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LinkedIn

LinkedIn Profile Modules Can Be Rearranged

Did you notice that you can now rearrange your profile modules on LinkedIn?  Look at your profile in edit mode.  You can rearrange, by dragging and dropping, any section that you see a plus sign next to including Summary, Applications & Experience. Kimberly Yow MarketingThatsEasy.com P.S. – I consult & train businesses on how to [...]

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LinkedIn: Great People To Connect With

There are currently 50 million LinkedIn account holders. How do you determine which of those 50 million you should connect with? I recommend that you use LinkedIn to maintain current business & networking relationships and build new ones.  Great people to connect with are: customers suppliers co-workers referral partners people you meet at chamber mixers [...]

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How To Use LinkedIn Recommendations & Customer Testimonials

In the eyes of a prospect, customer testimonials are the most powerful testimonials you can have!  You should get in the habit of requesting testimonials from your best customers and showcasing them on your website and social networking profiles.  LinkedIn.com makes this very easy by providing a “recommendation” request feature on their website.  Once you [...]

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The Best Invitation To Connect I’ve Seen!

I previously wrote a blog titled “How To Invite Someone To Connect Online“.  If you click on the link to read it and then come back to this post, this post will make more sense. I just had to share this invite that I received through LinkedIn: Hi Kimberly, I’ve been reading some of your [...]

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Billions of Outgoing Emails Lost in a Black Hole!

Most social networking sites, membership websites and company support departments send “blind” messages to users (or members) through their system.  I’m going to use Facebook as an example to make this easier to explain.  If someone on Facebook logs into their Facebook account and sends you an email, Facebook will send you an email to [...]

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View History of LinkedIn Status Updates

Many social networking sites change regularly as new features are added and bugs are fixed.  Some sites seem to change on a weekly basis.  I just noticed something in LinkedIn that I had never noticed before.  I’m not sure if it’s a new feature or has been really well hidden for a long time. Login [...]

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6 Keys to Success on LinkedIn

For me, LinkedIn has been great for strengthening and maintaining current referral partner & customer relationships, establishing credibility through recommendations, developing relationships with prospects, establishing an online connection with new people I meet at networking events and generating interest by providing useful information and being active on LinkedIn. I don’t search for people to connect [...]

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Survey Says: LinkedIn Gets Results

I recently asked LinkedIn members to share their success stories or results that they’ve achieved because of using LinkedIn.  Reason being, I am working on a recorded webinar on How To Use LinkedIn for Business and I want to use examples of success other than my own. Here are some of the results and success [...]

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LinkedIn “Q & A” Feature: A Great Resource

Have you utilized the “Question & Answer” feature on LinkedIn?  If you haven’t, you are missing out on a great resource.  Just click on “Answers” in the top left corner of your screen after you log in to your LinkedIn account. Using this feature, you can: Answer questions that were posed by other LinkedIn members.  [...]

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How To Invite Someone to Connect Online

If you are reading this blog, I’m sure you would like to use sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Biznik and other social networking sites to grow your business.  If you are on these sites, have you ever received an invitation from someone that says, “I’d like to add you to my professional network on _______”?  [...]

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