Career Advice – How to Sign Up to GIVE or RECEIVE Advice via LinkedIn’s Career Advice Hub
NOTE: 2022 Update LinkedIn is actually closing down this feature – you can learn more at https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a519725 Please continue to follow this blog and my social profiles to learn about new features on LinkedIn and other social platforms. Thank you! Since late 2017, LinkedIn has offered a Career Advice
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How to Request a LinkedIn Recommendation – Tutorial with Desktop and Phone Instructions
Here is how to request a LinkedIn Recommendation from both your desktop computer and your phone: PC Desktop instructions (scroll down to see Android phone instructions) 1. Log into LinkedIn and go to your HOME page 2. Start typing the name of the person you want to have recommend you,
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Q and A: LinkedIn Recommendations
The other day, an old friend and colleague asked a great question, ‘How can I get more LinkedIn Recommendations?‘ Here is an excerpt of my answer along with a link to a TUTORIAL I have written on ‘How to Request LinkedIn Recommendations‘: LinkedIn recommendations are a valuable component of any
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LinkedIn for Brainstorming and Feedback
LinkedIn is an invaluable tool for building your business. In addition to building your professional network, it can be used to establish your expertise, help you find a job or job candidates, be a source for finding leads and opportunities and much more. One use that you may not be
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How to Export Your LinkedIn Connections
LinkedIn is one of the only social platforms that lets you EXPORT your connections’ contact data. This valuable information, including your connections’ name, position and email addresses, is yours for the taking – definitely make the time to do this before this option is no longer available! Here is a
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How to Add a Photo AND a Link on LinkedIn
I received this question today from a client: “Can you please explain how to add a photo and a link on LinkedIn.” This is frequently an issue because once you add a link, a preview image is generated, precluding your ability to add your own image. Below are two different
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Casual Conversations on LinkedIn Lead to New Opportunities
According to the official LinkedIn Blog, 35% of users say that a casual conversation on LinkedIn has led to a new opportunity. Last week while away in Raleigh for the 2017 Internet Summit, I experienced this firsthand! Over breakfast, on the second day of the conference, I was checking my
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How to Link to a Post on LinkedIn
One of the easiest ways to AMPLIFY the reach of your social message is to ask colleagues, employees and friends to SHARE the information with their social network. Whether it is a new blog post, a pertinent insight or a job opening, an effective tactic is to send an email,
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HELP – I Can’t Find My LinkedIn Home Button!
Since the latest round of LinkedIn updates, I have received numerous calls, emails and direct messages asking me where the LinkedIn Home Button went! Yes, you are not imaging it, the word HOME is NOT always visible on every page. But the LinkedIn logo icon IS – and you can
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LinkedIn Scams: How to Spot Them and Protect Yourself
As most of you know, I am a huge LinkedIn fan! I think that it is an invaluable tool and that EVERY professional should have an up-to-date profile on the site. That said, it IS a public forum and as such, you do need to be careful. LinkedIn scams DO
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