Category: LinkedIn

• LinkedIn Spam

  I am sinking in spam. “Hi Mitch! I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn!” –Someone I’ve never heard of, but we might have mutual connections… Ok, I connect. Why? You can never know too many people professionally. From someone who has often been out of a job or between contracts, it is often…

  Mitch Garvis

  November 19, 2021

  Computer Based Training, LinkedIn, Spam, Training

• Do You People READ?

  “Hi Mitch, Looks like you run the marketing system over at Taos. I’m in a similar state here at Fannit; running marketing channels for both our clients and for ourselves. It can feel a bit like being on a treadmill, isn’t it? I’d like to connect and swap stories sometime.” I received this message this…

  Mitch Garvis

  March 22, 2019

  LinkedIn, Spam

• The 1%…

  Last year when people were occupying anything they could pitch a tent near we started hearing a lot about the 1%… the ones who control all of the wealth, the ones everyone else was supposed to be supported by.  I did some quick calculations after checking my banks account and credit card statements and realized…

  Mitch Garvis

  February 13, 2013

  Article, Career, LinkedIn

  Facebook, LinkedIn, Online Communities, Social Media, Social network, Twitter

• Office 2013 Social Connectors

  I was really excited when Microsoft released its Social Connectors for Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 (Outlook Social Connectors Make it Easier to Keep Track).  In Office 2013 they have, in my opinion, made them even better. For reasons that defy logic my main contact list (the one I have been maintaining since 1996) has 2,882…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 20, 2012

  Facebook, LinkedIn, Office, Office 2013, Outlook Social Connectors, Uncategorized

  Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Microsoft Outlook, Office 2013, Outlook, Outlook Social Connector, Twitter

• Social Media for Business… My thoughts.

  Recently Backbone Magazine’s Peter Wolchak asked the question on their LinkedIn group: Does social media actually benefit business? After reading a few of the responses from others I started answering the question from my point of view.  Once I realized that I was 750 words into my reply I realized it has to be a…

  Mitch Garvis

  November 6, 2011

  Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Twitter