How To Set Up A Linked In Account

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Setting Up Your LinkedIn Profile ProMatch Networking Team March, 2011

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Step-by-step LinkedIn Account Set-up.

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Setting Up Your LinkedIn

Profile

ProMatch Networking Team

March, 2011

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1. Go to http://LinkedIn.com

2. You Tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHM70_e-vCo

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2. Join LinkedIn Today section, enter your First Name, Last Name, and E-mail address, choose a password, and click "Join

Now."

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3. Surfer, Let’s get your professional profile started section enter the information requested, then click "Create my

Profile."

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3. See Who You All Ready Know on LinkedIn section

LinkedIn can search your E-mail account(s) for E-mail addresses of LinkedIn members (anyone you've sent or

received mail to/from). To do this you will be prompted to sign into your E-mail account from within LinkedIn. It will

then display a list of contacts you can decide whether or not to try to connect to in LinkedIn. If you want to do this,

sign into your E-mail account and click "Find Contacts." If you don't want to do this, click "Skip this Step."

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5. If you allow LinkedIn to search your E-mail account you'll get this screen.

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6. You’re Almost Done section

Now you can enter any E-mail addresses of people you want to invite to connect on LinkedIn.

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7. Your Account is Set up – Choose Your Plan Level section

LinkedIn will try to sell you a premium account. To get started, choose the free basic account.

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8. LinkedIn will ask again for your E-mail address to check for contacts.

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9. OMG, they found a contact in [email protected]'s address book! Click on "Send Invitations" if you want to

send an invitation (or invitations) to the contacts LinkedIn finds.

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10. Here an invitation has been sent to Steven Scharf from Surfer Dude.

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11. Begin editing your profile. Keep in mind your profile is your public face. You may update your profile at any time. It

is suggested that your profile be a snapshot of information on your resume; it should not be your resume. You want

people to contact you for more information.

Once you have set-up your profile, you may wish to attend the following ProMatch workshops which the Networking

Team facilitates. Look for the sign-up sheets in the ProMatch Huddle…..

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