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Don’t Be a Jerk on LinkedIn

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LinkedIn is one of the greatest business tools ever, but it can be misused—even abused. So your behavior on LinkedIn must reflect the way you want to be perceived. Here follow some tips for how to position yourself on LinkedIn as a trustworthy professional, and not a jerk. . Add an informative graphic to your profile background.

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How to optimize your LinkedIn profile

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One of the questions I get asked the most on Quora relates to optimizing your LinkedIn profile. If you’re building a personal brand or want to become known as a subject matter expert in your industry, your LinkedIn profile is home base. And if your LinkedIn profile looks like a copy-and-paste of your resume?

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Social lead validation—the missing ingredient from most inbound LinkedIn marketing programs

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But when it comes to social selling and LinkedIn marketing, it seems that lead qualification and validation are getting thrown out the window. They are playing a numbers game, pushing out sales messages on LinkedIn to as many prospects as they can hoping that something will stick and that people will say yes to a demo or sales call.

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How to get 67% more revenue opportunities using LinkedIn and not just leads that go nowhere

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When it comes to LinkedIn marketing and social selling, where do you think everyone’s focus is? LinkedIn marketing and social selling has become a volume play. This is an account-based marketing approach that focuses on issues that are relevant to targeted organizations, key decision-makers, and influencers.

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Now is the time to fix your LinkedIn profile—here’s why

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Have you been meaning to update your LinkedIn profile and just haven’t gotten around to it? He hasn’t bothered to update his LinkedIn profile since he joined the firm. When potential new clients check him out on LinkedIn (as 59.9% Barry says he’s a partner at Company A, but LinkedIn says he works at Company B. No picture.

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How even social media & social selling experts are getting LinkedIn wrong – Part 2

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In my last post , I started to show how even the most recognized social media and social selling authors, experts, and consultants are getting LinkedIn wrong. Here is the actual LinkedIn summary for Judy Schramm , CEO of ProResource Inc., You will be proud of the way you look on LinkedIn.

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IT buyers are calling for a change in how you market & sell to them on LinkedIn

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According to LinkedIn ‘s report “The Social Bridge to the IT Committee,” B2B buyers seek insights and conversations with vendors on social media. So IT buyers are willing to reveal themselves and engage with B2B sales and marketing leaders on LinkedIn. Even if it is LinkedIn!).