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LinkedIn: 20 Top Tips & Tricks

by Andy Priestner on Feb 14, 2013

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20 top tricks and trips to help you get the most out of the new and improved LinkedIn whether you are using it to job search, network or share information.

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LinkedIn: 20 Top Tips & Tricks Presentation Transcript

20 top tips & tricks Andy Priestner & Meg Westbury

Check out allthe NEWprofilesections andfill them in(LinkedIn haschanged forthe better)

‘I’d like to add youto my professional network’ Personalise your invitation to connect

Say ‘hello’afterconnecting

Manage both yourprofiles -public &private

Find arole modelnetworkerand learnfrom them

Join a groupand actively contribute to it

If job-searching,success willcome fromnetworkingand sharingNOTdesperation

Connect yourconnections(if you think they couldcollaborate)

Update yourstatus withmeaningful &appropriatecontent (this isa professionalnetwork)

Use an established connection to ‘getintroduced’

If job-searching,find acompanyinsider togiveyou thelowdown

A complete profile andsmart use of keywordswill improve your findability

Write arecommendationor endorse a skill(don’t sit and waitto berecommended)

If there is not a grouparound your area of interest or expertise, start one

Promoteyour profile(customiseyour URL,get a badge,and add toyour emailsignature)

Check out contacts at your alma mater,via the alumnisearch facility

Downloadand explorethe sleeknew mobileapps and useit on the go

Check out company pages (they’re cool)

Make yourhome pagefeel lesscluttered bycustomisingyour newsfeed

Connect,share, like – become a ‘good LinkedIn citizen’

Connect with us onhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/andypriestnerhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/megwestbury

George Moseley Is there a way to include a graphic image with a LinkedIn update, a la Facebook? 1 month ago

Are you sure you want to

Charlotte Habegger, Conseillère Indépendante avec Épicure Sélections / Independent Consultant with Epicure Selections at Chez moi! / At home! Thanks Barry! I was imagining something more automated but personalized as in Twitter where you can configure a response to people who want to connect. 2 months ago

Barry Hammond, Information Technology at Monsanto All you have to do is write over the Linkedin comment to add your personal message. 2 months ago

Anna Malkin Very useful. Thank you. 3 months ago

Edmund Chamberlain Actually useful despite my cynicism to the whole thing. It has grown a lot lately 3 months ago

Ronald Cooper, PHR Short, sweet and to the point! 3 months ago

Charlotte Habegger, Conseillère Indépendante avec Épicure Sélections / Independent Consultant with Epicure Selections at Chez moi! / At home! Thanks, how do you configure the 'I want to add you to my professional network' message? I have searched for it and can't seem to find it...is it a paying option? Thanks! 3 months ago

R K Gupta thanks, really love to be in linkedin, it is a really professional environment, 3 months ago

Joe Box Andy - thanks for the update! Great Stuff.....appreciate the insight. Joe 3 months ago

Grant Goossen Thanks Andy, some great tips. 3 months ago