You can now beef up your LinkedIn profile by adding any volunteer experience, a list of causes that you care about, and any organizations you support. After all, volunteering is as good for your career as it is for those you help. And your volunteer efforts … [Read more...]
The Top 13 self-defeating practices on LinkedIn
If you're on LinkedIn, and even if you have an impressive number of connections, you might be making critical mistakes that are robbing you of the ability to make those connections work for you. The Business2Community blog lists its [Read more...]
Advanced LinkedIn training, even for newbies, today
A story about LinkedIn in today's Wall Street Journal says the world's largest business networking site gets one new member per second. Per second! That's 60 per minute, or 86,400 new people per day. Many of them might want to do business with you. Will your … [Read more...]
LinkedIn Company Pages: Your giant business billboard
Cardinal Rule #1 in the world of social media: Don't promote.
Except, that is, if you're on LinkedIn.
The world's largest business networking site has an often overlooked feature that serves as a giant billboard for your business, where you can … [Read more...]
3 tips for rewriting your LinkedIn profile & headline
Here are three helpful tips about how to write, or rewrite, your profile on LinkedIn: 1. Include keywords in the headline. That's the short message that shows up next to your photo---and it's the first thing people read when they see your profile. For better search engine optimization, use the same words that people would type into … [Read more...]
How to promote events on Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn
When it's time to promote your next live or virtual event, don't assume that you'll find your target audience on all of the Big Three social media sites: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Spending too much time promoting on one of … [Read more...]
LinkedIn: Like having your very own Lt. Columbo
Stop waiting for your ideal customers and clients to invite you to connect with them on LinkedIn. Go find them! LinkedIn’s Advanced Search feature is like having your own Lt. Columbo right at your fingertips. And it could very well be the … [Read more...]
Why half of LinkedIn users aren’t active on the site
BNET Blogger Jim Edwards wrote about a surprising nugget of information tucked inside the document that … [Read more...]
9 ways to reconnect with LinkedIn pals who change jobs
When your LinkedIn connections change jobs, that's the perfect time to reconnect.
But you might not always be aware of the fact that a guy you know left one company and joined another, or that a former co-worker was laid off from her job in corporate and started her own business.
That's why I love the helpful photo chart that … [Read more...]
Your LinkedIn headline should say ‘Call me.’ Does yours?
Does your LinkedIn headine set you apart from everyone else in your field? It should say to journalists and others who find you: "You need to contact his person, pronto!"
Until recently, my headline was so lame that I'm not even going to bore you with it here. It made me sound like every other publicity expert. So I came up with one that … [Read more...]