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Company Branding Tip for LinkedIn: The Use of Websites in Your LinkedIn Profile
To achieve better branding and visibility results on LinkedIn from a company’s point of view, this is a tip using the “Websites” part in the LinkedIn Profile of all employees of the same company or organization. As we already mentioned in “How to REALLY use LinkedIn“: don’t use “My company” or “My website”, but “Other” [...]
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How to Find the Right Customers, Employers, Suppliers and Partners using Company Size on LinkedIn
Many LinkedIn users wonder how to find potential customers, employers, suppliers and partners using company size. Since this is not a field in the “Advanced Search” screen it seems like you can’t do this. Good news! There is a work around. This is how you find the companies and the people who can get you [...]
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How You Can Use LinkedIn Polls
LinkedIn Polls is one of those features in LinkedIn that is not used that often. Probably because most people don’t know how they can use them. Polls can benefit you in several ways: 1. Get useful input from your own connections for yourself. 2. Get useful input from your own connections to use in an [...]
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LinkedIn and General Networking Question: Can I Reconnect With People I Haven’t Seen in Years?
In our workshops, webinars and presentations many people wonder: “I have many contacts from years ago. Can I still contact them?” Yes, you can always reconnect with them. Don’t feel bad that it is from such a long time ago. They didn’t take action either. They probably have the same hesitation as you do. When [...]
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6 Ways How LinkedIn Groups Can Benefit Event Organizers, Meeting Planners and Association Managers
Many (professional) organisations have a hard time to keep their organisation interesting enough for their members and are also continuously looking to attract new members. Starting your own LinkedIn Group can both add to the value of the membership and attract more members in many ways: 1. An online presence next to events will help [...]
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LinkedIn Myth: Why Should I Use LinkedIn When I Have Google?
Time for busting another LinkedIn myth: why should I use LinkedIn when I have Google (or other search engines)? The answer to this one is very short: Google is an excellent resource to find information. So use it when you look for information. LinkedIn is a collection of people and the relationships between them. Use [...]
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12 Ways How LinkedIn Helps to Find Experts Outside And Inside Your Own Organization
If you are working on a project and you need information, knowledge or any other form of expertise outside or inside your own organization, these are the benefits LinkedIn can bring you: 1. Receiving answers to your questions (via Answers or Discussions in Groups) 2. Identifying the experts (finding their profile via a search or [...]
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LinkedIn Myth: I’m Happy With My Current Situation So I Don’t Need To Build A Network on LinkedIn
Time for busting another LinkedIn (or networking in general) myth: “I am happy with my current professional situation, I don’t need to build a network on LinkedIn (or elsewhere).” Let us start by answering you don’t have to do anything. All the tips in “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” are suggestions and tips that are [...]
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LinkedIn Question: What Will Happen When I Remove A Connection On LinkedIn?
A question that is asked in our presentations and training courses a lot is: “What will happen when I remove a connection on LinkedIn? Will he be notified? And how to do that: removing a connection?” There are occasions you want to remove some of your contacts. The reasons might be that something happened between [...]
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15 Ways How LinkedIn Can Help Recruiters
If you are a recruiter or are responsible for hiring new employees, these are the benefits LinkedIn can bring you: 1. Identifying the right candidates (finding their profile) 2. Receiving introductions or referrals to potential employees (via the introductions tool or via a Magic Mail) 3. Discovering the relationships between potential employees and other contacts [...]
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