brokersavant presents: creating new business opportunities with linkedin

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Creating New Business Opportunities with LinkedIn(in 20 minutes or less per day)

presented by David AlbertPrincipal, GreyGoo Medialinkedin.com/davidpaulalbert

sponsored byBrokerSavantbrokersavant.comlinkedin.com/company/brokersavant

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The Challenge:

“I know I can tap into LinkedIn to uncover more business opportunities but it just seems so time consuming and I’m not sure where to start.

I belong to some groups, I have a lot of connections, but I’m really not leveraging the platform the way I think I could...”

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What you’ll learn:We all have limited time...

Simple, easy to implement tips to help increase your chances of generating more networking and new business opportunities via LinkedIn.

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But first...the basicsBefore you can effectively use LinkedIn as a lead generation tool, you have to ensure your user profile is current and content-rich.

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Would you rather do business with this person?

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Or this person?

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Use a good picture for your headshot (smile if possible).

It doesn’t have to be professionally taken (almost better if it’s not) but it should look professional.(yes it’s really that simple)

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Be sure to take advantage of the 3 available website links in your profile...

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LinkedIn rolled out a lot of changes in 2013...

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LinkedIn rolled out a lot of changes in 2013...

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But that doesn’t mean you can’t leverage (new) available tools

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Looking for talent? Allow them to apply with LinkedInhttps://developer.linkedin.com/apply

5 MINUTES

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5 MINUTES

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Add Rich Media to your Profile

LinkedIn’s new rich media feature, you can share photos, videos, presentations & graphics.

10 MINUTES

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Sharing pertinent infographics, whitepapers or compelling presentations can make your profile stand above others.

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Sharing pertinent infographics, whitepapers or compelling presentations can make your profile stand above others.

ideas

• Company Presentations

• Photos of Available Properties

• Sales Videos, Video Resumes, Video Tours

• Industry-specific Infographics

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Use content you believe your prospective clients will be interested in. It certainly doesn’t have to be content you create--repurposing existing content is easy.

Learn how to add Rich Media to your profile: http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34325

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Get a vanity URLhttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/public-profile-settings

What looks better? What’s more SEO friendly? http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-albert/0/49a/90a

Orhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/davidpaulalbert

2 MINUTES

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Put a Badge on your personal website, blog or online resume http://www.linkedin.com/profile/profile-badges

10 MINUTES

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Use OpenLink to reach out to connections outside your network

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Use OpenLink to reach out to connections outside your network

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Use OpenLink to reach out to connections outside your network

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Export your ConnectionsWant to do add LinkedIn contacts to your own CRM system, contact database or email marketing software?

10 MINUTES

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Get LinkedIn profile data for those who email youhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/smartr-inbox-for-gmail/https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smartr-inbox-for-gmail/

5 MINUTES

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Share often, share smarter! (bufferapp.com) 5 - 15 MINUTES

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Join Groups and bypass the need to connect to people to contact them

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Join Groups and bypass the need to connect to people to contact them

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Join Groups and bypass the need to connect to people to contact them

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And now, a brief word from our Sponsor...

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Thank You! Questions?

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