50 ways to get more from Linkedin
Linkedin is a very powerful business tool. It’s wonderful for Networking, Personal Branding, Sales & Marketing, Job Seeking, Recruiting and More!
Here are tips 1- 20;
I have used LinkedIn successfully for over a year now. Just to prove the point when creating this post, I posed a question in the Q&A section on Linkedin asking for people’s tips. Thanks again to everyone that contributed! So including some of my own here are:
1. Realise that Linkedin is a complex and multi-functional tool; it’s going to take some time to learn to use it wisely – Niall Devitt
2. Contact/connect with experienced users and ask them for their advice as to how best to use it – Niall Devitt
3. Know why you are using Linkedin – what is your primary goal? This will determine your strategy – Lisa Murray
4. Decide whether you are going to post a resume/CV-oriented profile or a customer-oriented one. If you’re looking for a job, the first is appropriate – Dave Stein
5. If you’re happy where you are but would like to further highlight your personal capital to your customers, use the latter. It should include accomplishments you’ve made from the customer’s perspective, not from your next employer’s. They’re usually quite different – Dave Stein
6. Just be real and authentic, don’t hype yourself or your product if it isn’t the truth. I always make it a point to get to “personally” know people and what they do…after all; this is ’social media’! – Jody Maley
7. List all your experience and education- Sahar Andrade
8. List all your achievements and honours- Sahar Andrade
9. Ensure your profile is set to full view – Lisa Murray
10. Personalise your Linkedin profile URL - Sahar Andrade
11. Create a proper profile with keywords, no typos and proper grammar – Sahar Andrade
12. Make sure you use a professional photo – no blanks or logos – people like dealing with other people! -Lisa Murray
13. Choose a good picture: ensure to have a clear, professional picture in your profile instead than a holiday pic – Fred Caballero
14. Update your status regularly to share your expertise in useful ways – Lisa Murray
15. Use your three links! You have the option to create three outgoing links to promote your company, blog, twitter account, etc. Use these to generate traffic wherever you want and edit the text so it becomes more attractive to click on. e.g.: don’t leave “My Company” when you can write “Social media blog” for example – Fred Caballero
16. Use box.net to add samples of your work – Sahar Andrade
17. Make sure to set up and add your company page to Linkedin – Niall Devitt
18. Give recommendations, endorse the people that you know are good at what they do – Niall Devitt
19. Get recommendations: one of the tops 5 things that most of the people pay attention to are your recommendations. These say a lot about you. Make sure you request an endorsement to everyone that knows how you work to share that experience with others – Fred Caballero
20. Always write a personal message when connecting with someone – Ian Cleary
Source: Niall Devitt, Bloggertone
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