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LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, research, and marketing yourself to clients and employers. This session teaches strategic practices for building your LinkedIn internet presence and marketing yourself. The use of # and @ symbols is covered as well as going mobile with the LinkedIn app.
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, research, and marketing yourself to clients and employers. This session teaches strategic practices for building your LinkedIn internet presence and marketing yourself. The use of hashtags and ampersands are covered as well as going mobile with the LinkedIn app.
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LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, research, and marketing yourself to clients and employers. This session teaches strategic practices for building your LinkedIn internet presence and marketing yourself. The use of hashtags and ampersands is covered as well as going mobile with the LinkedIn app.
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, research, and marketing yourself to clients and employers. This session teaches strategic practices for building your LinkedIn internet presence and marketing yourself. The use of hashtags and ampersands are covered as well as going mobile with the LinkedIn app.
LinkedIn is a powerful tool for networking, research, and marketing yourself to clients and employers. This session teaches strategic practices for building your LinkedIn internet presence and marketing yourself. The use of # and @ symbols is covered as well as going mobile with the LinkedIn app.
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Introduction & Notes for Workshop
Introduction
MCWN Volunteer since 2010 & Contractor from 2018
Career Coach Corner Blogger & Presenter
B² Discuss LinkedIn Podcaster
LinkedIn user since 2006
General Notes for Today
My contact info is on the last slide
Workshop is interactive, Q/A & Parking lot
Presentation file is available online at SlideShare (no recording)
Follow-up email includes a link to the deck & evaluation survey
Red Arrows
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Goals for session
Learn why to create and post content
Understand how to use the hashtag # symbol
Recognize how to use the at @ symbol
Identify opportunities to market yourself
Discover the LinkedIn mobile app benefits
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LinkedIn - What is it & Why use it?
Over ONE billion professionals in more than 200
countries use LinkedIn to connect, exchange
information, ideas & opportunities!
More than 90% of recruiters search for candidates on LinkedIn
45 million people use LinkedIn to job search weekly
6 people are hired on LinkedIn every minute
77 job applications submitted every second
Source: https://blog.hootsuite.com/linkedin-statistics-business
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Adding a Custom Banner
Use a relevant image of
your profession or
branding statement
1600 x 400 pixels is the
suggested banner size
LinkedIn has over 2
dozen custom images
to select from generic
to current topics,
e.g. Stop Hate
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Adding a Custom Banner
This is the
Upload a Photo
option that
allows you to
adjust the
image to size
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LinkedIn Strategic Guidelines
1. All Star profile
2. Headline that is descriptive and accurate, not title
3. Add media to the Featured & Experience sections
4. About section with a call to action - TMAY
5. Utilize the Skills section and other keywords
6. Create relevant job search agents
7. Create a post, share an image, write an article, etc.
8. Use # and @ for better visibility on LinkedIn &
other social media platforms
9. Recommendations
10. Name pronunciation - Mobile app
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Strategic Guideline - All Star Profile
All Star profiles are 40x more likely to receive job opportunities
There are several stages to developing your LinkedIn profile
1. Beginner
2. Intermediate
3. Advanced
4. Expert
5. All Star
LinkedIn will suggest actions to reach the next level under your
Introduction card until you achieve an All Star Profile
How to Achieve All-Star Status on LinkedIn in 2020 Article
How To Get LinkedIn All-Star Status as a High-Skilled and
Underrepresented Candidate in 2022 Article
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Strategic Guideline - Profile Photo
Your photo should have a professional appearance
Passport format with a headshot
Any digital photo can be cropped to fit
Rename the photo file for SEO before uploading it
e.g. Bruce Bennett Fishing Guide.jpg
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Strategic Guideline - Headline
Headline can have
220 characters
Separate your
skills with a space
and pipe symbol
or create a Unique
Value Proposition
(UVP)
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A. B2B Sales at MNO Company
B. Bilingual B2B Sales Professional at MNO Company
C. Fluent Bilingual B2B Sales Professional Helping French and
American Companies expand their International Presence
A. Marketing Manager at XYZ Company
B. Successful Marketing Manager of Brands at XYZ Company
C. Internet Marketing Expert | Looking For New Business
Partnerships That Need Help With Marketing... Lets Connect!
LinkedIn Headline Alternative - UVP
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Strategic Guideline - Add Media
The Featured
section is an
ideal place to
share a photo
op, documents,
work examples,
etc.
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Strategic Guideline - Add Media
Adding media to
your Experience
section is an
ideal place for
photo ops,
documents,
work examples,
etc.
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The About section can have 2600 characters
The first paragraph should be about your skills, job titles,
work experience and passion
Second paragraph should relate how you added value for a
previous employer(s) - tell a STAR story
The final paragraph should tell how you can solve a
company’s problems and/or career role you are seeking
Close with a call to action: “let’s connect…contact me
if…call me if”
Incorporate the new logo and your top 5 skills
Strategic Guideline - About Summary
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Strategic Guideline - Skills
Two skills are featured but you can have 100 skills
Ensure the top 2 skills you want to be found for appear on top
You can add a new skill by clicking the + hyperlink symbol
The skills can edited by clicking on the pencil
Add a new skill Edit your skills
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Strategic Guideline - Skills
LinkedIn suggests
key skills based on
your profile
Click on the skill and
Save it to add to
your profile
Or type in a skill to
add it to your profile
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Strategic Guideline - Skills
Type a new skill and LinkedIn
suggests variations of the skill
Customer = Service, CRM,
Satisfaction, Retention, Experience,
Support, etc.
Skills at the top of the list are
more widely searched
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Strategic Guideline - Skills
You can select the role
in which you gained
the experience
Multiple positions can
be selected for the skill
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Strategic - Skills & Endorsements
You can edit the
skills by
clicking on the
pencil
Click on 3 dots
to reorder your
displayed skills
or check
Endorsement
settings
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Strategic - Skills & Endorsements
Click on the
symbol and drag the
skill to the new
position
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Strategic - Skills & Endorsements
Endorsement settings
Enable endorsements to boost your skills
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Strategic Guideline - Skills
Demonstrate transferable
skills is found on the left
panel on the jobs page
Demonstrate skills by
writing or recording a
response that will be
included with relevant
job applications
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Strategic - Skills & Endorsements
It is imperative to add all your skills to your profile
You might ask yourself why is it so important?
This Is Why I Emphasize Skills
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Strategic Guideline - Skills Nuance
Strategically place skills in your work experience
Job Title (then list skills used in that position)
Insert key skills again in the detailed section
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Strategic Guideline - Job Search Agent
Set an alert to
create a job
search agent
Many filters are
listed in the
toolbar Date
posted,
Experience,
Company,
All filters have
many more
search criteria
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Strategic Guideline - Your Activity
Activity posting can be
linked articles,
recognition, videos,
hyperlinks, milestones,
photos, etc.
Anyone can view all your
posting activities
Click on Show all posts
to view additional
content
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Strategic Guideline - Your Activity
Show all activity lists all
your Posts, Comments,
Images, and More (events,
documents & reactions)
Scroll down to see all
activity with the
engagement and
impressions statistics
View analytics to recognize
trends in your posting
activity
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Strategic Guideline - Your Activity
Post analytics
Impressions offers
insights about the
coverage of your
activity
Periods range from
past 7 days, 14
days, 28 days, 90
days and 365 days
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Post analytics
Engagements detail
the reactions to your
activity
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Demographics
information covers
several categories
Top demographics
can display Job
titles, Locations,
Industries, Seniority,
Company size and
Company
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Creating a post is an easy process
Start on the Home page and click on Start a post
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Click on the Post to Anyone for the drop-down menu
to select who receives the post
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
You can send to
Anyone, Connections
only, or a LinkedIn
Group
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
You can select
only ONE
LinkedIn
Group to
post your
message
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Type a message and
add # to increase
the number of
recipients
Or use @ to tag
specific
individuals or
company
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Add hashtags to reach
a larger audience
#jobinterviews 14.1M
#personaldevelopment 14.5M
#careers 22.2M
The content is complete
and ready to Post
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
The text, image and
hyperlink is
successfully
created and
posted to the
network feed
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Strategic Guideline - Creating Posts
Clicking on the
ellipse reveals
several options
including editing
the post or
deleting the post
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Strategic Guideline - Hashtag - #
The hashtag # symbol is a powerful tool
Use it to reach a larger audience
Gain more visibility and/or marketing
Appropriate use is #LinkedInTips
Those individuals following #LinkedInTips
will have it appear in their feed
Enter a hashtag to find articles about it
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Strategic Guideline - Hashtags
This article introduces a Chrome Extension that can
identify the number of hashtag followers
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Strategic Guideline - @
The @ symbol tags a specific person or
company
The tagged person receives mention notice
e.g. @DenisCurtin
Or @BruceBixler
Or @Brunswick Corporation
Both symbols work with other social media
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Strategic Guideline - @
Use the @ symbol
and type their name
Click on the person
in the dropdown
list to “tag” them in
the post
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Strategic Guideline - @
LinkedIn
completes the
name for you &
hyperlinks it
Complete typing
your comments
and click the
Post button
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Strategic Guideline - @
The individual
receives notice that
you tagged them
It will appear in the
feed of those
individuals and/or
companies who
follow the individual
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Strategic Guideline - Build Network
LinkedIn suggests many ways to build a network
People you may know from the University of South Florida
Top emerging creators to follow
Pages to follow based on your activity
People you may know with similar roles
People in the Professional Training & Coaching industry
Online events for you
Groups you may be interested in
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Strategic Guideline - Build Network
People you may know with similar roles
Click on their name or photo to connect
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Strategic Guideline - Build Network
A dialogue box pops up with two options
Add a note customized to the person
Send now produces a generic spam-like message
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Strategic Guideline - Build Network
A personal note
greatly increases
the likelihood of a
successful
connection
Only 200 characters
can be used for the
note
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Building Your LinkedIn Network
Click on the More
button to Connect
and reveal several
other options
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Strategic Guideline - Recommendation
Recommendations are
meaningful and add an
important element to
your profile for
consideration
Include a quote from your
Recommendations and
add it to specific work
experiences further
validates your
capabilities to the
viewer
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Strategic Guideline - Follow Company
Keep current with your
Interests & target companies
LinkedIn enables you to easily
view news & jobs
This also enables you to
engage with the company
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Strategic Guideline - Follow Company
LinkedIn company page
features many details
Following the company
makes it easy to stay
informed and up to date
about it
Jobs can usually be found
on their company page
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Strategic Guideline - Follow Company
The About section
features an overview
with many details
about the company
You can let a
company know you
are interested in
working there
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Strategic Guideline - Follow Company
Additional Job search
agents can be specific
for your target company
You are more likely to be
viewed when liking,
commenting or sharing
their content
It demonstrates you are
engaged with the
company
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Who Viewed You?
Review Profile
Views from
the home or
profile pages
A free account
will list the
last five
people who
viewed you
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Who Viewed You?
The 5 most recent five people are identified with a free
account except those that want to remain anonymous
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Home Page
LinkedIn mobile makes it
easy to network and stay
connected with your
network.
The mobile app opens to
your home page for
viewing your network feed.
Touch your photo in the
upper left to view your
profile page.
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Name Pronunciation
Name Pronunciation
displays a speaker next
to your name.
LinkedIn mobile app
allows you to add it.
Click on your profile
settings to add your
name and a brief
message.
Save the 10-second
recording.
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Adding a Connection
You can personalize a
request to connect on
LinkedIn mobile.
1 Go to their Profile.
2 Click the symbol.
A new screen will be
displayed.
2
1
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My Network Page
Manage network connections from
this page.
Accept invitations or select an
individual to invite & write a personal
note to connect.
Notes are limited to 200/300 spaces.
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Posting
LinkedIn has made it
easy to post and many
options are available
using the app.
Note the bubble at the
top of the page. Touch
the symbol. A new
screen will be
displayed.
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Posting
Click on Anyone to
reveal options for whom
you are posting the
message.
The + symbol on the
previous slide will
display the options to
include in your post.
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Mobile Messaging
Messaging offers ability to
search messages.
A green circle indicates they
are active on LinkedIn
1 To create a new message.
A new screen will be displayed.
1
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Mobile Messaging
You can send more then a plain
text message.
Click on the + symbol to add
attachment, camera, video,
photos, or GIF.
Or send a short audio message by
selecting the microphone.
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Jobs
The Jobs tab
displays most of the
features available on
the desktop version.
Click on Show all to
display more top job
picks for you.
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QR Code
LinkedIn has made it easy to
share your profile with others,
especially at networking events.
Begin by selecting the Search bar
at the top of the page.
1 Click on the symbol and a
new screen will be displayed.
1
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LinkedIn Mobile App
1 Open your camera so you can scan
another person’s code.
2 Your code is displayed for scanning.
3 Share your code via email, Facebook, etc.
4 Save QR code to your phone.
3
4
2
1
2
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Success Stories
Shannon - Office Admin
Mickey - Communications
Robert - IT
Paul - Writer
Melissa - Market Research
Liz - Market Research
Kurt - Marketing
Lisa - Administration
I want to add your name to the list! 10
3
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LinkedIn Critiques
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profile review and/or Q&A about LinkedIn usage
Email me to set up an appointment: BABennett73@gmail.com
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