In this video I show you how to export your LinkedIn connections. Why do you want to do this? In one word: Insurance. By exporting your connections outside of LinkedIn, you are insuring yourself against something happening with LinkedIn. After all, they could go out of business tomorrow. Or they could suspend your account.
Your connections are a very valuable asset. You have worked hard to build your network and develop relationships. This is one step to protect your investment. I recommend you take this step frequently.
LinkedIn company pages give business owners the opportunity to share the human side of their company. In addition, it allows you to showcase the various products you have as well display recommendations and testimonials for each product. In this short video I will show you the mechanics of creating a company page. I will share the importance and value of a LinkedIn Company page in a future video.
Eric Qualman has given us some great insights and statistics over the past few years. Here’s his latest video with updated statistics. The song is great too. Enjoy!
Let’s face it: some people are posting stuff that is of little or no interest to us and they are simply clogging our LinkedIn home page. In the short video below I show you how you can hide the updates of those folks who add little or no value to you.
LinkedIn allows you to join up to 50 groups and managing the communications from these groups is very important. Failure to do so will cause you to either miss out on some important and useful discussions or get inundated with emails. Please watch the short video below to see how you can manage email communications from groups.
When you become an active participant inside of LinkedIn, you can easily get overwhelmed with a lot of email. The good news is that LinkedIn allows you to manage how many – and what kind of emails you receive. To learn how to do this, please watch this short video.
Online Visibility is very important in this day and age. People need to know who you are before you can help them or do business with you. Getting your name in “the cloud” increases the odds that someone will first meet you virtually and then decide to contact you.
Also, by taking part in conversations with others and recording them online, helps increase your Credibility as well.
I was recently interviewed on the Real Coaching Radio-TV Network and here’s an excerpt of this interview.
LinkedIn groups can be extremely valuable. They can also be extremely time-consuming. I recently received several questions from my Link Power Coaching Program students asking me how they can reduce the many emails they get from these groups. Fact is, that you are in total control of this. All you need to do is adjust your group settings to the frequency that matches your needs. Please watch the video below to learn how to do this.
One of the main purposes for having a LinkedIn profile is so that you can “be found” by people who are searching for you and/or for what you do (offer.) When people are searching LinkedIn they typically use particular keywords to try to find what they are looking for. Having the right keywords in your profile (those that your prospective customers/partners/employers are using to search) is essential if you want to be found.
On the other hand, if you have your profile full of words that none of your target audience(s) are using to search LinkedIn, is a waste. LinkedIn recently released a list of the mot overused (i.e. ineffective) keywords. According to LinkedIn data, those terms are:
Extensive experience
Innovative
Motivated
Results-oriented
Dynamic
Proven track record
Team player
Fast-paced
Problem solver
Entrepreneurial
Why should you avoid these words? They’re not “bad” in and of themselves, but because they are so common on LinkedIn profiles, they can appear empty or meaningless to a potential employer or networking contact; there’s nothing memorable about them. If you have these words on your profile, try replacing them with more specific descriptions of your accomplishments and skills.
One of the most under-utilized and least understood features of LinkedIn are the LinkedIn groups. While many groups are nothing but a constant stream of unsolicited selling (vomiting!) there are many others that offer great discussions, valuable insights and information and fabulous people.
Many groups that appear promising at first end up being duds. And since LinkedIn has a limit of 50 groups (and 50 subgroups) that you can join at one time, there may come a time when you want to leave a group that you had previously joined.
Like many of the navigational features on LinkedIn, finding the right buttons to push to perform a simple activity (like leaving a group) can be extremely frustrating and time consuming. The following 2 minute video shows you how to leave a group.
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