Way to work around the headline limit of 120 characters May 2018 Your Headline Can Be a Little Longer with This Trick I recently changed my LinkedIn headline. It used to look like this (which is 91 characters with spaces): Career Counselor ✶, Career Coach ✶, LinkedIn Trainer ✶, Speaker ✶, Your link to career SUCCESS! In line with my current … Read More
Learn about LinkedIn Salary Feature April 2018 Check Out the LinkedIn Salary Feature LinkedIn rolled out a new salary feature in the fall of 2016. The feature started in the US, UK and Canada with plans to expand it globally. You can access it here. It’s taking some time to gain traction, but it has the potential to become very powerful when more … Read More
How to create a profile in another language March 2018 Create a LinkedIn Profile in Another Language Did you know that you can create your LinkedIn profile in more than one language? This could be a great idea if you (or your audience) speak more than one language. After logging into LinkedIn, click View profile, and then select Add profile … Read More
Find companies and groups on LinkedIn who share your interests February 2018 Learn More About Organizations Focused on Your Field of Interest on LinkedIn LinkedIn has a ton of groups and company pages on all sorts of topics. As an example, I found a few related to women in sports. I share them below, with brief explanations and links. Where you … Read More
Increasing your number of 1st degree connections on LinkedIn January 2018 Increase your Connections on LinkedIn The more first-degree connections you have, the more reach you have in your network, and this can be very powerful. Remember that you automatically become a second-degree connection, to everyone else who is a first-degree connection of your first-degree connections. Because of this, the … Read More
How to make the most of 15 minutes a day on LinkedIn December 2017 Commit 15 Minutes Each Weekday to LinkedIn A respected career colleague, Jim Peacock, wrote a great post this fall on how to spend 15 minutes a day on LinkedIn and make it count. I recommend you check it out. I have read many articles that suggest you … Read More
Sharing the new LinkedIn Salary feature November 2017 Check Out LinkedIn Salary LinkedIn rolled out a new salary feature about one year ago, though not many people seem to know about it yet. The feature started in the US, UK and Canada with plans to widen it globally during 2017. You can access it here. LinkedIn is trying to gather and share salary … Read More
How to create a company page on LinkedIn October 2017 Create a Company Page on LinkedIn LinkedIn just made it much easier to set up a company page for your business. Previously LinkedIn required an email tied to a company domain name, which stopped many people from trying to do it. Now they have revamped things and made it very … Read More
How to search through the connections of your 1st degree contacts September 2017 You Can (Once Again) Search the Connections of Others Thankfully, LinkedIn (LI) has brought back a very valuable feature, the ability to search other people’s connections. This can be useful for job seekers, entrepreneurs, sales professionals or anyone trying to strategically expand his / her network. For … Read More
New video capability on LinkedIn August 2017 Try Out the New Video Feature on LinkedIn August’s tip is to try out the new video feature on LinkedIn (once you get it). You can’t help hearing about video these days. Trends suggest it’s the now and the future of messaging, branding and engagement. So, it’s no surprise that LinkedIn (LI) has … Read More