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How to Change the World: Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn

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on 2007-01-06 by sherpa

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The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need. Later, you can hire Harvard MBAs to prepare your income taxes.

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Improve your connectability.

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Increase your visibility. >

By adding connections, you increase the likelihood that people will see your profile first when they’re searching for someone to hire or do business with.

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You should fill out your profile like it’s an executive bio, so include past companies, education, affiliations, and activities.

You can also include a link to your profile as part of an email signature.

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Improve your Google PageRank.

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To do this, create a public profile and select “Full View.” Also, instead of using the default URL, customize your public profile’s URL to be your actual name. To strengthen the visibility of this page in search engines, use this link in various places on the web> For example, when you comment in a blog, include a link to your profile in your signature.

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  • Enhance your search engine results.

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    Perform blind, “reverse,” and company reference checks.

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    Increase the relevancy of your job search.

    Use LinkedIn’s advanced search to find people with educational and work experience like yours to see where they work.

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    Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn

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    People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.

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    Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn

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    People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.

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    1. Increase your visibility. 2. Improve your connectability. 3. Improve your Google PageRank. 4. Enhance your search engine results. 5. Perform blind, “reverse,” and company reference checks. 6. Increase the relevancy of your job search. 7. Make your interview go smoother. 8. Gauge the health of a company. 9. Gauge the health of an industry. 10. Track startups. 11. Ask for advice.

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    it is a tool that is under-utilized, so I’ve compiled a top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn.

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    Most people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” in order to make a sale, form a partnership, or get a job. It works well for this because it is an online network of more than 8.5 million experienced professionals from around the world representing 130 industries. However, it is a tool that is under-utilized, so I’ve compiled a top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn.

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    Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn.

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  • Enhance your search engine results.

    In addition to your name, you can also promote your blog or website to search engines like Google and Yahoo! Your LinkedIn profile allows you to publicize websites. There are a few pre-selected categories like “My Website,” “My Company,” etc.

    If you select “Other” you can modify the name of the link. If you’re linking to your personal blog, include your name or descriptive terms in the link, and voila! instant search-engine optimization for your site. To make this work, be sure your public profile setting is set to “Full View.”

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    Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn

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    People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five.

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    online network of more than 8.5 million experienced professionals from around the world representing 130 industries. However, it is a tool that is under-utilized, so I’ve compiled a top-ten list of ways to increase the value of LinkedIn.

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    Increase your visibility.

    By adding connections, you increase the likelihood that people will see your profile first when they’re searching for someone to hire or do business with. In addition to appearing at the top of search results (which is a major plus if you’re one of the 52,000 product managers on LinkedIn), people would much rather work with people who their friends know and trust.

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    By adding connections

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    In addition to appearing at the top of search results

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    You can also include a link to your profile as part of an email signature.

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    Since LinkedIn profiles receive a fairly high PageRank in Google, this is a good way to influence what people see when they search for you.

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    To do this, create a public profile and select “Full View.” Also, instead of using the default URL, customize your public profile’s URL to be your actual name. To strengthen the visibility of this page in search engines, use this link in various places on the web> For example, when you comment in a blog, include a link to your profile in your signature.

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    If you select “Other” you can modify the name of the link. If you’re linking to your personal blog, include your name or descriptive terms in the link, and voila! instant search-engine optimization for your site.

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    Increase the relevancy of your job search.

    Use LinkedIn’s advanced search to find people with educational and work experience like yours to see where they work. For example, a programmer would use search keywords such as “Ruby on Rails,” “C++,” “Python,” “Java,” and “evangelist” to find out where other programmers with these skills work.

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    Use LinkedIn’s advanced search to find people with educational and work experience like yours to see where they work.

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    If you’re thinking of investing or working in a sector, use LinkedIn to find people who worked for competitors—or even better, companies who failed.

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    You can see people in your network who are initiating new startups by doing an advanced search for a range of keywords such as “stealth” or “new startup.” Apply the “Sort By” filter to “Degrees away from you” in order to see the people closest to you first.

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    LinkedIn’s newest product, LinkedIn Answers, aims to enable this online. The product allows you to broadcast your business-related questions to both your network and the greater LinkedIn network. The premise is that you will get more high-value responses from the people in your network than more open forums.

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