LinkedIn Profiles That Mean Business

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Norma Huibregtse Marketing and Social Media Strategist CaptivatedCustomers.com Profiles That Profiles That Mean Business Mean Business

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LinkedIn is a powerful marketing tool but you have to get it right from the beginning with a compelling profile. I share with you several tips to enhance your profile so that you can attract, connect, and engage with your target market. To learn how to prospect on LinkedIn, ask me about my training when you call (480) 694-6940.

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Norma HuibregtseMarketing and Social Media Strategist

CaptivatedCustomers.com

Profiles That Profiles That Mean Business Mean Business

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LinkedIn Metrics

• Top Professional Social Networking Site – 290 Million

• Highest Profile Rank on Google

• 35% are Women

• 73% with college degrees & above

• 32% make over $100,000/year Source: LinkedIn.com,

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LinkedIn’s Power

• Generate leads

• Position yourself as subject matter expert

• Find new clients or employees

• Drive traffic to website

• Sell products

• Promote Events

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TRUE or FALSE

Having a profile picture is important.

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TRUE or FALSE

The completion status of my profile doesn’t affect search results.

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TRUE or FALSE

LinkedIn shows me how many people viewed my profile.

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TRUE or FALSE

Having 20-30 Keywords throughout my profile will get more views.

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TRUE or FALSE

It is best to write your Profile Summary in 3rd Person.

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Lead Generating Profile

100% Complete and Visible Profile Strategic use of Keywords Use of Multimedia – Video, PDFs Recommendation & Endorsement rich Connections – Quantity and Quality Update often

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Your Profile

Does Your Profile Look Like This?

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Your Profile

Or this?

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Complete Profile

100% Complete Profile =“All Star”

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Review Your Settings

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Customize Your URL

Default: www. linkedin.com/pub/13/3245/543

Change to: linkedin.com/in/firstandlastname

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Grow Connections

1) Use Linkedin Contacts Importer

2) Everyone you meet networking

3) Clients, Colleagues, Social

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Customize Web Links

•Website Page•Blog•Facebook •Email Capture•RSS Feed•Portfolio

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Selecting Keywords

Keywords should reflect what your potential clients would search for to find you.

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1) Headline

2) Current

3) Past

4) Summary

5) Specialties

6) Skills

7) Interests

Keyword Placement

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Add Multimedia

• Presentations• Docs• Images

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Get Recommended

• Recommendations

• Skills & Expertise Endorsements

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Join Groups

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Update Your Status

DO’s

•Provide interesting content•Engage with status updates •Update several times a week

DONT’S

•Stay away from selling•Avoid SPAMMING others•Don’t ignore emails/connections

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Lead Generating Profile

100% Complete and Visible Profile Strategic use of Keywords Use of Multimedia – Video, PDFs Recommendation & Endorsement rich Connections – Quantity and Quality Update often

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Questions

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Contact Information

Norma Huibregtse

Linkedin.com/in/theloyaltylady

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (480) 694-6940