Comments for TUNE IN TO AVATURE http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog Avature Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on When email/inmail does more harm than good by Joshua Waldman (@JoshuaWaldman) http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2011/04/avoiding-the-pitfalls-of-email-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-7926 Joshua Waldman (@JoshuaWaldman) Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:42:42 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=274#comment-7926 One study I read showed that inMails have a much higher open rate than standard email. So it's no wonder that recruiters have found this to be effective. And according to LinkedIn's API terms, it's not possible to spam people (yet). So this means that this recruiter has had to research the candidate, use up an inMail from their subscription, paste in a template etc...If they've already gone through that much trouble, they should bother to spend 2-5 extra minutes customizing the email and making it more personal. Another thing that happens is that LinkedIn inserts their greeting automatically. So I've received inMails that have gone: Hi Joshua, Hi Joshua, This occurs because the sender isn't trained on using LinkedIn. So to your point Mike, a little bit of training and quality control would go a very long way, considering the open rate for inMail. -Joshua One study I read showed that inMails have a much higher open rate than standard email. So it’s no wonder that recruiters have found this to be effective. And according to LinkedIn’s API terms, it’s not possible to spam people (yet).

So this means that this recruiter has had to research the candidate, use up an inMail from their subscription, paste in a template etc…If they’ve already gone through that much trouble, they should bother to spend 2-5 extra minutes customizing the email and making it more personal.

Another thing that happens is that LinkedIn inserts their greeting automatically. So I’ve received inMails that have gone:

Hi Joshua,

Hi Joshua,

This occurs because the sender isn’t trained on using LinkedIn. So to your point Mike, a little bit of training and quality control would go a very long way, considering the open rate for inMail.

-Joshua

]]> Comment on metaHR blog post report from Zukunft Personal 2011, Cologne, Germany by Christoph Athanas http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2011/09/metahr-blog-post-report-from-zukunft-personal-2011-cologne-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-7042 Christoph Athanas Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:08:28 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=302#comment-7042 Thank you for translating and publishing my article here. In fact AvatureCRM is an very interesting solution and I was glad to talk to your Consultant Michael Schnirch during the exhibition. The video with the interviews can be watched on our youtube video channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MetaHRKanal (the interviews are in german) Greeting, Christoph Athanas Thank you for translating and publishing my article here. In fact AvatureCRM is an very interesting solution and I was glad to talk to your Consultant Michael Schnirch during the exhibition.

The video with the interviews can be watched on our youtube video channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MetaHRKanal
(the interviews are in german)

Greeting, Christoph Athanas

]]> Comment on When email/inmail does more harm than good by Stan http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2011/04/avoiding-the-pitfalls-of-email-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-5368 Stan Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:02:42 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=274#comment-5368 Thanks for the article Michael. Whilst the above email appears to be a template (and likely from a churn and burn agency), it does come down to trial and error. When I first started out contacting people via email, I didn't get much response at all. After a couple of revisions, I have found that my email approaches provide an excellent return on investment. The content of my emails now contain some of the ideas you mention as well as some of those mentioned in the blog link provided. I've also personalised my tone to make it read more like "me" to try and establish the all important one-to-one relationship. Thanks again for such a relevant post. Thanks for the article Michael.

Whilst the above email appears to be a template (and likely from a churn and burn agency), it does come down to trial and error. When I first started out contacting people via email, I didn’t get much response at all.

After a couple of revisions, I have found that my email approaches provide an excellent return on investment.

The content of my emails now contain some of the ideas you mention as well as some of those mentioned in the blog link provided. I’ve also personalised my tone to make it read more like “me” to try and establish the all important one-to-one relationship.

Thanks again for such a relevant post.

]]> Comment on September 20th-22nd: Zukunft Personal. Koln/Cologne, Germany by klein http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/11/september-20th-22nd-zukunft-personal-kolncologne-germany/comment-page-1/#comment-4948 klein Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:21:05 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=249#comment-4948 hello Is it possible to use AVATURE in Europe. what is the position of Avature versus the opt in regulations on Internet in Europe ? Do yo uhave study case of companies using AVATURE in Europe ? thanks HR Marketing & Communications US & EU MErck Millipore hello
Is it possible to use AVATURE in Europe. what is the position of Avature versus the opt in regulations on Internet in Europe ?
Do yo uhave study case of companies using AVATURE in Europe ?
thanks
HR Marketing & Communications US & EU
MErck Millipore

]]> Comment on Game Changing Recruiting Functions Simply Defined by nursing schools http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/01/crm-methodology-for-rain-making-recruiting-functions/comment-page-1/#comment-4425 nursing schools Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:20:31 +0000 http://www.avature.net/blog/?p=115#comment-4425 this post is very usefull thx! this post is very usefull thx!

]]> Comment on March 9th-10th, 2011: Second Annual Avature User Conference. Sausalito, CA by Dave Lawson http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/11/march-9th-10th-second-annual-avature-user-conference-sausalito-ca/comment-page-1/#comment-3853 Dave Lawson Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:16:44 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=232#comment-3853 Hey Mike, I would like to attend the Avature User conference. Please emakil me the agenda, hotel booking information etc.. Sincerely, Dave Lawson LSI Corporation Senior Manager, Staffing Operations. 714-488-8794 dave.m.lawson@lsi.com Hey Mike,

I would like to attend the Avature User conference. Please emakil me the agenda, hotel booking information etc..
Sincerely,
Dave Lawson
LSI Corporation
Senior Manager, Staffing Operations.
714-488-8794
dave.m.lawson@lsi.com

]]> Comment on Avature Named ‘Cool Vendor’ by Gartner by Marketing Beyond Math | RecruitFest! http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/05/avature-named-cool-vendor-by-leading-analyst-firm/comment-page-1/#comment-3253 Marketing Beyond Math | RecruitFest! Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:40:24 +0000 http://www.avature.net/blog/?p=160#comment-3253 [...] There’s a good reason why Gartner picked Avature as a “cool vendor” for 2010. They are on the cutting edge of recruitment technology, [...] [...] There’s a good reason why Gartner picked Avature as a “cool vendor” for 2010. They are on the cutting edge of recruitment technology, [...]

]]> Comment on Avature Integrates with eQuest’s Job Posting Delivery Services by Schulze http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/06/avature-integrates-with-equest%e2%80%99s-job-posting-delivery-services/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Schulze Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:49:30 +0000 http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/?p=168#comment-2728 Excellent feature! This will reduce some process costs for sure! Excellent feature! This will reduce some process costs for sure!

]]> Comment on Conversion by F.Guay http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2010/04/conversion/comment-page-1/#comment-2379 F.Guay Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.avature.net/blog/?p=154#comment-2379 Finally, a company that gets it. It's about minimizing the time required for the potential solid lead to say he/she is interested and minimizing the time it takes recruiters to identify the best candidates for a particular role. All while respecting and building brand. Finally, a company that gets it. It’s about minimizing the time required for the
potential solid lead to say he/she is interested and minimizing the time it takes
recruiters to identify the best candidates for a particular role.
All while respecting and building brand.

]]> Comment on Recording: Out Talent Your Competition: Building High Impact Talent Pools by In Life, Timing is Everything « http://www.avaturecrm.com/blog/2009/12/recording-out-talent-your-competition-building-high-impact-talent-pools/comment-page-1/#comment-917 In Life, Timing is Everything « Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:01:59 +0000 http://www.avature.net/blog/?p=94#comment-917 [...] Just another simple example of how timing can suck in life –  This past week I was in Boston. On Sunday night I missed out on the Blogging4Jobs Webshow because the internet went down in my hotel 1 hour before show time.  On Tuesday I was in meetings from early morning to late at night and I missed out on a webinar that I REALLY wanted to see sponsored by Avature (Recruiting CRM tool) and hosted by the ever brilliant Susan Burns on Talent Pooling.  (Did you miss it too?  Watch it here) [...] [...] Just another simple example of how timing can suck in life –  This past week I was in Boston. On Sunday night I missed out on the Blogging4Jobs Webshow because the internet went down in my hotel 1 hour before show time.  On Tuesday I was in meetings from early morning to late at night and I missed out on a webinar that I REALLY wanted to see sponsored by Avature (Recruiting CRM tool) and hosted by the ever brilliant Susan Burns on Talent Pooling.  (Did you miss it too?  Watch it here) [...]

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