{"id":1904,"date":"2012-09-27T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/poconos\/top-20-best-practices-for-using-linkedin"},"modified":"2012-09-27T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T16:00:15","slug":"top-20-best-practices-for-using-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrowthcoach.com\/poconos\/top-20-best-practices-for-using-linkedin","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Best Practices for Using LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this weeks blog we are pleased to welcome, once again, Coach Glenn Smith as our guest blogger. Glenn Smith is a Growth Coach Franchise Owner from the Houston\/Sugar Land Texas area and is a highly regarded business coach, prolific blogger, an accomplished marketer, and has recently been recognized as \u201cThe 2011 Coach of the Year\u201d by The Growth Coach System.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about Glenn, his credentials and his coaching services at\u00a0www.TheGrowthCoachhHouston.com<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 20 Best Practices for Using LinkedIn<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I had the privilege of training today on LinkedIn for both recruiters and sales professionals. LinkedIn is a powerful tool and I think it is even better with the new changes that have been rolled out over the past month or so. I think it has even better connectivity and is much more graphically appealing.<\/p>\n

As I worked with each of these teams I focused on the top 20 practices that I consider \u201cbest practices\u201d on LinkedIn. Look this list over and let me know what you think. I refer to this as my LinkedIn Checklist.<\/p>\n

If you are a business owner, a sales professional, or a staff recruiter you can take each of these points and personalize them to your job and industry. Here they are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Profile is 100% complete with a professional picture<\/li>\n
  2. Profile is optimized with keywords (e.g. headline, summary, skills, experience, urls)<\/li>\n
  3. Profile is well organized; I am well branded<\/li>\n
  4. Profile has meaningful apps<\/li>\n
  5. I have a weekly goal for adding new connections \u2013 I am proactively building my strategic network<\/li>\n
  6. I am an openlink networker (particularly useful for recruiters and sales professionals)<\/li>\n
  7. I am engaging with groups strategically<\/li>\n
  8. I am letting fellow group members discretely and appropriately know what kind of team members or prospects I\u2019m looking for in my groups<\/li>\n
  9. I am engaging with others through asking and answering questions (Answers Feature)<\/li>\n
  10. I utilize status updates, consistently adding value to my connections<\/li>\n
  11. I have a keyword list for every position and\/or person I am searching for<\/li>\n
  12. I utilize the Advanced Search Feature well<\/li>\n
  13. My company has an effective company page \u2013 we are building a following<\/li>\n
  14. I search and follow other companies<\/li>\n
  15. I am utilizing \u201cIntroductions\u201d and Inmail to build my strategic network<\/li>\n
  16. My employees and team members coached on how to leverage LinkedIn<\/li>\n
  17. I connect from LinkedIn to key people using twitter; I tweet my LinkedIn updates<\/li>\n
  18. I study how people I search for describe themselves (keywords) on LinkedIn<\/li>\n
  19. I study the groups that my prospects participate in; I join and leverage those groups<\/li>\n
  20. I have a consistent, daily routine for utilizing LinkedIn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There you have it, the Top 20 Best Practices for Using LinkedIn. Let me know if you think I\u2019m missing one or if you agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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