LinkedIn’s Business PLUS NEW UI, what do you think?
LinkedIn is busy rolling out a new
Business Plus UI. It is here for some of us. They are mainly rolling it out in
the USA first and then around the world.
In
this blog it will be about what the new features are with the new LinkedIn
Business Plus UI, what we find can benefit us and what we think we could do
without. The reason why LinkedIn changed their UI is because they are wanting
it to be more aligned with their mobile app. If you are a heavy LinkedIn mobile
app user, you will probably find it easier to just jump between the two.
New LinkedIn
UI homepage, on the left their will be a little snapshot of your profile. It
has a small picture of your background image, your profile picture, your name,
your professional headline, “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” and who has engaged
with your articles and content.
In
the middle of the home page you can see that the “share an article, photo or
update” is on one line. The “publish an article” is on the second line (as
compared to “share an update” on the left, “upload a photo” in the middle, and
“write an article” on the right).
The
only other feature (other than ads) on the homepage is the timeline. It looks
pretty similar to the old timeline and your updates. What
used to be the old profile section is now accessed through “Me”. You will
also now access your privacy settings, your help settings as well as managing
your premium account from this link.
The
new Background Image is a different dimension: 1536 x 738. Your photo is
smaller and circular. Your professional headline is centered on the page,
and people need to click “see more” on your summary to see more. You can no
longer move your profile sections, which to me is a negative.
There
are also changes when you look at other people’s profiles. The background image
is a little different, the contact information of the profile you are looking
at is to the right and the websites for your personalized LinkedIn URL can no
longer be customized.
If
you want to share a profile, remove a connection, block or report someone,
unfollow someone, or request a recommendation that is all up on the top
right-hand side – you just have to click on the three little dots. Very similar
to the LinkedIn mobile app. Message is still in the middle of the profile
header and Posts are still there too
In
the free LinkedIn account there is no more tagging to be done. All the tagging
is gone. You know only have 2 options for your connections and that is either
to message them or block them. Unless you have Sales Navigator, which tagging
can be done there. LinkedIn is very much so trying to get customers to convert
over to Sales Navigator. Another thing is that they have taken away many of the
advanced searches, this can only be done in Sales Navigator now.
At
this time eLink Pro is working with the new LinkedIn UI, unlike Dux-Soup,
Autopilot for LinkedIn and LinMailPro.
http://elink-pro.com