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Best Practice One: Branding Personal or Business? Mission Statement Keywords Social Media Policy Create Your Profile in a Word Document Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 3
Best Practice Two: Optimize Optimize Your Header Optimize Your Content Optimize Your Updates Optimize Your Summary Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 4 My keywords – My Industry Job Title Offers Products Services My Clients My Company Name My Client’s Industry
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Best Practice Three: Customize Customize Your Website Customize Your Public Profile Customize Your Summary Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 6
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Best Practice Four: Specialize Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 8 Specialize and Expand Your Experience Specialize and Expand Your Education
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Best Practice Five: TOMA Join Groups and then Join their Discussions Profile Forwarding LinkedIn Apps – Events – Blog – Twitter – Box.net Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 10
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TOMA: Profile Forwarding Forward to up to 200 connections Choose Location or Industry Customize Subject Line Highlight the profile and why applicable to your company/ event Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 13
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Six: Network Building Join Groups Create a Group Invite Open Networkers Respond to every Invitation Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 16
Inviting Open Networkers Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 17
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Be A Thought Leader in your Market Use “Answers” Use “Events” Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 19
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Bonus Slide: LION or LaMB* (LIONs home page and place to join to get an excel list of people who will accept your invites) (List of 4000 people who will accept your invite & opportunity to receive invites - for a fee) Remember YOU only have 3000 invites. (Invite these people IMMEDIATELY to build your network strategically – even if you want to be a LaMB) (for $49 a year you can have inviations sent to you!) *Look at My Buds – Courtesy Of Laurie Macomber and Blue Skies MarketingBlue Skies Marketing Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 21
The LinkedIn Slap Don’t Break the EUA Only 3000 Invites The IDK Copyright Linked Into Business All Rights Reserved 22
“Old Fashioned” Etiquette Be Courteous. Be Relevant! Be Responsive ! Pick up the phone! Help someone out! 23
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