Ever wonder what turns people off on LinkedIn? Well, here's the answer:

Q: What is your biggest turn off when you read a LinkedIn profile?

Before you jump in the conversation, here are a couple LinkedIn buzzwords that may make the answers easier to understand:

Personal Headline - the phrase that appears under your name.

Keyword Stuffing - When a headline or job titles contain as many popular keywords as possible to make the person with the profile show up more often in LinkedIn's search results.

A look at this weekend's events by:

'Shipwrecked' at the Phoenix Theatre
Oct. 30-Nov. 1.

Disney's Imagination Movers at the Murat Theatre.
Oct. 30, 2009: Fri at 3 and 6 pm.
Two shows at 3 and 6 PM. Tickets: Venue Box Office or Ticketmaster. Info: See Web site below or call 317-231-0000. See event listings on AroundIndy.com...

Jazz on the Avenue at Walker Theatre.
Oct. 30, 2009: Fri, 6-10 pm.
Featuring Harvey and the Bluetones. An after-hours gathering for the entire family on the last Friday of each month, with good food and live jazz, 6-10 PM. $10, plus $10 for the optional buffet. Verify with the venue. Info: See Web site or call 317-236-2099.

Ok, I've been on Twitter for a while. It's fun. It's entertaining. But is it the right place to put your business in Indiana? If we look at Twitter use numbers in Indiana (recommendation: download and read the survey), the conclusion is probably not.  Less than 13% reported they regularly used it.  Use numbers just don't tell this story. Twitter has some capability that businesses, should pay close attention to:

Two weeks after we put out our call for nominations, local social media guru Kyle Lacy has launched his own "Top 50 Indiana Blogs" competition.  Ok, so the timing is a bit suspect, but I honestly don't think that either of us knew what the other was doing - so we'll assume that coincidence is the best kind of flattery and move on because two Indiana blog contests are a good thing. Why? Because it gives Indiana bloggers more opportunities to get exposure.

Most of the blogs in both contests are very good - but most are missing the one ingredient that spells success: traffic.  That's why we started the Indiana's Favorite Blog Contest and it's one of the reasons that Kyle has launched his contest.  It's all about getting more people to discover the great content that is being published every day by Hoosier bloggers.

Oh, and to clarify one more point: Linking Indiana is not, and never will be an effort to build another Smaller Indiana. I get asked all the time, "why don't you move to Ning and make another better Smaller Indiana?"  The answer is simple: it's best to bring communities together rather than tear communities down by dividing groups into smaller and smaller niche social networks.