The document is a user guide for LinkedIn, highlighting essential tips and details for casual users. It covers character limits for profiles, skills, and messages, as well as privacy settings and communication controls. The guide emphasizes user options for managing profile visibility and interactions on the platform.

1. The Casual LinkedIn User Guide
for stuff you
may not know

2. You’re a busy person

3. Who has time to
keep up with the
finer points of
LinkedIn®?

4. Don’t despair

5. Presenting some LinkedIn® stuff

6. things won’t change

7. After all, this is
social media

8. TA-DA!
LinkedIn®
Stuff

9. Profile
Stuff

10. Maximum character counts*
* includes spaces
Company Name

11. Maximum character counts*
* includes spaces
Professional Headline

12. Maximum character counts*
* includes spaces
Summary

13. Maximum character counts*
* includes spaces
Experience

14. Skills limit

15. Message
Stuff

16. Status updates
If you share your message on Twitter

17. Connection messages*
* 1st connections only

18. InMail messages*
* people you are not connected to

19. Invitations to connect*
* can request increase from LinkedIn

20. Settings
Stuff

21. You have control

22. You have control
sort of

23. You don’t have to share
everything

24. Get familiar with Privacy & Settings

25. Profile privacy settings

26. You can say no to activity
broadcasts

27. When you edit
your profile

28. You have an
option to share
at that time
When you edit
your profile

29. Wonder why Mystery Man
viewed your profile?

30. He (or she) chose an Anonymous
Privacy Setting

32. Want to cut down on the
competition?

33. Beware of the other
privacy settings

34. like the ones
that appear
here

35. like the ones
that appear
here
and here

36. like the ones
that appear
here
and here
and here

37. Communications privacy settings

38. Groups et al privacy settings

39. 3rd party privacy settings

40. Plugins privacy settings

41. Account privacy settings

42. There’s a
lot more
stuff

43. But let’s keep it simple
Profile
• Max character
counts
• Limit on listed
skills
Messages
• Max # of
recipients
• Limit on
Invitations
• Costs for InMail
Settings
• Activity controls
• Multiple privacy
options

44. I know, I know.
Why didn’t I say so
in the first place?

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46. Cathy Miller, Business Writer
Business site:
www.SimplyStatedBusiness.com