How to Create an Effective LinkedIn Profile

I help people create effective LinkedIn in profiles. Sometimes we start from scratch, sometimes we edit their existing profile, more often than not, we combine multiple profiles into one.  But no matter where we begin, we first need to understand who it is we are trying to attract and how
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How to Close Your LinkedIn Account – Tutorial

Can you BLOCK someone on LinkedIn?

I received this question today from a client: Q: Can I BLOCK someone from seeing my profile on LinkedIn? UPDATE: LinkedIn announced today (2/21/14) that you now CAN block someone on LinkedIn – please see this for more You Can Finally Block Those Annoying People on LinkedIn

RICHARD R. SHAPIRO, AUTHOR AND CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERT

Twitter Success Stories – Richard R. Shapiro, Author and Customer Service Expert

Name: Richard R. Shapiro Company: The Center For Client Retention Background: Richard, through TCFCR, provides research, training and consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations on how to improve the customer experience.  His book, The Welcomer Edge: Unlocking the Secrets to Repeat Business provides businesses with practical, easy to implement suggestions
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New on LinkedIn – personalize your invitation when using the ‘people you may know’ feature

Personalizing an invitation on LinkedIn is a quick and easy way to optimize the chances of it being accepted.  A short note indicating how you know the person, or if you do not know them, why you are reaching out to them, is much more likely to be read and
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‘Hiding’ your connections on LinkedIn – Tutorial

If you have not already read my post on ‘Showing your Hand‘ where I talk about why I recommend against ‘hiding’ your LinkedIn connections, please do read it before proceeding. If you do decide to hide them, here are the steps:

LinkedIn vanity URL

Setting up a Vanity URL for LinkedIn – Tutorial

Please click here to see our updated tutorial on ‘How to set up a Vanity URL on LinkedIn’   One of the most important reasons to set up a vanity URL for your LinkedIn page is so that you can easily share the address with others.  A “vanity” URL is
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Adding Facebook link to LinkedIn – Tutorial

HOW – TO: Add Your Facebook Page Link to Your LinkedIn Profile First, this should only be done with your Facebook Business Page, not to link back to your Facebook Personal Profile. Step 1: While logged into your LinkedIn account, go to ‘Edit Profile’

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