You read that right. Me and LinkedIn are through! Not by choice but by force. LinkedIn been acting funny and I decided it was not for me anymore…
Initially, it started with my views going down significantly in the last couple of weeks. At first this was strange given that I had consistently been getting very high views for the last six months. Thousands of views now went down to just hundreds in the last few weeks. Could it have been because I was posting less? Perhaps. But it felt very much like I was being shadow banned and LinkedIn was hating on me.

As you can imagine, the lack of views affected my engagement. Now I don’t get a huge amount of engagement on LinkedIn since I am fairly new to the platform (six months newbie here) but I was slowly building up my followers and I had a few regulars liking our posts. But what got us was those regulars suddenly disappeared and I no longer saw them. Or was it they no longer saw me? Who knows….

The final straw is that I reported someone’s repost of a post I made yesterday and it flagged my account and now my account is restricted. Multiple messages along with tickets have been sent to LinkedIn Customer Support but to no avail. It’s like a merry go around of sending in tickets and then verification of id details page comes up but no ability to submit any identification. Or my sign-in page gets stuck on the Security Check screen. It’s like LinkedIn is playing with me. My vigilance caused my own account to get flagged, LOL! And now the universe doesn’t want me to get back with LinkedIn.

It wouldn’t be so bad if I had not just advertised for a job on LinkedIn. There was plenty of interest during the three day trial when I posted the position but now I am unable to reach those applicants because of the account restriction. It’s frustrating but it taught me a hard lesson. Never rely on social media to do business. Get that customer data immediately and take the communication off the platform. The platform is just there to assist with the connection not to be the main form of communication. You never know when the platform will shut you down. It can happen due to anything they consider an infraction. Whether they are right or not doesn’t matter, the results are the same; you can’t reach your business connections. So, it’s crucial that you get their contact information ASAP so you can continue to connect with them online elsewhere.
Thank God, I have contact information for all my business connections. Otherwise, this would be another sad story of an entrepreneur having to start over because of some mishap on a social media platform. I always feel bad for those creators who are so distraught about having lost access to their account and then forced to create a new one to regain access to their connections. Good thing I am not a content creator and am not dependent on my followers. LinkedIn and I can take some time apart and see other people. It’s all good. If my account ever gets restored in the future, maybe I will give LinkedIn another chance but if not, I will be just fine without it. My peace won’t be disturbed because of a social media platform. I can make do without LinkedIn being a part of my life. It didn’t make or break me before…

There’s nothing wrong with connecting on social media. Social media makes communication more accessible and attainable and allows you to have a wider reach. However, never put all your eggs in one basket and only use social media to communicate with those you connect with. Be sure you have other ways to access your business connections to keep the communication going. This assurance will make you more resilient if and when a social media platform you are on decides to cancel your account because now you have a back-up plan.

Remember, social media is a tool not a replacement for good communication in business. Don’t ever over-rely on social media.
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Connect with us on email at [email protected] or text at 1-877-892-8868 if you want to learn more about the Wite Collar platform. We also have office hours today between 1-2 pm EST if you want to meet with us and ask questions.

See you soon,
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Kira ~ Wite Collar app co-founder

“People don’t fear the price, they fear the risk” ~ John Diaz (LinkedIn)

When I saw this post on LinkedIn, this answered a question I had been pondering for some time.

When people don’t jump on your business offers, it makes you feel like a failure. You question your business, yourself, what is wrong with you that people don’t see the value in what you’re doing?

Should you lower your prices? What adjustments should you make to create a more attractive offer? Are you doing enough to grow your business and make it a success?

But most likely, it is not the price that’s the issue…it’s the perceived risk by the customer.

If your business is not a recognized brand, if you are not a recognized brand, people assume that your offer is not going to live up to their expectations.
Doesn’t matter how good your product is, people assume that it has no value and because of that, they don’t want to pay for your offer.

We are not marketing specialists so this business has been a grassroots build with a small community of folks we have met that see our vision.
We are not clout chasers and we are not the popular kids in school. We are the late bloomers who have finally blossomed and through that transformation, learned our purpose in our 40’s. We want to share our product with the world but recognize that in the world we live in today, social media is KING and we are not dominating in that space…yet.

We are hoping that once things get going, that word of mouth will spread about what we do, which in turn will make our offer more appealing. Hopefully, people will become less skeptical about investing their time and money into our services once they have social proof. In the meantime, we plan to keep going.
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We advise that if you are in our position, you do the same…