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ā¢ LinkedIn is a business-oriented & professional social
networking service founded in 2002. August 2014 - LinkedIn
reports >310 million acquired users in 200 countries.
ā¢ "LinkedIn is, far and away, the most advantageous social
networking tool available to job seekers and business
professionals today," according to Forbes Magazine.
ā¢ Is networking, word-of-mouth, referrals and recommendations
important to your business, then LinkedIn is probably an ideal
tool for prospecting and connecting for you ie Social Selling
ā¢ How can you make LinkedIn work for you for business
networking and referral marketing? Follow these DOs &
DONTs and see them work for you!
Introduction
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What You Will See
ā¢LinkedIn Fun Facts
ā¢What is LinkedIn
ā¢Building your Proļ¬le
ā¢Connecting with People & Companies
ā¢Participating in the LinkedIn Community
ā¢Prospecting using LinkedIn
ā¢Who We Are
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LinkedIn Fun Facts
ā¢ 332M members
ā¢ Their user goal is 3 billion registered users
ā¢ 107M users are in the USA alone
ā¢ 17M+ in UK
ā¢ 2 new users join every second
ā¢ 1/3 of professionals on planet are on LinkedIn
ā¢ Top 5 countries by users USA, India, Brazil, UK and Canada 9M.
Top 3 fastest growing countries are Turkey, Colombia and
Indonesia
ALLYOUR PAST, CURRENT & FUTURE CUSTOMERS IN
ONE PLACE
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LinkedIn Fun Facts
ā¢Average time user spends on LinkedIn is
>20mins per month
ā¢41% of users visit Linkedin via mobile
ā¢LinkedIn users spend 26% of their time on
LinkedIn using the mobile app
ā¢42M unique mobile visitors per month. Up from
29M py (45% increase)
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LinkedIn Fun Facts
ā¢25M LinkedIn proļ¬les are viewed every day
ā¢30,000 long form posts are published on
Linkedin every week
ā¢28Bn Linkedin proļ¬le views in Q3, 2014
ā¢There are now over 1 billion LinkedIn endorsements
ā¢2.1 million LinkedIn groups
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LinkedIn Fun Facts
ā¢39M students and grads on LinkedIn
ā¢56% of members are male
ā¢44% of members are female
ā¢41% of millionaires use LinkedIn
ā¢13% of users donāt have a Facebook account
ā¢59% of Linkedin users donāt visit Twitter
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What Is LinkedIn
ā¢ Basic functionality of LinkedIn allows users to create
proļ¬les and "connections" to each other in an online social
network which may represent real-world professional
relationships.
ā¢ Users can invite anyone (whether a user or not) to
become a connection.
ā¢ This list of connections can then be used to obtain
introductions to the connections of connections (termed
2nd-degree connections) and connections of 2nd-degree
connections (termed 3rd-degree connections).
ā¢ Users can ļ¬nd jobs, people and business opportunities
recommended by someone in one's contact network.
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What Is LinkedIn
ā¢ Employers can list jobs and search for potential
candidates.
ā¢ Job seekers can review the proļ¬le of hiring
managers and discover which of their existing
contacts can introduce them.
ā¢ Users can post their own photos and view photos
of others to aid in identiļ¬cation.
ā¢ Users can follow different companies and can
receive notiļ¬cations about the new joining and
offers available. Users can save (i.e. bookmark) jobs
that they would like to apply for.
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What Is LinkedIn
ā¢ Users can "like" and "congratulate" each other's
updates and new employments. Users can
recommend and endorse their contacts.
ā¢ Users can see who has visited their proļ¬le page.
ā¢ The "gated-access approach" (where contact with
any professional requires either an existing
relationship, or the intervention of a contact of
theirs) is intended to build trust among the
service's users.
18. Who Am I?
www.conspicuous-cbm.com
ā¢ Chartered Accountant
ā¢ Social Media Addict
ā¢ + outside interests...
ā¢ Corporate Stooge
ā¢ Referral Marketing Specialist
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ā¢ Recognised social media person - Linked-in,Twitter, Slideshare,
Facebook....
ā¢ Daily posting on CCBM website + other original content to share
ā¢ Linked-in guru - 25+ published posts (nearly 2100 followers / 2065+
connections)
ā¢ 100+ recommendations & hundreds of endorsements
ā¢ Most successful RD in BforB history
ā¢ Well respected in Staffordshire (& beyond) business community -
helped hundreds of new business / start-ups / established businesses
ā¢ Friend of other networking gurus
Who Am I?