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9 Ways to Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile
Your goal on LinkedIn is to first “be found”, and second “be found credible”. With that in mind, you want to do everything possible to enhance your profile. This includes the content you place on your profile page and the ways that people find your profile.
Here are 9 ways to create an more effective profile. These simple changes can make a difference in the effectiveness of your profile.
The Average LinkedIn Network
Numbers are always interesting to consider. Take for instance the 40+ million users on LinkedIn (not an official number but an educated guess). That’s a pretty impressive number. But, more important is the number of people that are active. The value of one member in your network is not equal to the value of another.
But how do you place a value on each member?
On LinkedIn Show Don’t Tell
When I was in Freshman English in college I had a teacher who used to pound it in our heads to “show, don’t tell” with our weekly writing assignments. It was frustrating at the time but it was a good lesson applicable to more than just a 1st year English class. The same philosophy applies […]
LinkedIn Part 4: Connecting Your Offline and Online Brand
LinkedIn, if you think about it, is simply an offline idea implemented in an online manner. It takes advantage of the ease of communicating and interacting that the internet provides.
LinkedIn hasn’t changed or replaced the old way of networking. It’s just added a new dynamic to the mix.