LinkedIn is the perfect resource to make connections with employers & professionals, boost your business, and advance your career. Part 2 focuses on how to send invitations to make connections, ask for recommendations, participate in the LinkedIn groups, and post questions in the Answer Center.

1. Using LinkedIn for
Business or Your Career - Part 2

2. The Basics for Beginners
I. Some Statistics
• Site launched in May of 2003
• Stock went public in May ‘11 and the price more than doubles
• LinkedIn is the #1 social networking site for
professionals (as of 8/4/11)
• Over 120 million members worldwide –
joining at a rate faster than two new members per second
• 75 of the Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn as part of their
hiring solution

3. II. Sending invitations
Recommendation - don’t send out “template” invitations.

5. You’ll receive two emails; 1 in the LinkedIn inbox & 1 in personal email
Name Subject Date
Take some time to think about
why you are requesting a connection
and write a brief personal note
to ensure more responses.

6. III. Asking for
recommendations
Step 1 provides a
dropdown list of your
jobs.
In Step 2, type the
name(s) of your
connections. So add
these first BEFORE
asking for recos.
Step 3 is the message
area. Make it good!

7. IV. Using the search feature
Advanced search offers filters for:
Relationship, Groups, Seniority Level, Interests, Language, Years of
Experience, Recently Joined, Company Size, Job Function, and Industry.

8. V. LinkedIn Groups
If you’re not a member of any associations, many companies, networking
organizations, and Meetups have groups on the site.

9. VI. Posting questions in the Answer Center

10. 1) You can ask questions on a range of topics from
Administration to Using LinkedIn.
2) Also, you can browse or search for questions
that have already been answered.
3) As people in your network ask questions,
they will show up on the next page.

11. X. Q & A
Time for Questions

12. Additional Resources
http://learn.linkedin.com
http://www.linkedin.com/answers?categoryHome=&category=ULI
http://www.socialquickstarter.com

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