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Strategically Using LinkedIn

In just 15 minutes each day

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LinkedIn Review

Profile Must Haves:

Your PhotoHeadline – not a titleCustomized url: www.LinkedIn.com/YOUCustomized Websites/Blogs

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Add Sections• Certifications • Courses • Honors and Awards • Languages • Organizations • Patents • Test Scores • Projects• Volunteer Causes• Publications

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Add Skill Sets

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Add Applications

• Blog• Slideshare• Amazon Reading List• Events• Polls

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Company Page

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LinkedIn in 15 Minutes Each Day

Build CredibilityBuild CommunityBuild Business

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Goals

• Find a job• Build your network• Find prospects• Inroads to a company• Establish your brand

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Build Your Network

• Review Invitations

• People You May Know

• Adding New Names– Networking events– Potential Customers– Centers of Influence– Group Leaders– Community Leaders

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Invitation Questions

• What if I don’t know them?

• What if I don’t like them?

• What if I changed my mind?

• What if I don’t know them but I WANT to?

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Status Updates

• LinkedIn Today news

• Your network news

• RSS Feeds – articles of interest

• Promotional messages

• To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

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Be Involved

• Group Discussions

• Questions and Answers

• Polls

• Events

• Don’t Be Dave Maskin

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LinkedIn Network

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Getting to the Good Stuff

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Searching for People• By name• By title• By company• By geographical location

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Search for Companies

• Industry• Location• Size• Job openings• Connections

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Deborah Chaddock BrownAllWriteInk.comSpeaker, Trainer, Website Writer, Author

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