LinkedIn For Dummies - Softcover

Elad, Joel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047094854X ISBN 13: 9780470948545

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Synopsis

LinkedIn for Dummies Get LinkedIn and become part of the largest online network of professionals in the world! When you know how to make the most of your profile, manage your contacts, and handle invitations effectively, you'll go far.

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From the Back Cover

Don′t be left out — get LinkedIn and join the largest online network of professionals in the world! After you′re LinkedIn, you are part of a large, dynamic, and incredibly useful network of fellow professionals! When you know how to make the most of your profile, manage your contacts, and handle invitations effectively, you′ll go far. This book is packed with advice that will help you market yourself and find a job, an employee, an investor, or more business for your business! Looking over LinkedIn — understand how LinkedIn works and how it can help power your career Show your best side — develop a profile strategy and build your profile for maximum results Grow your network — search the network to find connections and send InMail and Introductions Your command console — import your contacts, expand your connections, and manage it all on your LinkedIn home page Leverage your connections — find and review applicants for a job opening, find a new job for yourself, or find a service provider Group psychology — discover the power of LinkedIn groups for promoting events or helping an organization Getting down to business — market your business, increase your sales, and even find investors and partners Career moves — traveling? moving to a new city? planning a career change? Build your network in advance, with LinkedIn Open the book and find: Help with signing up and joining LinkedIn Advice for creating a profile that attracts connections Tips for requesting and writing Recommendations Secrets for generating and researching sales leads Steps for starting or joining LinkedIn groups How to post business questions to LinkedIn Answers Ways to use keywords to optimize your profile Ways to establish and effective network Learn to: Create a LinkedIn profile that showcases your skills and attracts contacts Find and connect with former colleagues and new contacts Understand LinkedIn etiquetteand recruiting solutions Use LinkedIn to find a job, develop sales leads, and market your services

About the Author

Joel Elad , MBA, is the head of Real Method Consulting, a company dedicated to educating people through training seminars, DVDs, books, and other media. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Facebook Advertising For Dummies , Starting an Online Business All–in–One For Dummies , and Web Stores Do–It–Yourself For Dummies .

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 047094854X
• ISBN 13: 9780470948545
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384