FW/Citizen Training

2. What is Linkedin ? LinkedIn was launched in 2003 as a professional networking site. It currently has over 100 million users. Executives from all the Fortune 500 companies are on LinkedIn LinkedIn adds over 1 million new users everyday LinkedIn is your online Business Card and/or Resume

6. Profiles for Personal

7. Pages for Business

8. Sharing Pictures

9. Status Updates

10. Branched Out

11. Professional SocialNetworkGroups

12. Business Profiles

14. Profile Picture: Have One The PROFILE PICTURE IS YOUR FIRST AND BIGGEST IMPRESSION

15. Isn’t she someone you would take seriously? Wouldn’t you want to business with her?

16. It is your biggest first impression- make it professionalNO Silly , NO Group Pictures, NO Pets, NO Logos People want to connect with a professional person!

17. Your Public Profile: Make it Connectable 1. Use your full name Headline: Business name Or what you are about- Use keywords- UPDATE- Status change from your home page 2. 3. EXPERIENCEYour current and pastwork, organizations &memberships List all your Education

18. If your URL is long shorten it using the edit button

21. WHO I HELP

22. HOW I HELPInclude a CALL TO ACTION Specialties should be in a list format

26. CONNECTIONS:Make Your Profile ConnectableAsk For ConnectionsAccept Connection RequestsMake IntroductionsRequest IntroductionsOrganize Your Connections with Tags

27. Click the dropdown box to reveal your settings Adjust your privacy settings here

28. You can have up to 50 tags (or organized groups of contacts)

30. Click the blue hyperlinked name from the mini profile on the rightside

31. Edit Tags

32. Choose tag(s)

33. Click SaveYou can now sort your connections by specific groups you have set up

34. Edit Details To add information About your contacts

35. USE YOUR CONNECTIONS Reverse search to learn about someone before you contact them-Knowing about them can help reduce awkward pauses in cold calls Reverse search businesses to learn if they are worth a contact, who to contact and what employees you might have a connection with already. Use your tags to see who you know in what areas that can introduce you to a potential lead or find the person you need to talk to LinkedIn shows the connections between people-it shows you who your mutual connections are and who knows who you don’t know that you need to know. Use LinkedIn to let new connections know you are a professional and it worth their time to listen to you WARNING: SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING LINKEDIN, CAN NOT REPLACE FACE TO FACE NETWORKING- BUT IT CAN ENHANCE IT!

36. DON’T WORRY- IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SCARY RIDE….. BUT, YOU KNOW WHERE I WORK IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.