{"id":6325,"date":"2015-07-02T09:37:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaimeedesigns.com\/?p=6325"},"modified":"2022-04-23T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T13:59:17","slug":"linkedin-more-than-a-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaimeedesigns.com\/linkedin-more-than-a-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn: More Than A Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"
LinkedIn is more than a job search tool or a way to connect with professionals. It is also a place to share ideas, celebrate career accomplishments, and to establish oneself as an \u00a0expert in his or her career field. Recently LinkedIn was the focus on the Jaimee Designs Web Studio #ASKAWEBDESIGNER MeerKat Show as Melissa and viewers helped Jaimee understand the benefits of LinkedIn for her blog. \u00a0So, what did Jaimee learn?<\/p>\n
How to Enhance Your Profile for Better \u00a0Results<\/strong><\/p>\n Once the profile is complete and looking awesome, then it’s time to get into the “Nuts and Bolts” of Why LinkedIn is relevant.<\/p>\n How to Utilize LinkedIn<\/strong><\/p>\n LinkedIn is not just about an awesome profile. To really get benefits out of the platform, you have to connect and engage. Start by connecting with people you’ve worked with in current and previous careers. As you connect, start looking at their connections to see if there is anyone you might be interested in networking with in the field. Try not to connect with people you don’t know and don’t share a connection with currently. \u00a0In the event the person is a public figure, you can follow them to keep up with what they post and try to find ways to connect with them through comments.<\/p>\n Once you’ve connected with a few people, start sharing updates or something interesting happening in your field today. Share articles relevant to what you are working on. If you are a blogger, then create links with images to your posts. Created a great video or have an inspirational meme, post it to LinkedIn. Don’t forget to put in a few tags so they can be put into categories under Pulse.\u00a0Pulse is a news curator feed that allows you to see news from your current connections, the top posts on LinkedIn and a place to discover new information on topics that interest you. A great thing about publishing post on LinkedIn is it allows you to “review stats for your published posts, which helps you refine messaging, target the right audience and directly engage with the people who interact with you”<\/a>.<\/p>\n Find groups who converse on the items you are interested in and join them. This opens you to a community of people to network with and sometimes they include the people you really want as a connection.<\/p>\n LinkedIn is an untapped and sometimes forgotten about platform that actually is more robust than you may think. Did you know they also have paid premium plans available? The plans available can help you land your dream job, increase and nurture your current network, unlock sales opportunities and help companies find and hire talent. The best news, they even have a free trial.<\/p>\n After going through LinkedIn and participating with the MeerKat audience, Jaimee now sees the possibilities available to enrich her blog www.jaimeedorris.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LinkedIn is more than a job search tool or a way to connect with professionals. It is also a place to share ideas, celebrate career accomplishments, and to establish oneself as an \u00a0expert in his or her career field. Recently LinkedIn was the focus on the Jaimee Designs Web Studio #ASKAWEBDESIGNER MeerKat Show as Melissa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n