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Go Pro!
Set up your profile step by step
Engage! Connections, Groups, Readers
Info? Just ask!
The LinkedIn Help Center is your go‐to how‐to:
• Support
• Help forum
• Safety Center
• Contact point
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Help! Do you need somebody?
LinkedIn Statistics
• 332 million users
• 2 new users every second
• 3 billion users
• Average use is 17 minutes per month
• 1 in 3 professionals is on LinkedIn
• 56% male, 46% female
• 13% don’t use Facebook
• 59% don’t use Twitter
• 26% of users time spend time on mobile app
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Why use LinkedIn?
• Find jobs
• Find clients
• Hire or partner with new people
• Keep tabs on business contacts
• Build professional visibility
• Become active in professional communities
• Enhance career goals
You’re worth 1,000+ words, but you need a PORTRAIT
• Be approachable
• It’s about YOU
• It’s about your business
• Stay current
• Dress the part
• You don’t need a plastic surgeon
• No selfies! No eggheads!
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Smart and AccessibleAnn Handley is a social media pro. At first glance, she is triple‐threat visual: face, banner, headline.
Profile: headshot tips
• Avoid a wide‐angle lens
• Let your headshot pop
• Keep the background plain—but no passport
• Blur background in a crowded setting
• Shoot in a variety of settings
• Look at camera—no double chin
• Relax and smile!
• Dimensions: 240x240
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Headline: Hey, look at me!
• Avoid exact job title if you’re looking for a job
• Dull—don’t do it
• Speak to your value
• Job search—cast in the position you want
• Don’t make your headline a resume
• Less is more
Summary: get to the point
• 2000 characters!
• Zinger selling handle
• Short paragraphs―bullet points are OK
• Be personable―more than a flat resume
• What you do? Why are you good at it?
• Show challenges + problem solving
• Relevant accomplishments, awards, courses
• Numbers talk
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Jeff Bullas, social media thought leader
Jeff Bullas: bragging rights
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Show up in searches
• Show up in searches
• Use keywords
• Looking? Title that reflects what you want
• Up‐to‐date skills
• Soft skills
• Hard skills
• Development, training, relevant courses
Profile: don’t go there
• “Seeking new opportunity”
• “Making career change”
• Overly personal information
• GPA after first job
• College activity overkill after first job
• High school
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Profile: killer cliches
• Meaningless adjectives, redundancies, fillers
• Creative, analytical, motivated, effective, seasoned
• Results oriented
• Passionate (avoid romancing yourself)
• Responsible for
• Guru
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
Profile: prove it, baby, prove it
• Nouns and verbs = workhorses
• SHOW, don’t tell
• Link to website
• Link to blog
• Create slideshare
• List publications (e.g., articles, whitepapers)
• List presentations
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Profile: power up with recommendations
• Quality, not quantity
• Recommend/accept—connections you know
• Managers, clients, co‐workers, colleagues
• Positive character traits
• Specific services, products
• Quality of work
• Problem solving, results
Jeff Bullas: recommendations
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Recommendation: ask and ye shall get
Dear Michele,
I would appreciate a brief recommendation of my work to include in my LinkedIn profile. It would be great if you would provide a few specific examples.
To make this easy for you, here’s a possible draft; feel free to edit it or create your own.
[Insert your draft of the recommendation]
Thanks for your help! I would love to do the same for you.
Best regards,Catherine
Endorsements: icing, not cake
• Set up the Skills & Endorsements section
• List the top 10 skills to get started
• Most endorsement skills rise to top
• You can add up to 50—don’t get skills happy
• Be neighborly; endorse connections honestly
• Judge where you position endorsements
• Edit/manage endorsements every month
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Jeff Bullas: endorsements
That other stuff
• 3 website links
• Portfolio
• Slideshare
• Blog
• Interests—show personality/humor, hobbies, extracurricular activities, volunteer work
• Organizations (e.g., professional groups, affiliations, clubs)
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Jeff Bullas: publications
Jeff Bullas: groups
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Jeff Bullas: influencers
Jeff Bullas: news
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Cool Ag Gal
Contact info: who sees what
Connections see:
• IM
• Phone,
• Address
Your network (e.g., 1st, 2nd, 3rd degree connections & groups) sees:
• Websites
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Customize your URL
It takes a minute—just do it
• Go to profile header
• Click edit next to your public profile
• Set the custom URL
• Be straightforward—no riddles
Account settings—don’t forget!
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Do your housekeeping—edit monthly
Engage & make it so!Connections, Groups, Pulse