linked in workshop

Location: Mantis Cranes, Killygordon

Date:26th May 2010

Presented by: Dr. Carl Diver

Donegal Engineering AssociationLinkedIn® Workshop

14/06/2010 2 of 37CDAMC Private & Confidential 2010

Content

• Introduction to• Setting up your personal page• Creating your network• Connecting to people of interest• Setting up a company page


Content

• Setting up a group• and sales generation• Event promotion• Applications

http://www.linkedin.com/opensocialInstallation/preview?_ch_panel_id=1&_applicationId=1700







What’s it all about?

• Essentially a Facebook for professionals•

• Networking• Keeping up-to-date with your network• Social Media Sales • PR, Sales, Marketing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT3JVUGUzM


Your Account

www.linkedin.com


Your details


Who do you know?


Confirmation e-mail


Validation

Click on confirm


Sign


My profile

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=15115147&trk=tab_pro


Add contactsClick on add connections


Contact e-mailsEnter e-mail addresses directly or allow a search of outlook or yahoo etc...


People you may knowClick on People you may know


People you may knowClick on connect if you want to link


ConnectSelect how you know them and send


Review• You should be able to log on now• You should have started editing your own profile, including your career history, education, etc... •You should have sent some invitations to connect to people you know


Creating a new network• Check who in your immediate network is connected to who• Beware not all profiles may be legitimate always ensure that you get a referral from someone you know when you connect or check out who you are linking with• Give me a name of a company that is a potential customer & lets identify a decision maker


Your Company on


CDAMC on


Apple on

http://www.linkedin.com/companies/162479


Groups on• You can join existing groups• You can set-up your own group• Groups are generally a good place to have on-line discussions with your peers• You can post discussions, link to interesting articles, post jobs etc...


Groups on


Create a group

http://www.linkedin.com/createGroup?displayCreate=


Crane group

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2091525&trk=anetsrch_name&goback=.gdr_1274832315483_1


North West Tech Forum

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1966219&trk=anet_ug_hm


Sales

• Using to generate sales• The right connections• Post interesting content that will drive people to your profile or make them want to connect with you

• Link it to Twitter


Social Media Sales• Sales 2.0 has some interesting content on using social media to generate sales

www.sales2.com

http://www.sales2.com/


Trigger events• Prospecting Trigger events – a new • way (source Sales 2.0)

http://www.sales2.com/index.php/articles/nigels-sales-2-blog/658-prospecting-trigger-events-new-linkedin-way


Promoting events onClick on More then events


Events page

http://www.linkedin.com/osview/canvas?_ch_page_id=1&_ch_panel_id=1&_ch_app_id=30&_applicationId=2000&_ownerId=15115147&osUrlHash=FhpW&trk=hb_side_apps


Applications on• Slideshare

• Amazon

• Tripit

• Twitter

• Events

• Huddle








Synchronising• Adding a twitter account to your linked in profile

•Linking to

http://linkedin.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linkedin.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2753&p_created=1257800281&p_sid=PEORMQ*j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MjgsMjgmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9

http://support.twitter.com/articles/31113-how-to-use-twitter-with-facebook


Business Account

https://www.linkedin.com/secure/purchase?displayProducts=&_ra=sub&_pt=sub&utm_source=Footer&utm_medium=onsite&utm_campaign=Subs&trk=hb_ft_upyracct


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