Category: LinkedIn

Keywords and Branding Our profile, resume and our social media presence are all key to defining who we are. One of the challenges that we have when defining who we are is defining things that set us apart from the rest of the world. We also want to be found if we are looking for… Continue reading Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #6

Personalize your Public Profile The Public Profile is the URL that people can use to quickly get to your profile on LinkedIn. By default, it is a long alpha-numeric soup that is hard to type or worse verbally tell someone. In my previous post I mention the need to develop strong branding for yourself with… Continue reading Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #5

Update your status/profile regularly We have all received that weekly LinkedIn e-mail update and seen what has changed in your network. This could be a change to someones status, updated their experience or even updated their photo. Lets not over look this as a great resource for us to keep our network active and best… Continue reading Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #4

Smile for the camera. Having that great professional portrait of yourself in your LinkedIn profile is a great idea. It allows your connections at minimum to see your face and keep that mental connection between your face and your name. If nothing else it allow you to reach 100% complete for your profile (it is… Continue reading Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #3

Does your profile make you look over qualified? While we know discrimination is illegal, we have to face the facts that it does happen. How many of you have heard the statement, “you are over qualified”? Lets look at a number of ways that we can limit the information that makes it easy for people… Continue reading Tips For Using LinkedIn Effectively #2