Download - Getting Started with LinkedIn
Agenda
• What is LinkedIn?• What you can do with LinkedIn• Getting started• Most common questions• Power user secrets
LinkedIn: Business Search
• 5 billion professionally oriented searches
• 25 million profile views per day
• 400K unique domains use LinkedIn share button
Source: QuickSprout, Linkedin, BusinessInsider, Work it Daily (image)
LinkedIn isn’t a place to dump a snapshot of where you’ve been. It’s an opportunity to stay connected to people, and to demonstrate where you are now, and where you plan to go next.
- Chris Brogan
The story of your professional future
LinkedIn for Companies• Recruiting• Corporate branding• Content promotion
– Posts, sponsored updates• Sales networking• Build community
Most Common Questions
• Whom should I connect to?• What should I put on my profile?• What if I don’t want anyone to see my
profile or connections?• How do I keep my boss from knowing I’m
updating my LinkedIn profile?• What if I messed up my profile?• How do I get recommendations?
10 Ways to Use LinkedIn
1. Increase your visibility2. Increase your connectability3. Improve your Google PageRank4. Enhance your search engine results5. Perform blind, “reverse,” and company
reference checks6. Increase the relevancy of your job search
Source: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
Guy Kawasaki
10 Ways to Use LinkedIn
7. Make your interviewer go smoother8. Gauge the health of a company9. Gauge the health of an industry10. Track startups (use angel.co now)11. Ask for advice12. Integrate into a new job13. Scope out the competition
Guy Kawasaki
Source: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
ContactKatherine Chalmers@[email protected]
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