LinkedIn 20 Top Tips & Tricks

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20 top tips & tricks Andy Priestner & Meg Westbury 2013

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20 top tricks and trips to help you get the most out of LinkedIn whether you are using it to job search, network or share information.

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20 top tips & tricks

Andy Priestner & Meg Westbury

2013

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Check out all the NEWprofile sections and fill them in(LinkedIn has changed for the better)

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Personalise your

invitation to connect

‘I’d like to add

you to my

professional

network’

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Say ‘hello’ after connecting

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Manage both your

profiles-

public&

private

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Find a role modelnetworkerand learn from them

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Join a group and actively contribute

to it

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Connect your

connections (if you

think they could

collaborate)

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Update yourstatus withmeaningful & appropriate content (this is a professionalnetwork)

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Use anestablishe

d connectio

nto ‘get

introduced’

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If job-searching,find a companyinsider to give you thelowdown

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A complete

profile and smart

use of keywords

will improve

your findability

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Write arecommendationor endorse a skill(don’t sit and wait to be recommended)

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If there is not a group

around your area

of interest or

expertise, start one

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Promoteyour profile(customise your URL, get a badge, and add to your email signature)

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Check outcontacts

at your alma mater,

via the alumni search facility

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Download and explorethe sleek new mobile apps and use it on the go

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Check out

company pages (they’re

cool)

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Make your home page feel less cluttered by customisingyour news feed

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Connect, share, like –

become a ‘good

LinkedIn citizen’

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Connect with us on

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andypriestner http://www.linkedin.com/in/megwestbury

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