Secrets about LinkedIn Invitations to connect!

Have you ever wondered about the limitations on the invitations you send for growing your network on the most popular professional networking platform: Linkedin?!

The following are some facts from the LinkedIn experts:

- Maximum number of of 1st-degree connections: 30,000 connections.
- Number of people who can follow you is unlimited.
- Your ability for sending invitations is limited , if many of your invitations are ignored or rejected. Attention!
- Invitations validity: 
    * 6 months for LinkedIn members.
    * 2 weeks for non-LinkedIn members.

Inviting or Connecting with People on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/118?query=sending%20invitations%20to%20connect

Managing sent invitations\Withdrawing an invitation: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62008?query=checking%20pending%20invitations

Controlling who can send you invitations: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/70

References:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/69689
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/4800/invitation-limitations?lang=en
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/26
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/119?query=invitation%20validitiy

This information is as of 20th Sep, 2017, and since the platform is continuously evolving, it is advised to refer to the Linked help or support for the latest updates.

Tip: DOE on job postings

DOE: Dependent on Experience

This is usually associated with the expected salary figure

Tip: To mind your Ps and Qs

That is to be polite; hence, to consider saying the words: Please  and Thank you.


That's actually both an English and a Business communication tip, beside being an English idiom.

English Language Tip: Fortnight

It is an old English term used as a unit of time equals 14 days or 2 weeks.


Just a note to be careful because it is sometimes used in business referring to salaries, pay periods, social security benefits, or during task scheduling activities. 

Tip, SharePoint 2010: Easier way to change Date &Time list column types into Date Only

The normal way (Through SharePoint website)

The easy way (Through SharePoint Designer application)

Microsoft SharePoint Designer --> Open Site --> Lists and Libraries --> Select a specific list --> Edit list columns --> Filter column Type (Select Date and Time)

Double click to open column editor (right click to open Column settings, Same Dialog!!! ) --> change Display format into Date only

Forget about: Dear Sir or Madame, ....

Whenever I start a communication addressing someone whom I do not know, the first and easiest thing that comes to my mind is to address it to something like:

Dear Sir or Madame, ...

However, by experience and I mean it by personal experience, it is the first and easiest opening that makes the impression for the recipient that  the content is important, for the simple reason that the sender is a complete stranger who does not know the least about me whether I am a male or a female!

I can suggest that usually a very little search about the recipient will highly improve the efficiency for the communication, and in the very rare situations where the least about the recipient can not be concluded; a better alternative would be using the recipient title like:

Dear Agent,
Dear Chief....,
Dear IT specialist,

Tip: Opening Internet Properties without opening Internet Explorer

Although the Internet Options dialogue box appears as a implicit component within the Internet Explorer, it can be called separately without the need even to open the browser. This is very helpful especially if you are using a laptop like me, and within the office you need to enable  the proxy settings and to disable it every time you are out of the office. Moreover, knowing that most other applications read from that place for the proxy settings, it appears to me as a very handy shortcut.

Tip: Creating Apple ID without entering credit card information

1) Start from the App Store from your device.

2) Try to install a free application.

3) When prompted to enter your Apple ID, select the option for creating a new account.

4) Fill in your information. Moreover, you will find an option for the payment which is "None". 

This option is unavailable when you try to create your Apple ID the regular way through the website.


The following are the detailed instructions from Apple knowledge base:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534

Microsoft Outlook: Restoring the envelope icon in the taskbar after hiding it

File --> Options --> Mail --> Show an envelope icon in the taskbar

Snapshot for Microsoft Outlook 2013

Tip: Prevent iOS 7 annoying Control Center from displaying while scrolling

This has been an issue since I upgraded to iOS 7.0; whenever I scroll, especially in full screen within the browser, the Control Center is annoyingly displayed without my intention to do. This is really a concern especially on small iPhone screens.

Workaround: Disable Control Center access within the applications.

Tip (MS Excel): To skip empty cells

To skip empty cells and to get directly to the next non-empty cell:

Keyboard Shortcut:
Ctrl + one of the 4 arrow keys (in the direction required) 

SSMS changing logged in Windows Authentication account

Use the other account to open the SSMS:

1- Open command prompt: cmd.exe

2- 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE>

runas /netonly /user:DomainName\NewUsername ssms.exe

Re-sizing IE 9 address bar

IE 9 showing tabs in different row

Click the Internet Explorer frame (anyway around the address bar)
Select from the dropdown menu --> Show tabs on a seperate row

Enable\Disable secure logon (CTRL+ALT+DELETE) for windows 7

From the run command: netplwiz

Outlook 2010 Folder List

This will display the calendar, contacts, the public folders on the left navigation window trees.

To switch to the Folder list view:

Hiding Windows live mail to system tray on Windows 7

You have to click the shortcut for the applicationa and from the properties tab, select to run in comptability mode for Windows Vista SP2, this will allow you to find the item "Hide window when minimized" which is missing for Windows 7.

Thanks to the following detailed article:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19438/minimize-windows-live-mail-to-the-system-tray-in-windows-7/

How to Remove Entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer Box

I have just opened the registry "regedit", and opened Find "Terminal Server Client" checking only the checkbox "keys", which will make your search must faster.

Then I removed all the entries I didn't like from the "Default Key", you will find all of them with the following prefix "MRU#".

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default

Have a non- cluttered Remote Desktop Connection experience!

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312169

New day has come!

A very good tip by experience:

Don't try over and over again on a problem when you are tired, just switch over to another task for an adequate time to have your full concentration then return to the initial issue fresh. When you get back and notice how fast the solution blinked in your mind after an organized thinking, you would value how much time you would have wasted if you didn't cut off your trials short for a fresh revissit.

This situation usually happens to me late after a long working day, but a fresh start in the morning usually comes with the solution mich faster!!!

Have a nice day!