What's in the book?
This is the table of contents of "How to REALLY use LinkedIn"
(scroll down for Hot Topics & Burning Questions and Little Known, but Important Features and Behavior of LinkedIn)
- What Is (the value of) Networking?
- What are the benefits of networking?
- The 2 biggest problems when (online) networking
- Fundamental Principle 1: Networking Attitude
- Fundamental Principle 2: The Golden Triangle of Networking
- Fundamental Principle 3: The Real Power of the Network is in the Second Degree
- Fundamental Principle 4: Quality and Diversity are both Important
- Fundamental Principle 5: Your "Know, Like and Trust" Factor
- The Challenge
- LinkedIn: What Is It and How Could I Benefit from It?
- What is LinkedIn?
- The single most important benefit of LinkedIn
- How could LinkedIn benefit you?
- LinkedIn: Functionality
- The Left Hand Menu
- Menu at the top
- Account & Settings
- How To Use LinkedIn: Basic Strategy
- Crafting a Good Profile
- How to build your network ... Fast
- The Added Value of Groups
- Maintaining Relationships
- Raising your Visibility and Credibility with Answers
- Experience the Power of LinkedIn
- G.A.I.N. exercise
- The Magic Email
- The Power of LinkedIn
- Advanced Strategies
- 9 Advanced Strategies to Find a New Customer
- 11 Advanced Strategies to Find a New Employee or Candidate
- 12 Advanced Strategies to Find a New Job or Internship
- 10 Advanced Strategies to Find a New Supplier or Partnership
- 9 Advanced Strategies to Find Internal or External Expertise
- 9 Advanced Strategies for Members of a Referral or Network Club
- 12 Advanced Strategies for Organizations or Group Managers
- 22 Answers to Hot Discussion Topics and Burning Questions (see below)
- 24 Little known, but interesting features and behavior of LinkedIn (see below)
- Free Tools To Save You Time When Working With LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Tools
- Tools to Make Life on LinkedIn Easier
- Tools That Make your Virtual Networking Life Easier
- Appendix: Other Online Business Networks
Hot Discussion Topics and Burning Questions
- Not everybody is on LinkedIn so it doesn't work
- No one has contacted me yet. So LinkedIn is a useless business tool.
- I am happy with my current professional situation, why should I build a network on LinkedIn (or elsewhere)?
- Why would I use LinkedIn if I can use Google to find information?
- People with thousands connections
- Block access to LinkedIn for employees?
- Hide or show my connections?
- When should I start building my network?
- How much time do I have to spend on LinkedIn?
- Can I only connect with people I know very well? If I connect with others I can't recommend them.
- When is a relationship good enough to send someone an invitation? And how to do that?
- I have many contacts from years ago. Can I still contact them?
- What to do with an invitation from someone I don't know very well?
- How to deal with invitations from people I don't know at all (or think I don't know)?
- How to deal with requests for recommendations from people I don't really know?
- How do I ask a question to my whole network?
- Do I need to upgrade my membership?
- If only a few people pay for their membership, where does LinkedIn get their money from?
- What is the number of connections I need to make LinkedIn work for me?
- Why use a Group on LinkedIn instead of the Yahoo or PHP forums?
- Should I put my email address in my name?
- What is the value of Recommendations?
Little known, but interesting features and behavior of LinkedIn
- LinkedIn is a three degree network
- Hidden connections can still be found
- Direct contact still possible despite invitation filtering
- You have lots of controls over the emails you receive through LinkedIn and your overall user experience
- Send invitations from Outlook
- LinkedIn helps to increase the ranking of your websites in search engines
- Everybody in the chain can read every message of an introduction
- Name is automatically included when sending invitations to imported contacts
- Groups can help you raise your visibility
- Amount of Groups you can join is limited
- Groups have an initial limit of 1000 members
- Abusing Answers might block you from being able to ask questions ever again
- How to become an "expert"
- Where can I find the invitations and messages I have sent and received?
- What will happen when I remove a connection? Will he be notified?
- Can I download the contact details of my connections?
- What happens when I choose "I Don't Know This Person" when I receive an invitation?
- Most of the times I can't see the name of the person "Who viewed my profile"
- How did I get two (or more) accounts on LinkedIn?
- What happens with my contacts when I import them? Can everybody see them?
- How can I add my event to the Events list?
- How do I change who can contact me?
- Why are some posts in Discussions higher than others?
- Why does LinkedIn work with a (confusing) area designation instead of the town my company is situated?