Complete your LinkedIn profile with a professional photo and filled out information. Connect with others on LinkedIn and participate in groups to build your professional network. Optimize your profile and search rankings by including relevant keywords so that you appear in searches on LinkedIn.

1. 8 Tips for LinkedIn
Complete Your Profile
This point should not need mentioning, but since so many people neglect it, we have to em-phasize
it: You need to complete your profile. Find a professional photo of yourself and let it
fly. I know you have one. The Jane Doe photo doesn’t work online. LinkedIn lets you know if
your profile is not 100% complete. Follow and go complete it today. Let people know you’re
human.
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Customize Your URL
All the good URL’s are already taken. Well, you don’t know if
you haven’t tried. You want to start with your own name. If
that is not available, try some options, always bearing in
mind how you want to be found in search. Just don’t allow
something that looks like this > linked.com/pub/John-
Doe/6/8a/bb8/ and that’s what you’ll get if you don’t cus-tomize
your URL. Take a minute to do it right.
Give Solid Recommendations to Others
Recommendations are an important part of your LinkedIn profile. A diverse collection of
recommendations from managers, peers, and customers should be the goal. Be proactive
and give recommendations to people that you currently work with or have in the past that
have left a good impression. Most people will return the gesture if their experience with you
was positive. Recommendations where you’ve had a lengthy business relationship with
that person are going to hold more weight. These people should be your focus. Don’t ask
people you’ve known on Facebook for four days to give you a recommendation. Yes, people
do it, but you shouldn’t.
Endorsements, Endorsements, Endorsements
This is the fast food of recommendations. If you don’t have the time or desire to sit
down and write a well-thought out paragraph, then “endorsements” is for you.
Endorsements showed up recently and allows users to plus (+) each other for their
skills and expertise. Think of it as a +1 or like. It’s free for all, but overall more is better.
Endorsements are fluffy compared to recommendations, but they are a part of your
LinkedIn profile and 99+ is perceived as more impressive than 3.
Start with people that you’ve worked with and endorse them where you see fit. Then give some love to people
you’ve met online where a relationships exists. Showering users with endorsements that you don’t know at all
does not really serve a purpose, but unfortunately many do take this route. Treat them as a “pat on the back” to
people you respect and appreciate.
Take Advantage of the Great Content
LinkedIn has created a hub that delivers great content daily. You follow channels
(Technology, Social Media, Marketing Strategies, etc.) and influencers (Richard
Branson, Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, etc.) Fresh content shows up daily based on
your selections, and you will find a handful of shareable articles per day.
Join Groups and Spend Time in at Least Three
Consistently
Groups are a very big part of LinkedIn, but you need to participate. Roll up your sleeves
and spend some time participating in the Groups you’ve selected. LinkedIn allows you
to join 50 groups. This is way too many. Try to spend time in 2-3 groups on a weekly
basis. Get into the habit of posting and commenting. This is how connections are born.
A nice addition to LinkedIn is the improvement when searching for groups to join. For
example, if you search “Social Media” to see what’s out there, LinkedIn will show you
the activity level, number of discussions for the month, and how many members. This
helps you sift through the thousands of groups available on LinkedIn and helps you
make a more informed decision.
Optimized Your Search Rankings
This remains one of the weaknesses of LinkedIn. In order to be found in
search, at least on the first page of a term, you need to enter keywords. The
search in LinkedIn is not quite Google. You’ll see the people that show up first
for any keywords you search have that word multiple times in their profile.
When I say multiple, it could be over a hundred. These profiles look silly and
obviously manipulated, but they’ll show up higher in search than a natural
profile. So it’s up to you to decide what route you will take.
It’s a good practice to include relative keywords in your profile. Think of words
that would be more niche and less traveled than “business”, “social media”, or
“technology”. Those mainstream keywords aren’t worth it as you’ll have to
sacrifice your profile.
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As with most networks you need connections. There are two schools of thought on
connections. The first one is to connect with anyone and everyone. Do not filter who
you connect with. You’ll undoubtedly see the acronym LION (LinkedIn Open Networker)
throughout LinkedIn. If you are a LION, you’ll accept just about all invitations as you look
to build a high number of connections. The other school of thought is to keep it tight.
Only connect with people that you know and have met in person. This keeps your
account manageable as the numbers will obviously be lower. The drawback of this
method is most of your 250 connections will not be active. Arguments can be made for
both methods. Whichever you decide, try to commit to it.
http://www.
linkedin.com/
my-URL
#Keywords
#Keywords
#Keywords #Keywords
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#Keywords
#Keywords
#Keywords
#Keywords
#Keywords
#Keywords
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