Ever notice a glut of newsfeed updates from one of your LinkedIn connections?
If you’re a LinkedIn member, maybe you’ll recognize this:
“Joe Smith has an updated profile: Headline”
“Joe Smith has an updated profile: Specialties”
“Joe Smith has an updated profile: Headline, Experience”
“Joe Smith has a new photo”
Truth is, Joe probably doesn’t realize that every update he creates is being broadcast as an independent piece of information to his connections’ newsfeeds, potentially creating a river of independent announcements. (It seems to be especially true if Joe creates multiple updates across several days.)
Joe should know about the not-so-secret privacy setting permitting him to “Turn on/off [his] activity broadcasts.”
When I suggest that clients turn OFF activity broadcasts before making substantial profile changes, I always get this response:
:BIGGASP: “I had no idea, thank you! I don’t need to alert everyone about every update!”
As of today, here’s how Joe — and the rest of us — can turn off activity broadcasts while making substantive profile changes:
- Sign in to your LinkedIn account
- Hover over your name at the upper top right of the screen
- Click “Settings”
- Find “Privacy Controls” toward the center bottom of the page
- Click “Turn on/off your activity broadcasts” and follow directions
Voila! Now Joe — and all of us — can go about editing profile material without creating an update with every keystroke.
Joe shouldn’t forget to turn his activity broadcasts back ON, however. I suggest waiting until inputting the final profile touches, then turning on activity broadcasts to let your world know you have updates.
Until next time!
Jared Redick
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I agree. I haver been doing that all along. One question? After I makee all the profile changes, such as a career change or whatever, how long should I wait before I turn Activity Broadcasts back on? I hace made connections to 30 – 50 people in the last month along with profile changes. I do not want all of the last month updates to appear.