Dani was kind enough to grant us another interview. In this episode she talks about social media, twitter, her blog, her on line comic My Sister the Freak and much, much more.

Here are a few of the many places you can find Dani:

• Blog
• Website
• My Sister The Freak
• Artcast Network
• Twitter
• Space Dock 7

Topics covered this episode:

• Inviting your friends and colleagues.
• Finding people on LinkedIn
• Using LinkedIn’s Search
• Setting up contact options
• Finding and Joining Groups
• Starting Groups
• The Creative Independence group on Linked In
• Job Search
• Job Posting
• Questions and Answers
• Setting up your company profile
• Polls
• Quick overview of the Account Settings

Have any tips that we missed in these two episodes? Please swing by the Linked In group and drop your answers in the Linked In Tips discussion there.

Feel free to swing by and connect with both Bob and Chris on LinkedIn, and while you’re at it, if you like the show, drop us a recommendation on our LinkedIn accounts.
http://linkedin.com/in/aithene
http://linkedin.com/in/bobostromstudio

The CI Group on Linked In:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2489632&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=%2Ehom

In Part 1 of our in-depth discussion on setting up yourself on Linked In, Bob and Chris walk through a number of key features including:

• Signing Up
• Setting up your Business Card
• Setting up your Profile
• Importing your contacts
• Requesting and Giving Recommendations
• Using your contacts to connect to colleagues and friends who are already on Linked In
• Using your contacts to invite friends and colleagues to join you on Linked In
• Tweetdeck integration w/ Linked In
• Multi Language profiles
• Custom URLs
• Linked In Applications

Coming up in Part 2 we will cover:

• Connections more in-depth including Searching, Browsing, Introductions and sending InMails
• Groups
• Questions & Answers
• Job Boards
• Company Pages
• Account Settings

]]> http://creativeindependence.net/2010/01/06/ci-211-learning-linked-in-part-1/feed/ 1 branding,Creative Independence,Freelance,freelancers,group,job hunting,linked in,self promotion,Social Media,tweetdeck Chris and Bob take a look at Linked In. This episode is the first in a two part series showcasing the many features available on Linked In.  Once you've listened to the show please visit Linked In and join the CI group . Chris and Bob take a look at Linked In. This episode is the first in a two part series showcasing the many features available on Linked In.  Once you've listened to the show please visit Linked In and join the CI group . Don't forget to let us know you heard us on the show. As always thanks for listening and Pod On. In Part 1 of our in-depth discussion on setting up yourself on Linked In, Bob and Chris walk through a number of key features including: Signing Up Setting up your Business Card Setting up your Profile Importing your contacts Requesting and Giving Recommendations Using your contacts to connect to colleagues and friends who are already on Linked In Using your contacts to invite friends and colleagues to join you on Linked In Tweetdeck integration w/ Linked In Multi Language profiles Custom URLs Linked In Applications Coming up in Part 2 we will cover: Connections more in-depth including Searching, Browsing, Introductions and sending InMails Groups Questions & Answers Job Boards Company Pages Account Settings Bob and Chris no 46:16 http://creativeindependence.net/2009/12/12/ci-210-burning-a-new-feed/ http://creativeindependence.net/2009/12/12/ci-210-burning-a-new-feed/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:47:10 +0000 Chris http://creativeindependence.net/?p=179 As Bob and I continue to roll out the new Creative Independence Network, we’ve reached a point where if we wanted to split the Creative Independence feed from the Answers for Freelancers! feed, that now would be the ideal time to do it. So, we did. Overall, things are looking good. iTunes has updated the feed to not only point to the new location, but the show is also indexed correctly in the iTunes directory. Our new site, also a bit on the bare-walls-and-no-paint side, is also up and functioning.

You may notice that this isn’t a standard WordPress install. Because we have multiple blogs that we want to keep up and running, and because we’d like to add more creatives to the contributors list moving forward, we’ve chosen to go forward with WordPress MU (multi-user). For the most part, it works much like the standard WordPress package, but it has a few differences in the back end.  We’ve also installed BuddyPress which will allow us more social media options moving forward, including starting groups, forums and the like as we choose to roll them out.

4 Main Areas of the Creative Independence Network pre-launch (and subject to change):

1. Creative Independence Podcast (you’re here right now).
2. Answers for Freelancers (currently archives. Might it continue as a show?!?) – http://answersforfreelancers.creativeindependence.net/
3. Bob’s CI blog – http://bobostromstudio.creativeindependence.net/
4. Chris’ “Aithene Multimedia” site http://aithene.creativeindependence.net/

We were also visited briefly by our old friend, Ken Perkins. Actually, he and Bob had been chatting on Skype when Bob called me to record this episode, so, we spent a few minutes just saying ‘hi’ and seeing what Ken was up to. Unfortunately, Ken wasn’t expecting to record, and forgot to use headphones, so you you can hear Bob and Me in the background, which means we couldn’t marry out audio up with Ken’s without getting a wicked echo effect, so we trimmed it down and just used Ken’s audio as it, which explains the quality of the opening.

That being said, if you want to catch up with Ken or see what he’s been working on lately, you can find his portfolio here – http://kenperkinscreative.com/. Its another great example of using Apple’s very simple to use photo gallery’s as a portfolio.

Please let us know if you experience any strangeness with our feed, or if you see any broken or unupdated feed listings on any directories. Thanks!

Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur, and acclaimed business consultant, talks to us about what happens when Freelancers are ready to start growing their business into a true company; the kind of business that allows the owner to touch the world in a way that is truly meaningful and allows him the freedom to pursue those interests, both inside and outside of work, that he feels are the most important.

If you have reached a point in your career where you are looking for this kind of growth, then this is an interview you don’t want to miss.

Freelancing is an idea that is full of romance and wonder; doing your own thing, anywhere you want, anytime you want. Traveling the world while creating your art, or working from home while watching your children grow up. Paying the bills when your ‘real job’ disappears. Freelancing presents itself as an ideal solution to many people under various circumstances, and if it didn’t work, people all over the world wouldn’t be doing it.

However, the very nature of freelancing is this: as guns for hire, we only make money when we are producing. This means that eventually we hit a threshold we cannot pass beyond, since we can only work so many hours, and we can only charge so much. Also, for most of us, as we get older, the number of people we are responsible for providing for keeps increasing. Finally, as creative individuals, most of us have all sorts of projects that we wish we could be working on, but our freelance duties keep us from accomplishing them. How do we move beyond this?

When its time for you to move beyond the pay-per-piece or pay-per-hour world of Freelancing, but you want to continue working as a independent artist, its time to get a fresh perspective on your business and what it will take to truly make the next phase of your career take flight. Our interview with Michael Gerber serves to open the door to this line of thinking, and we hope you will join us as we consider these new ideas.

Show Notes:

E-Myth Worldwide: http://www.e-myth.com/

In the Dreaming Room: http://inthedreamingroom.com/

Michael Gerber’s Manifesto: http://blog.inthedreamingroom.com/

E-Myth Revisited: Amazon.com

Also, make sure to follow up with us in our next episode as we discuss in more detail many of the ideas that Michael has presented in his book that we simply weren’t able to touch on in our interview.