LinkedIn Tips:
Network Like Clockwork
LinkedIn is the web's central hub for professionals and businesses to connect and
market their brand, expertise, and skills to the world. As an individual on
LinkedIn, you can - among other things - use the site to establish a professional
profile and control one of the top search results for your name, build a broad
network of professional connections whose knowledge you can tap into, and
discover new business opportunities. A LinkedIn Company Page is a place for
companies to provide more information about themselves, their products and
services, job opportunities, and where they can share expert insights. Any
LinkedIn user can follow a company that has set up a Company Page to receive
and interact with updates on their home page, which allows you a chance to
drive awareness of you and your brand. Research by LinkedIn has revealed that
you only need 100-200 followers of your Company Page to reach the tipping
point to start making an impact and driving engagement, so it's well worth
making sure both it and your personal profile is doing the best job it can.
Note:
Many of this chapter's tips are prefixed with either "Personal Profile" or
"Company Pages," and some with both. This will help you tell where the advice
given is best applied. Where there is no prefix, the tip is a more general hint
about one of LinkedIn's many features.
LinkedIn Profile Optimization
Personal Profile and Company Page: Fill them in completely
Make sure you fill out all of the sections on your LinkedIn profiles, and that you
set up both a personal LinkedIn profile for you individually, and one that is
specifically for your business - a LinkedIn Company Page. Either page might be
the first port of call for a potential client, so you'll want to make a good first
impression.
Important personal profile sections
The Description section is one of the most important of your personal LinkedIn
profile, as you can really expand upon your current and past roles and
responsibilities, and your achievements. It's also a really good place for you to
drop in some relevant keywords, which will aid your chances of appearing
higher in LinkedIn's search. With a quick glance at your personal profile, visitors
will know what you’ve done at each of your jobs, can learn more about you and
determine whether you’re someone they want to connect with to foster a new
professional relationship. To make a prospect's job even easier, use short
paragraphs or bullet-pointed lists. If you use bullets, start your sentences with
verbs (past tense verbs for past positions, present tense verbs for present
positions). Rather than state what you did, tell people what you accomplished or
how you helped the business progress. The more concrete and quantifiable you
can be here, the better. The Summary section as is also crucial, as it is your first
opportunity to write an overview or statement about who you are and what you
can offer your audience, and a chance to show what makes you unique and
desirable to prospective connections. Make sure your Summary expresses who
you are
as a person
. Your company website or LinkedIn Company Page is there
to tell people about your company, but your personal profile is there for
LinkedIn users to learn more about you!
How to Create A Company Page
To add a Company Page, sign in to LinkedIn as a personal user and click on the
"Companies" link in the bar at the top of the site. From here, click the 'Add A
Company' button, which is positioned at the top of the page on the right-hand
side. There are a few small milestones you have to reach, and a few simple
administrative technicalities to overcome before LinkedIn will allow you to get
started, but it won't take you long before you're ready to rock.
Note
: You must have a company email address,
e.g.
yourname@yourcompany.com, in order to create a LinkedIn Company Page.
You are not permitted to use an address with a domain such as Outlook or
Gmail.
Once your Company Page is created, you can begin to flesh it out with details
about your location, size, contact details, industry,
etc.
by clicking Edit at the
top-right hand corner of your company's Home tab.
Important Company Page sections
Obviously, the 'Company Description' section is very important. Write a high-
level overview of your business that showcases your brand and tells people what
makes you unique. It is the perfect place to start spreading your message and
opening up avenues of conversation with potential partners. The 'Specialties'
section of your Company Page overview is also very powerful. Here, enter
relevant keywords about who you are and what you do, so that there is a greater
chance that you’ll be found more often in a LinkedIn search.
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