This is the last in the series of my Top 5 LinkedIn Tips. Now that your profile is up to snuff, you need to Participate to keep your name in front of your connections. Participate – There are so many ways to participate in LinkedIn. Three of the most obvious are: Updates Groups Answers Updates – When you…
Next in the series of my Top 5 LinkedIn tips is Invitations Since you have been networking, you have collected a ton of business cards, right? What do you do with all the business cards that you collect? You could do several things with them – toss them into a basket, bag, drawer or box enter…
Number 3 in the series of Top 5 LinkedIn Tips dealing with your personal profile is Connections Connections – to be effective in LinkedIn you need a minimum of 150 connections 1st degree connections. Briefly – if you are directly connected, they are 1st degree connections, those peoples connections are your 2nd degree connections (if…
Number 2 of my Top 5 Tips is Complete. Complete – In the early days of LinkedIn, the process to obtaining a 100% complete profile required you to have a photo, headline, current position, two past positions, education, 3 recommendations, summary and specialties. Now LinkedIn makes suggestions for your profile to help you make it…
Whether you are trying to expand your business network or searching for a new job, LinkedIn can be your “go-to” social media platform. When performing a social media audit for a new client one of the first things I look at is the presence they have on LinkedIn. Whether you are B2B or B2C (business-to-business…