in order: Profile […]
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Show notes. Thanks to Mark Williams for his kind farewell newsletter. Postbag. Other topics. Everyone is talking about algorithmic bias against women. I’m going to investigate. For now, see this LinkedIn Engineering blog post (20 November 2025) for the company’s response. A couple of text-plus-image posts: Starting a post with a short bit of quoted […]