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LinkedIn and Checked Out
By: Andrew Stephens
Tags: Networking, LinkedIn, Personal Development, Social Media

LinkedIn and Checked Out

Counterintuitive as it sounds, if we are connected on LinkedIn, chances are I don’t know who you are or what you do. As social networking platforms go, it’s by far the least social in my experience. I see a lot of commotion with little interaction.

Now, I’m only one of 260+ million active fish in this particular sea, but making connections that slip into the shadows seems to be the norm. I often wonder why this happens. In fact, I wonder every time it happens. Perhaps it’s because members can have up to 30,000 connections, a virtually unlimited amount. There is no incentive to make it count.

Last week, for the first time since joining Linkedin in 2011, someone included a personal note with their invitation to connect with me. I was shocked. It was confusing. Not a single person before had provided context for smashing that blue button. Some are apparent — friends, workmates, colleagues. Others… not so much as a hint of their intentions.

I find myself invited to connect by a lot of interior designers. Why? They never say.

It bugs me.

In mythology, a vampire can’t enter one's home without being invited in. We all know what they want. Why isn’t the same true for LinkedIn members?

So, I’ve decided to turn the tide with my own activities. I’ll be sending a message with every LinkedIn invitation letting the individual know why I’ve come knocking. Hopefully, more people will follow suit, and more meaningful connections can be made.
So Excited to Connect
By: Patti Flynn
Tags: LinkedIn, Soexcitedtoconnect

Photo by Charles Forerunner on Unsplash

We spend so much time connecting with others online, but how many of these connections have we spent even 5 minutes getting to know for real?

Our world is moving so fast — yes I am old but not a boomer — and we are in a seeming race to collect likes, friends, followers, or connections. One platform that I have been relying on more in the last few years is LinkedIn. A business social network (oxymoron much?) it has become the business card handoff in the virtual world. But unlike handing off a business card and ending it there, we spider web our connections out beyond people we barely know into complete strangers.

So many have written so many words on social network connections, and how our virtual world has brought us closer, and yet pushes us further apart. I don’t need to spend any of my words on that.

I plan to do something about it.

Tomorrow I start my plan to meet every one of my LinkedIn connections. Some are easier (like my roommate) but others will be harder to meet with, so I am going to concentrate on the 250ish connections I have in the Chicago area, and then move on from there! The objective is to meet for coffee, tea, a drink, and actually connect with the person. Like really listen and get to know who I am with. No sales pitch, seriously. With the permission I will take notes and share findings and stories on Medium, LinkedIn and Twitter, so stay tuned

This may work, or may end up in the dustbin of internet history. But I won’t let that stop me from trying!

#soexcitedtoconnect
This 3 Tips Land You More Clients on LinkedIn
By: Ruslan Galba
Tags: Marketing Tips, Linkedin Marketing, Marketing Strategies, LinkedIn

Tips to Land More Clients on LinkedIn ✅

Courtesy of @frankzepeda_

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When done right LinkedIn prospecting can be very fruitful 🍑

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I have mentioned before LinkedIn’s organic reach is the highest of all social platforms.

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You can accomplish a lot with no investment, other than time and effort.

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Here are some things that have worked well for me on LinkedIn. 💯

Optimize Your Profile For Business Prospects

Unless you’re looking for a job don’t treat your page like a resume. Think of it as a landing page for your business. Talk directly to people through your page, it’s like subconsciously telling them that you understand their problems and you have the solution to their needs.

Be Genuine

The problem is most people still don’t know what messages they should or shouldn’t send on LinkedIn. Make sure any message you send to a connection is relevant to them. Take the time to read a connection’s profile to learn about their interests and career. Send a “Relationship Building” message. The sole purpose of this message is to provide something of value to that person with no ulterior motive. Giving without the expectation of receiving is a critical part of building authentic relationships with people.

Offline relationships

This is the most critical step and where most people fall short. Without this final step, there’s a whole lot of social without any selling. Once you’ve built enough rapport and established your credibility you have to make the transition to an offline conversation. Remember it is offline that you convert a prospect to a client. Don’t try to sell or pitch anything without having a 41 conversation and getting to know what the problems are your prospect is dealing with. Only then can you offer a solution.

Bonus — useful marketing tools:

G Suite — is a suite of collaborative productivity apps, cloud computing, software, and products.

Cashbox — a promotion platform for websites and mobile apps. Easy, curious, informal, highly-effective set of tools that helps to promote your brand.

AdCombo — is an innovative CPA network that provides the best payout rates with high conversion offers and landing pages.

Notion — is a note-taking and collaboration application with markdown support that also integrates tasks, wikis, and databases.

Funnelytics — the best funnel mapping software available to marketers and entrepreneurs today.

Miro — is the online collaborative whiteboard platform that enables teams to work effectively together.

JVZoo — is an affiliate marketing platform that allows sellers to easily list, promote, and sell their products, and affiliate marketers to easily find interesting products at great prices to promote.

Keitaro — is a universal traffic tracker for CPA and affiliate marketing that supports redirects, content generation and share splitting between landing pages and offers.

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I went viral on Instagram and trended on LinkedIn.
By: Lauren Steigerwald
Tags: LinkedIn, Spark Ar, Augmented Reality, Instagram, Graduation

I went viral on Instagram and trended on LinkedIn.

How my Augmented Reality Graduation Cap took FIT and everyone by storm. The process and results of it all… Lauren Steigerwald Apr 22, 2020·4 min read

On Thursday April 16th, I was thinking about how my graduation ceremony in May was canceled due to COVID-19. I would never have that moment of walking on the stage.

I jokingly put a graduation hat emoji on a picture of me and sent it to a friend. An hour later I completely stopped what I was doing and ran to my computer.

I was going to make an AR filter for Instagram.

The emoji that started it all.

Part 1: Drawing the Graphic

I started to design the graphic on illustrator. My first graphic was completely off, the perspective and colors were bad. It took me one more drawing to get what I wanted.

Drawings from the illustrator file.

Part 2: Learning Spark AR

Learning Spark AR was not difficult. I found a YouTube tutorial online and adjusted it to fit my graphic. Once the cap was on the head I had to slightly resize the graphic to fit.

I then created a test link and sent it to five close friends. The AR worked, but did not fit on their heads properly. It was too wide. After two more tests, the filter was good to submit.

Part 3: Rules/ Regulations & Submitting

This is the screen you see when you are going to submit.

When submitting there are TONS of rules and regulations, how to name your filter, creating an icon, tags, categories, the list goes on. It took a large chunk of my time to read these rules, even rereading parts. I didn’t not want my filter to get rejected.

Part 4: Social Media

Hurray! My filter was approved. Time to share it on social media.

People then started sharing my story, using the filter and tagging me.

It then left my little circle of friends at FIT and went to different majors of FIT.

I reposted people’s stories to spread the news of the filter.

Part 5: The Results

Instagram

Within 17 hrs of the AR filter being live, there were:

2,336 Impressions

186 Captures

20 Shares

My instagram stories doubled in views, I gained 10 followers, and I received 12 DMs from fellow students.

On the Last day of school (May 18th) the filter received:

2,336 Impressions

186 Captures

20 Shares

One month of the filter:

LinkedIn

I later posted on LinkedIn and it trended #1 on LinkedIn’s AR hashtag. The response on LinkedIn was overwhelmingly positive. Many fellow 2020 grads thanked me and asked for the name of the filter so they could use it.

In 2 days the post reached 110 reactions and by day 3 the post had:

207 reactions

11 shares

23 comments

3,467 views

Overall the project was a success. Not only did this project go viral, but I learned so much from this experience. I learned AR, social media, and the best way to effectively post on LinkedIn.
Are you ready to unlock the power of LinkedIn?
By: Donna Winter
Tags: Writers On Writing, LinkedIn, Writing, Linkedin Profile, Linkedin Marketing

Once we connect and decide to create or revise your LinkedIn profile, our ultimate goal is to focus on what you plan to achieve through establishing or improving your online professional presence.

During our initial discovery call, we will find out why you are interested in LinkedIn services Profile Optimization, share our approach (at a high level), and discuss a timeline to complete a draft as well as offer a quotation for our services.

Costs for this service range from $150-$300; a discounted rate may apply if multiple services are purchased.

During our 60–90 minute consultation (in-person, Skype or telephone) we will ask you several questions to have a better understanding of your professional history, skills and goals or your company’s products, services and goals. We want to find out about what makes you, or your business, unique to use this information to help you stand out in a competitive market.

Many clients tell us during our consultations that they did not think or realize information is compelling or relevant; however, a trained professional’s eyes (and ears) can provide a fresh perspective…and capitalize on our client’s best qualities.

If we do not cover something during our consultation, you will be encouraged to contact us to share additional information; many clients take us up on this offer because they may reflect on some of our questions and have more to tell us!

Next, we will deliver a clearly written draft for each applicable section along with detailed instructions to help you populate your profile. Telephone or in-person support is also available to help you through this process. The draft will include tips for your profile and background pictures as well as posting and content guidelines for our B2B clients.

We want every client who works with us to be satisfied with his or her updated, optimized LinkedIn profile. We invite suggestions and edits to our initial draft by Skype or telephone. For local clients, we will provide an opportunity to meet with us to discuss in-person the draft.

You know your career (or business) best, and we are fully committed to making your LinkedIn profile a reflection of you, your career story and accomplishments.

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The Only Linkedin Recruitment Tips You Need to Know
Tags: Recruitment Software, Recruiting, LinkedIn

Original photo from Pixabay

Whether you are at recruitment or whether you have done it for years, let’s refresh on the most important tips and tricks about recruitment on Linkedin.

For the past 10 years, Linkedin has been a got-to-spot for professionals to increase their network, a place where to generate Sales and to find an employee, or search for new job opportunities. The latter has been so popular that Linkedin itself is offering Talent Solutions and option to upgrade to premium user account.

1. Original style

This has been said everywhere by now, but we also want to emphasize the importance of not using copy-paste, generic messages and communication in general. Since 2018, regardless of whether you’re in marketing for a business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) organization, it’s about creating human-to-human (H2H) connections. In other words, people buy from other people. And recruiters sell job positions and company culture to candidates, so it translates to recruitment very well.

So, the best approach would be to create meaningful conversations over cold communication. Quality over quantity. Show genuine interest, mention specific details, lesser-known facts that would catch candidate’s attention.

Where to get this information? Let’s move to next important tip.

Source: Pixabay

2. Research skills of a Secret Service Agent

To provide very personalized message, recruiters need to work with information and find those significant details. Make the information work for you. Compliment candidate on specific achievements, finished projects, show appreciation for set of skills the person has been endorsed for. You can also research the company that candidate currently works at and try to find information on their website, social media about the candidate, and later on use it communicate. You can also build trust through mutual acquanitances or friends.

3. Network, network, network

Build your network. Work on your profile, connect with professionals and be visible. The more people you are connected to, the bigger your network gets, and this means that you are that much closer to candidates. You then have connections that can introduce you to other people or spread the information of vacant positions. Maybe some people will reference suitable candidates on you vacancy post. But to get to that point, some work has to be done. Engagement is the answer. You need to post updates that would start a discussion, like other people’s updates and news, congratulate them on work anniversaries.

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Network Your Way to Your Dream Job
Tags: LinkedIn, Jobs, First Job, Design, Networking

Graduating BFA students Ashlyne Quidley and Brittany Ramirez networking at Create, a job fair at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and Architecture.

I took my first job in New York in August of 2001, during the collapse of the dot com bubble. Jobs were hard to come by but I wanted to live and work in NYC, and I was willing to do whatever it took to get there. After three months of searching, I finally received an offer and said yes, even though I knew it wasn’t close to my dream job. I had to start somewhere, and the pros of being in NYC at a design studio outweighed the cons of working for what I considered to be a subpar shop. What I didn’t realize at the time was how networking at my first job would lead to my next job and so on and so on.

A positive of my first job was that the owner was from Poland and valued having a very diverse studio of international designers. It isn’t easy to find a small design studio that offers the financial support international employees need to get their working visas and our office was filled with them. I loved getting to know my coworkers and felt lucky to be meeting so many amazing designers from all over the globe. One of them from Switzerland had interned at Pentagram. She shared with me that two Pentagram alum had opened up a small studio in the city and may be hiring. She made the introduction and about a month later I landed my dream job at Opto Design. I spent three years working under the amazing art direction of John Klotnia and Ron Louie and it was all thanks to taking a not so exciting job and making a connection.

Years later I moved out to Los Angeles and started the process of finding a new job in a new town again. While I worked as many networking opportunities as I could, my network was working for me behind the scenes. John from Opto was out in Los Angeles printing an annual report and while talking to his sale representation on press, he heard that a very respected firm in L.A. was losing their senior designer and looking for someone new. He shared that I had just moved out west and within days I was hired as a Senior Designer at Douglas Oliver Design Office where I stayed for 4 years until I moved back east to begin my teaching career.

The lesson here is that networking works. Take every opportunity you can to make connections. Follow up with everyone you meet. Find them on LinkedIn and invite them to connect. Remind the person you are connecting with how you met them, if they gave you career advice, thank them. The follow-up conversation does not have to be long, just enough to make the digital connection so they know where to find you.
Why LinkedIn is super important for startups and businesses?
By: Kunal Soni, Hustle, Innovate, Never Give Up
Tags: LinkedIn, Startup, Business, Profession, Careers

Linkedin for startups

LinkedIn is a platform for professionals and businesses to network and keep in touch. It is used to exchange professional information, share and receive advice, develop business contacts, and recruit staff.

So, if you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, you will want to make sure you have a LinkedIn account.

What are the advantages for entrepreneurs or small businesses by using LinkedIn?

1. Build your network

2. Find new business connections

3. Get in touch with potential customers

4. Connect with journalists

5. Find talent

6. Market your products

7. Share your content

How to use LinkedIn for small businesses and entrepreneurs?

1. Build your network: Once you have a LinkedIn profile, you should make it your goal to connect with as many people as possible. You can connect with people by asking for introductions, becoming a member of groups, or answering questions.

2. Find new business connections: You can invite connections and find new connections by searching for people with similar jobs or titles as you.

3. Get in touch with potential customers: You can download LinkedIn’s Contacts App to make it easier to see your connections’ email addresses.

4. Connect with journalists: You can use LinkedIn to find journalists that are relevant to your business.

5. Find talented employees: LinkedIn is one of the most popular sites for employers to look for new talent. If you’re looking for a job, you can fill out your profile and receive matches for potential jobs.

6. Market your products: You can create and share great content on LinkedIn by uploading your blog posts, adding presentations, and posting updates.

7. Share your content: LinkedIn is one of the best social media sites for sharing content. You can share articles, blog posts, and videos with your connections.

What are some cool tricks for using LinkedIn?

Search for connections by interest

2. Post articles, blog posts, and videos with your connections

3. Start conversations with people

4. Follow people in your industry

5. Find people with similar jobs

6. Share your content

7. Find journalists who are relevant to your business

8. Add presentations to your LinkedIn profile

9. Create and share great content

10. Follow your connections on Twitter

11. Add your company to your LinkedIn profile

12. Use the LinkedIn Contacts App to see your connections’ email addresses

13. Find connections through your 3rd-degree connections

14. Connect with people in groups

15. Add a company email to your account

16. Create a company page

17. Join different groups

18. Use LinkedIn to find other languages

19. Fill out your profile

20. Use the LinkedIn’s Company Pages app

21. Connect with alumni of your company

22. Join groups by your industry

23. Follow tips for increasing your visibility on LinkedIn
Keep It Clean
By: Uc Berkeley Extension
Tags: Professional, LinkedIn, Social Media, Career Advice, Facebook

Why it’s important to maintain a professional social-media presence

The Internet remembers. What you post on any of your social media channels stays with you. It’s your digital footprint that reflects who you are as a person — to your followers and, more importantly, to a potential employer.

Don’t believe it? Google yourself. I’ll wait.

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Cringing at a Facebook rant you posted a few years back? Or did you really bad-mouth a former company on Twitter? Maybe that photo you uploaded to Instagram isn’t what you would want a recruiter to see.

Could your social presence be the reason why you’re not getting that interview?

A CareerBuilder survey from a few years back shows some eye-opening data:

“Seventy percent of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates, while seven percent plan to start. And that review matters: Of those that do social research, 57 percent have found content that caused them not to hire candidates.”

On the flip side, according to that same survey, prospective employers are interested in these positive candidate traits:

37%

Background information supports their professional qualifications for the job — share occasional articles to convey your connection to the industry.

34%

Creativity

33%

Conveys a professional image

31%

Shows a wide range of interests — try out volunteer opportunities to expand your purview!

28%

Great communication skills — proofread before posting!

26%

Awards and accolades — great for LinkedIn, but don’t forget about your other social spaces!

23%

Others post good references about the candidate

Your social presence goes beyond sharing funny memes, status updates and the like to your followers. You may also be sharing it with a potential employer. So before you hit share, re-evaluate the content because your next boss is looking.

Take some time in the next few days to audit your social presence and ensure it’s accurately reflecting the professional image you want to convey to the world. If it’s not, now’s the time to get it cleaned up!

And if you need additional guidance, make sure you reach out to our Career Services team.
How LinkedIn Can Help Grow your Business?
By: Farhan Majid
Tags: Business, LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a very powerful networking platform to promote business but unfortunately not many people know how to. Now a days with so many websites out there people often get confused and they just end up signing up on them and never use them again. Here are some ways to grow your business using LinkedIn.

Promotes your Brand

If you are an employer make sure to encourage your employees to stay active on LinkedIn. This will help boost your brand and more people will start knowing you and your business.

Helps Gaining Visibility

Engagement on LinkedIn will help your business gain visibility. It will have a compounding effect when your employees start interacting as well.

Direct Connection

This is one place you need not worry about the hierarchy where a client has to go through so many people to reach you. They can get in touch with you directly which is far more convincing.

Boosts up Morale

Let your employees spend time on LinkedIn to promote the business. Making new connections can help you greatly in the long run and can boost the morale of your employees since they will have something new to do other than working on their routine.

Participation in Group

Groups in Linked can be a game changer. By participating in relevant groups you can lure more customers which in turn will grow your business in a very short time.

Make Real Connections

Creating thousands of connections is useless if they are of little value to your business. Make sure to target customer and business specific connections. Focus on the quality of connection than the quality!

Keep Promises you can Deliver

This is an ultimate rule of any business model. Be honest about your business to the world and delivery what you promise. Bragging about your business and false branding can hurt you in the future. Be sure to set a policy and brief your employees to not overdo things which can work as a double edged sword in the long run.

Posted by Farhan Majid
How it works: The LinkedIn Algorithm
By: Petra Smith
Tags: LinkedIn, Social Media Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Digital

At Squirrels&Bears we believe in simplicity and we like to provide clear answers to your questions. In our #howitworks series we focus on simple explanations of various aspects of small business, highlighting the basic facts, what works and what doesn’t work. And we hope to make your life a little easier.

The Basics:

Almost 600 million business professionals use LinkedIn to find jobs, grow their networks and share content.

Your LinkedIn feed doesn’t show everything your network is posting by default — it’s only showing content it believes is relevant to you.

However, you can sort the content in your LinkedIn feeds by recency by changing the filter on the top of your news feed.

The feed has a spam filter, which determines whether your content shows up in the feed, how far of an audience it reaches within LinkedIn or whether it’s spam.

When you post an update, as the first step a bot classifies your update using three key categories: spam, low-quality or clear. If you pass the test, your post will then appear for a short while and the bot will track the level of engagement. If others are interacting with your posts, you are likely to make it through the next filter. But, if your post is being marked as spam or they hide it from their feed, it’s not good news for you.

After the initial check, the algorithm looks beyond your post. It considers you and your network to determine if the post should be showing up in other users’ feed.

At the final stage, your post gets reviewed by a human, so they can determine whether to keep it showing and to understand why exactly is it popular. And as long as you post keeps getting noticed, it will remain in the mix — this is why you sometimes see posts from a few days ago.

Do

Use common SEO and content marketing tactics.

Keep your posts short, interesting and visually strong.

Write your own articles using LinkedIn Publisher — the articles will show up on your feed, appear on your profile and could be selected to be included highlight emails sent by LinkedIn.

Optimise the most effective times to post — look at best practice guides, but also test and track various times that work for your posts and focus on those effective time slots.

Offer valuable tips and advice relevant to your audience.

If a single post is liked and shared, it will be seen more than if multiple people share the same link — this is particularly effective on company pages, so encourage your team to engage with posts on your page.

Post a variety of content such as videos, images, podcasts and links to other content.

Promote your LinkedIn profile and company page on your website.

Use relevant hashtags and keywords.

Follow influencers in your industry to demonstrate your interests.

Join and participate in relevant groups.

Comment on updates posted by others.

Mention (@) people in your posts if you want them to see it or if they are somehow connected to the post.

Don’t
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Tags: LinkedIn, Business Strategy, Linkedin Lead Generation, Business, United States

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Growing Your LinkedIn Page In 5 Easy Steps.
By: Dammy Ogunmoye
Tags: Boost, Page, Growth, LinkedIn

In recent times, Social media has continuously proven itself a very prominent and effective means of communication for individuals and businesses worldwide. LinkedIn is drastically growing and becoming the best means of communication, especially for large and small business enterprises.

Statistics even has it that LinkedIn now has almost 740 million members with over 55 million registered companies, making it the perfect platform of untapped opportunities to promote your works.

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Growing your LinkedIn page

Growing a Linkedin Page is all about making connections, from people with the same views and opinion as yours to individuals or top people in your industry you aspire to be. These steps will guide you through the process of growing your Linkedin Page.

1. Setting Up Your LinkedIn Profile:

Growing a Linkedin Page is as broad as it is long. The first thing to consider while trying to grow your Linkedin page is the profile. The Linkedin Profile must be complete and captivating enough to attract people to keep scrolling and even click the like and follow button.

2. Create Captivating Contents;

Once you set up your profile, you should come up with content ideas that will be captivating. You must be deliberate in your choice of words. If possible, write like a professional, look out for similar social media pages in your industry and recreate their contents.

3. Engage On Other People’s Posts & Pages

Engage On Other People’s Posts & Pages

To get people to follow you and like your posts, you should also engage in people’s posts. Follow top people in your industry and tag them in your posts. Also, please refer to their writeups in your posts. By doing this, you will convert some if not all of their audiences to yours.

4. Post Organic LinkedIn Contents.

Your posts should be engaging enough to give people the vibes to reply and drop comments in the comment section. Add ‘call to actions’ to your posts and make sure every post tells a story. It makes people want to keep scrolling even if the content is lengthy.

5.Consistency

Content ideas, Branding, Fonts and Colors must be Deliberate and Consistent. It gives your page that professional look. It also makes people want to keep scrolling through your page.

Adding a bonus!

6.SEO Is Crucial

SEO Is Crucial

Boost your Linkedin Page with SEO. Search Engine Optimization helps to boost Social media visibility and credibility. You can reach out to more people on your Linkedin.

Although Linkedin is the best social media platform for professionals and business-oriented people, so many people still find the app quite complicated and challenging. But if you are ready to put in the works by following the listed steps, your page should be prepared to experience a significant growth boost.
Growing Your LinkedIn Page In 5 Easy Steps.
Tags: Boost, Page, Growth, LinkedIn

In recent times, Social media has continuously proven itself a very prominent and effective means of communication for individuals and businesses worldwide. LinkedIn is drastically growing and becoming the best means of communication, especially for large and small business enterprises.

Statistics even has it that LinkedIn now has almost 740 million members with over 55 million registered companies, making it the perfect platform of untapped opportunities to promote your works.

You can read our previous post on Favourite Holiday Recipes you should try during this holiday.

Growing your LinkedIn page

Growing a Linkedin Page is all about making connections, from people with the same views and opinion as yours to individuals or top people in your industry you aspire to be. These steps will guide you through the process of growing your Linkedin Page.

1. Setting Up Your LinkedIn Profile:

Growing a Linkedin Page is as broad as it is long. The first thing to consider while trying to grow your Linkedin page is the profile. The Linkedin Profile must be complete and captivating enough to attract people to keep scrolling and even click the like and follow button.

2. Create Captivating Contents;

Once you set up your profile, you should come up with content ideas that will be captivating. You must be deliberate in your choice of words. If possible, write like a professional, look out for similar social media pages in your industry and recreate their contents.

3. Engage On Other People’s Posts & Pages

Engage On Other People’s Posts & Pages

To get people to follow you and like your posts, you should also engage in people’s posts. Follow top people in your industry and tag them in your posts. Also, please refer to their writeups in your posts. By doing this, you will convert some if not all of their audiences to yours.

4. Post Organic LinkedIn Contents.

Your posts should be engaging enough to give people the vibes to reply and drop comments in the comment section. Add ‘call to actions’ to your posts and make sure every post tells a story. It makes people want to keep scrolling even if the content is lengthy.

5.Consistency

Content ideas, Branding, Fonts and Colors must be Deliberate and Consistent. It gives your page that professional look. It also makes people want to keep scrolling through your page.

Adding a bonus!

6.SEO Is Crucial

SEO Is Crucial

Boost your Linkedin Page with SEO. Search Engine Optimization helps to boost Social media visibility and credibility. You can reach out to more people on your Linkedin.

Although Linkedin is the best social media platform for professionals and business-oriented people, so many people still find the app quite complicated and challenging. But if you are ready to put in the works by following the listed steps, your page should be prepared to experience a significant growth boost.
Professional Advice: LinkedIn
By: Sarah Evans
Tags: LinkedIn

LinkedIn is one of the best places to get connected with people in your field, receive job advice, keep updated on the news in your industry, and to even receive an internship for job. When creating a LinkedIn profile you want to make sure you keep it professional as possible. We have some tips and tricks for you to do just that.

Profile Photo: The photo should only have you in it, keep the background simple, wear professional clothes. Headshots are always best. You can receive headshots for free from organizations like Modista or have a friend take one for you in front of a blank wall.

Bio: Keep your LinkedIn bio brief and to the point. If you are currently searching for a job or internship in a certain field you can say so here.

Experience: Your experiences is where you get to show off. Let professionals know about your job experience everything from retail to your most recent internship. Describe your tasks for each job in as detail and precisely as possible. Make sure to use key terms that the jobs you are applying to are looking for. Add unique experiences to allow you to stand out from the crowd.

Connecting with Professionals on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the perfect platform to get connected with professionals in your industry. This can open opportunities for you when looking for internships and jobs.

“When connecting with professionals on LinkedIn you are able have it set a filter so you are able see if a Kent State Alumni is working for the company you are looking at,” said Millicent Ott, The Fashion School Industry Liaison, “Kent State Alumni love to help other Kent State Students. It is always good to have those connections.”

When asking to connect with professionals you want to include a message if possible. Your message can explain who you are and why you want to connect. Ask them a question about their workplace or about what they do. This will allow you to make genuine connection that you can use later on.

Overall, when using LinkedIn keep your profile and connections professional. LinkedIn can open doors for you in your future career. If you have further questions about using LinkedIn email us at modsitagroup@gmail.com.
LinkedIn is Better Than Facebook.
By: Dom Carter
Tags: Facebook, LinkedIn, Social Media, Digital

I’ve deleted Facebook off my phone.

I never use it and the content, I just don’t find engaging.

LinkedIn is genuinely a more exciting place to hangout, I don’t know if that’s due to my age or the maturation of the platform.

There’s about 1.5bn less people on LinkedIn and only 30 million content publishers vs a number in the 100s of millions on Facebook. Maybe that makes it easier to cut through the noise and not swim upstream against an anti-organic algorithm.

The features are essentially the same; both have groups, company pages, private messages and the ability to share and post content. Everyone I know in the western World on LinkedIn is practically on Facebook too.

Maybe it’s because it’s virtually ‘new’ for lots of people and my feed on LinkedIn is more reminiscent of what my Facebook News Feed used to look like 5–6 years ago.

Maybe it’s because I’m not bombarded by overly irreleant adverts vying for my attention after every two pieces of original content.

LinkedIn will be the fastest growing platform for the next 12 months.

Surely, I’m not the only one that feels this way?

#facebook #linkedin #socialmedia #platform #digital
SEO copy belongs in the LinkedIn summary, not your headline
Tags: Military Transition, LinkedIn, Linkedinformilitary

More and more, I am seeing military professionals in transition use what I call the “SEO Headline” for their LinkedIn profile.

This was the LinkedIn profile of Ricardo W. Cortez before he made the changes to his profile.

Ricardo W. Cortez, one of my many military veteran clients, had that headline that typifies the “SEO Headline” that the military transition folks and other LinkedIn coaches suggest to their students. With Ricardo’s permission, I was able to show others his old style of LinkedIn headline writing.

I meet and talk with a lot of veterans online for a complimentary 20-minute consultation of their profile. In my time with Ricardo, I encourage him to look at a way to use his LinkedIn profile and its headline as a conversation with potential influencers and employers. As you’ll see below, the new headline fits in that format.

This is Ricardo’s current headline.

As part of our update, I asked Ricardo to put all of his key skills at the bottom of his summary. This was after talking to retired Army CSM Benny Kinsey, a retired Army recruiter who now works for GM. Benny said that the HR staffing people at his company will find the skill set of someone like Ricardo if they place it at the end of the summary.

So, take a look at Ricardo’s profile and note his key skills as they are now presented in his profile. After making those changes, he reported back to me that he was getting a lot of interest and contacts from people outside of his network.

I’m not here to say negative things about the current training offered by the Department of Labor and their transition program. Or, the many other so called “LinkedIn experts” who help veterans. All of them have transitioning vets believe that the headline as shown in Ricardo’s first profile works for staffing firms.

I just believe that one’s LinkedIn profile should first act as a conversation starter. If people see an appealing headline, they will want to look at the rest of a person’s body of work. That’s what happened with Ricardo’s profile.

If you ever fished for bluegills with minnows at a lake, think of the headline as part of the bait that attracts the fish. The subtle move of those key terms from the LinkedIn headline to the end of his summary has done wonders for him.

(I work with transitioning veterans every week who want to update and improve their LinkedIn profile. If you want to set up a time to meet online, please go to www.calendly.com/mattscherer/linkedinforvets.)
Hey! I’m Excited.
By: Julian Zehr
Tags: Short Story, LinkedIn, Blog, Social Media, Life

Photo by Japheth Mast on Unsplash

Last week I made substantial progress towards my winter goal — with the intent of having that completed before summer starts.

It will allow me to have more freedom and independence throughout the summer, as well as serve others who need accommodation at different times.

Today I made a Quora profile, which I definitely could have done sooner — but now it is time to test the theory of ‘better late than never.’

I find myself visiting Quora frequently enough when looking for answers to questions I search in Google. It just makes sense to have an account of my own where I can interact and track stats.

In my short time poking around I learned a couple odd facts I didn’t know previously.

Even though Albert Einstein was incredibly intelligent, he performed poorly in language — specifically French, and drawing. Regarding his performance in French, he failed his first college entrance exam at sixteen.

He passed it the next year and still remained one of the youngest ever admitted into that college.

I up-voted a handful of answers that were intriguing or helpful to me, and answered a couple questions myself.

I checked back in on Google Plus, and discovered the yellow floating warning banner across the top of the page letting me know when the final nail in the coffin will be.

Google Plus still means so much to me because it was the first social platform that got me into writing daily about my interests in technology.

It’s alright though, I’m almost over it now.

I should have just shifted over here sooner and took the time to learn other platforms faster.

Later on in my day I made a phone call to a visionary professional who I connected with through LinkedIn, and we talked.

I really like what we talked about, and this also excited me today.

Cheers.
How To Use LinkedIn Mail. One important aspect of LinkedIn is its…
By: Content Ninja
Tags: LinkedIn

LinkedIn is easily one of the most useful tools that people can use to climb up the ranks on a professional front. Not only does it help users keep in touch with colleagues and classmates, but also puts them on the high road to making lucrative connections.

One important aspect of LinkedIn is its mail feature, which sadly, many users tend to overlook. This feature is designed to help people keep in touch with their contacts and reach out to people who can help them land better paying jobs.

If you wish to understand how LinkedIn mail works, then you have come to the right place! Let us go through some of the basics to teach you how to use LinkedIn mail.

· Composing a mail

One of the best things about LinkedIn mail is that it lets you message up to 50 contacts at a time! Better known as InMail, the feature allows you to directly send mails to your contacts. All you have to do is click the message button present on the front page. Next, hover over to the compose message icon and select the people you would like to message. Make sure you uncheck the first tiny box at the bottom, to keep your contacts from seeing each other’s mail addresses. It is extremely simple to narrow down your connections, as you have the choice to pick them based on location and industry. Once you are done selecting the recipients, you can start composing your message.

· Message guidelines

Since you will be reaching out to colleagues or potential employers, it is important to maintain an official tone. Refrain from sending a casual sounding mail, as it might not look professional. Try to incorporate links that lend value to your mail. Make sure you drive across your point in the best possible manner. If you happen to be a senior, compose a mail that will be relevant to your contacts and subordinates.

· Sending the message

The next step is to send your message to your recipients. To do so, click on the “send message” button at the bottom.

The question now is, how often should you be sending out mails to contacts? Well, there is no right answer to this question, as it depends on how well you wish to connect with your contacts. Most professionals send out mails only if necessary and mention key information. Make sure the recipients you choose appreciate your mails, as otherwise it might end up becoming redundant.

Things to know

· The InMail service is only available for premium account holders. If you have a basic account you will have to upgrade it to a premium account to use the InMail feature.

· You must use InMail credits to send messages/mails. You will be given a few credits as a sign-up bonus. You can buy more credits once you exhaust them. It is simple to buy fresh credits, as all you have to do is use your credit card to buy them.

· In case your InMail subscription expires, you have to renew it to use the feature.

· A premium business account holder too can access this feature.

LinkedIn mail is a powerful tool that can help you reach out to all your contacts — be it colleagues, bosses or tentative employers!