LinkedIn started in Reid Hoffman’s living room in 2002 and I signed up in 2006 becoming one of the first Million Members in the UK. In 2012 with 135 Million members worldwide LinkedIn is the place to network online for business. My experience with LinkedIn over the years has meant that I have made many… [Read more…]
February 4, 2012
In Part 1 of How to create a LinkedIn profile that will work for you we covered: Key Level Strategy used to define your headline Profile photo Headline Twitter Public Profile URL Summary Specialities Part 2 covered: Experience (Jobs) Sections (Vital details!) Education Part 3 covered Additional information Website links Interests Groups and associations Honours and awards… [Read more…]
January 1, 2012
In Part 1 of How to create a LinkedIn profile that will work for you we covered: Key Level Strategy used to define your headline Profile photo Headline Twitter Public Profile URL Summary Specialities In Part 2 of How to create a LinkedIn profile that will work for you we covered: Experience (Jobs) Sections (Vital details!) Education… [Read more…]
December 30, 2011
In Part 1 of How to create a LinkedIn profile that will work for you we covered: Key Level Strategy used to define your headline Profile photo Headline Twitter Public Profile URL Summary Specialities Now we can move on to completing your experience, education, and the special sections that add the important detail that connects… [Read more…]
December 28, 2011
This is the first of four articles on designing a LinkedIn profile that will work for you. Your LinkedIn Public Profile Much of your LinkedIn profile will be visible on search engines and to the public through your public profile link. You can configure the public visibility on your account settings to how you want,… [Read more…]
December 11, 2011
In the first year Business Professionals In Malta has grown to over 1300 members, about 10% of the Malta LinkedIn membership. This growth tends to indicate that the group is of interest to people and is of value to the members. With this in mind I have considered what has worked to grow the membership,… [Read more…]
December 4, 2011
The LinkedIn statistics infographic is a great tool to use when growing your group on LinkedIn. The statistics page is easily found with the groups main menu items under More>Group Statistics. To me this simple, clear and concise data is a great tool for growing your LinkedIn group and can be used in the following… [Read more…]
November 23, 2011
About 12 months ago I took a look at how connected I was on LinkedIn within Malta where I live, and decided that I needed to focus on expanding my network. At that time I was connected to 19 people in Malta and hundreds in places like London and New York; it made no real… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
Fortunately I receive many great messages on LinkedIn™, but on some occasions there are those that are just very disappointing. This one I have shown below, with some changes to make it anonymous, is a great example of how to put me off any interest in doing business with you. The subject line was “Interested… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
Being useful in a group is one of the key ways you can succeed as a networker on LinkedIn™. One of your objectives on LinkedIn™ is to make new connections and build relationships with existing ones. This is what LinkedIn™ sets out to enable you to do, and it is the same objective whether you… [Read more…]
February 4, 2012
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