Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users

By John EspirianBusiness Education Self-Improvement Marketing

Informed: the podcast for LinkedIn® users episodes

August 01 498. "Seems like AI slop"
Postbag
Mark Lee and Jeremy Freeman sent voice notes about where to get official LinkedIn info and change logs.
"Seems like AI slop" is a new feature on LinkedIn posts viewed in the main feed.
Update on collaborative posts
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
14 min
July 10 497. Collaborative posts
Voice note from Gillian Whitney on out-of-network content viewers
Voice note from Mary Wu on profile URLs, plus some feedback on limiting posts
Get your ticket to UpLift Live Nano Bristol for Thursday 17 September
Collaborative posts
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
11 min
July 03 496. Post visibility
Postbag
Nigel Cliffe voice note on limiting your post visibility
Ashley Leeds voice note on automation tools
Lionel Guerraz on connecting with your company's CEO
Caryn Yuen on link display in comments
To see what proportion of your network is seeing your posts, go to the Content performance panel in your profile analytics. I've reached about a quarter of a million people in the past year, but only 38% of them are 1st connections or followers.
WhatsApp usernames are now available to reserve
Open the app, go to Settings | Account | Username to reserve yours.
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
12 min
June 20 495. Creator Marketplace and company page collaborations
Postbag
Lionel Guerraz voice note about content reach
Come to UpLift Live Nano Bristol on 17 September 2026 – a chance to ask your LinkedIn questions direct to me and get yourself a live LinkedIn profile review!
Creator Marketplace and company page collaborations
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
9 min
June 11 494. GIFs and games
Voice notes with feedback from Nigel Cliffe and Meena McDonald
Native GIF support in LinkedIn comments
Wend game
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
9 min
June 06 493. Who is looking at your content?
Discovery analytics for in and out of network viewers
Should you comment on content where you don't expect to reply?
Why you shouldn't delete AI comments on your posts
Why you shouldn't use "comment X to get Y"
Video tab arrives on mobile
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
13 min
May 30 492. More about AI, plus the Video tab returns
More chat about AI on LinkedIn, plus the return of a feature in the mobile app.
Postbag
Trevor Lambert about AI
Ross Thorpe about AI – check out Rooverse
Ashley Leeds about profile URLs
Trudy Pannekeet about group DMs
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Video tab returns to UK, Australia & Canada
Connect button on mobile prompts for a note
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
16 min
May 23 491. AI slop and glitches on LinkedIn
Postbag
Judi Radice Hays: feedback on birthdays
Jeremy Freeman: LinkedIn newsletters
Kathie York: Since LinkedIn likes to see engagement within the first hour of a post, is it still bad form to be the first commenter? One reason I ask: having a link in a post hurts our 'reach.' What are the rules, now, for placing the link in a comment we create? And what happens to that comment if someone reposts our post?
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875 LinkedIn employees (5% of workforce) sacked!
Is AI slop really going away? We need a "report as AI" feature!
"Nonconsensual intimate imagery" warnings.
How to find the date and time of any post or comment on LinkedIn: see my free tool at jesp.me/date
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
13 min
May 12 490. Should you change your posting schedule and topics on LinkedIn?
What happens when you need to change your plans?
Postbag
Lionel Guerraz: commenting and its effects on topic authority.
Judith Rafferty: how do we deal with birthdays on LinkedIn?
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The main topic is about changing your schedule on LinkedIn and whether it's OK to post about different topics.
About statement previews are now 6 lines long on mobile. Desktop previews are still 4 lines long.
UpLift Live Nano Bristol: our conference's little brother event is on Thursday 17 September 2026 at The Watershed in Bristol. Come to learn about LinkedIn and network. You get lunch, and if you're brave I'll review your LinkedIn profile in front of the room. Use code EARLY10 for a £10 discount until the end of May. Standard price is £59.
I'm off to Creator Day in Poole this week. See you there?
Off-topic food post
Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
15 min
May 02489. LinkedIn member stats via Microsoft
New membership figures for LinkedIn are out. Let's take a look at the stats for this quarter.
Postbag
Richard G Abrahams on post impressions.
Steve Messenger on comments being turned off on every post.
Lynnaire Johnston on verification concerns.

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LinkedIn member results via Microsoft.
I signed up for Premium All-in-One.
Comments reduced from 1250 to 1000 characters.

Solo and small business owners: join the Espresso+ community to improve your LinkedIn and online presence. Find out more at jesp.me/join
Support the show: Informed is not sponsored, so all production and hosting is self-funded. To make a small donation, go to jesp.me/informed-tip – thanks!
19 min