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100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn

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Scott Allen, author of the LinkedIn Intelligence blog has put together a great list of LinkedIn reference links. I’ll let Scott’s own words tell you who might benefit from this resource.

This resource is intended for people who…

…are new to LinkedIn and wondering how to use it to help you in your business and career

…have been using LinkedIn a while but felt like you haven’t really been accomplishing anything with it

…are trying to persuade their friends to join LinkedIn and want to communicate the value proposition

…think there’s no real value in LinkedIn (and those who want to rebutt them)

Recommendations Build Credibility

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The recommendations on LinkedIn are a great way to give and receive value. Testimonials are one of the most important things you can receive from a client. They are simply more credible than you saying the same thing. If a picture tells a 1,000 words then a testimonial tells a 1,000 times a 1,000. There […]

The Forrest Through the Trees

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As I’ve been exploring LinkedIn to find relevance I missed a big one.  If you recall so far I have found two ways that LinkedIn is relevant to my business. 1.  It enhances my chamber networking 2.  If facilitates giving and receiving testimonials or recommendations A third that I should have probably included first since […]

Breaking the Ice at a Meeting with LinkedIn

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When you have a meeting with people you’ve never met before, those first couple of minutes when everyone is getting settled in can be extremely awkward. You want to be friendly and potentially build your network by engaging the people who are new to you, but gripping questions like “So, how’s the weather where you’re […]

Eric’s 2 Cents About Online Networking

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If I could get one point across to people who have not used LinkedIn or are signed up but have not started building there network it would be “even if you don’t know why you should build your network today, you will have a head start if you figure it out tomorrow”.  Eric Mariacher echoes […]

10 Ways to Use LinkedIn as a Business Builder

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I came across this post from Liz Ryan, CEO and founder of WorldWIT, the leading global online and offline network for women in business and technology. I am interested in the posts I have seen on some of the LinkedIn-related Yahoo Groups that ask how LI can help build your business. I think of LI like […]

Save LinkedIn Profile as a PDF

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I was reading Scott Allen’s post at his blog LinkedIn Intelligence and came across a post from Dec. 30th.  In this post he was discussing some of the features added in 2007 (See Full List) and noticed he mentioned a way to save a profile to a pdf.  I’ve looked at 100’s of profiles and […]

Making Your LinkedIn Business Network Pay Dividends

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Haven’t made a dime on LinkedIn? A lot of people on LinkedIn haven’t made a dime from it. Chances are you haven’t made anyone else money either. In expanding your network, the main point is to help you phone or meet someone who may be able to help you in whatever it is you are […]

Degrees of Separation

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I am approaching six weeks since I decided to see if LinkedIn was relevant to my business.  When I started I had 20 contacts.  As of today I am up to 131 contacts, mostly built from networking in the North Fulton Chamber.  Looking at my connection statistics reveals that in addition to my 131 1st […]

Commenting on Posts

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This blog thing is new to me so I’n figuring it out as I go along.  Just learned how to post a comment to one of the posts.  Click on the “No Comments” link below a post and you can submit a response or comment. I assume that if someone has posted a response the […]