1. LinkedIn – Just the Basics
Presented by:
Wendy R. Novak and Susan Franconi-Salmon
to the Rhode Island Paralegal Association
October 30, 2013

2. LinkedIn - The Basics
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What is LinkedIn?
Setting Up a Basic Account
Creating Your Profile
Navigating the User Interface
Making Connections
Joining Groups
Using Search
Best Practices for Using LinkedIn
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3. The Business of Social Media
• The history of social media dates back more
than 30 years, when two computer hobbyists
created a computerized “bulletin board”
system (BBS) to share information with
friends.
• This pre-dates the Internet as we know it
today by about 15 years!
(Fairley, 2013)
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4. What is Social Media?
• Social Media is the future of communication, a
countless array of internet based tools and
platforms that increase and enhance the
sharing of information.
(Socialmediadefined.com, 2013)
• Forms of electronic communication (as Web
sites for social networking and microblogging)
through which users create online
communities to share information, ideas,
personal messages, and other content.
(m-w.com, 2013)
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5. Examples of Social Media
Facebook
Twitter
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Pinterest
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LinkedIn
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YouTube/Vimeo
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FourSquare
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Google+
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Vine
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Instagram
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Tumblr
(Silveira, 2013, p.3)
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6. How Linkedin Fits into Social Media
(Siltala, 2013)
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7. Q: What is LinkedIn?
A: LinkedIn is the world’s largest
professional network. It can be used to
connect with those you already know or
to broaden your professional outreach
and meet others in your profession.
Read more: http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/
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8. Members worldwide
(Sharp, 2013, p.8)

9. 2013 LinkedIn Stats - Growing
• LinkedIn Has Over 200 Million Members
• Average user has 240 “Connections”
• One degree from over 35,000 “Trusted Connections”
• Two degrees from over 3,200,000 “Trusted Connections”
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160 Million unique visitors a month
• 1 million new members added per week
• 17.8 million members belong to groups
• 1.2 million comments and posts to groups weekly
• 2 billion people searches annually
• 1 million companies have a company page
#socialJack
(DeLisle, 2013)
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10. LinkedIn’s global footprint is expanding:
Sweden
1M+
238m+
NL
UK
4M+
13M+
Registered members as
of Sept 2013
3M+
France
5M+
5M+
Canada
EMEA
8M+
74M+
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65%
Of LinkedIn members are
outside of the US
Italy
5M+
Spain
200+
Countries and territories
DACH
UAE
1M+
84M+
APAC
India
USA
Brazil
42M+
21M+
13M+
3M+
(Sharp, 2013, p.9)
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11. Social Networks – Where do you stand?
#socialjack
(DeLisle, 2013, p. 6)

12. 1 of every 3
professionals
on the planet is LinkedIn
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13. Common Reasons
for Not Using LinkedIn
• The site seems complicated.
• It takes so much time to do the profile.
• I can't keep up with all of the email from the site.
• I'm busy.
• I'm already employed.
• I don't need this extra work.
• It's like doing homework.
• I don't have a lot of experience.
(Dargan, 2013)

14. LinkedIn - Top 10 Features
Via: PowerFormula for LinkedIn Success
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15. Three Core Features of LinkedIn
• Profiles
• Connections
• Participation
(Kennedy, 2012)
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16. Creating Your Profile

17. What you Need to Set Up
Your LinkedIn Profile:
• Email Address
• Password
• Zip code
• Job Title and Company (if employed)
• Education, personal info, skills
• Employment, past and present
• Photo of yourself
(Wenger, 2012)
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19. 4 Key Elements to a Good Profile
• Excellent, descriptive headline
• The number of contacts you have and
recommendations
• Content within your profile
• Keywords within your profile
(Schneider, 2011)
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20. Examples
Location &
Industry
Influencer
Custom
URL
Contact
Info
(Livingston, 2013)
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21. Your Summary
• Use your summary to tell your
story in a friendly
conversational way
• Focus on what you are doing
now, how you can help the
reader and what you plan to
be doing in the future
• If you only have a few
minutes to share your
professional story with a
potential client, business
partner or referrer, what
would you say?
(Schneider, 2011)
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22. Navigating the User Interface

23. (Solomon, 2013)
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24. Account Settings
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25. Making Connections

26. Sending Invitations
You can invite people to connect from the
following areas (click the Connect button):
• A Member's Profile
• Search results
• The Add Connections page
• People You May Know.
(Schneider, 2011)
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27. Accepting/Declining Connection
Requests
You have 6 options responding to an invitation:
1. Accept
- 1st degree connection
2. Reply
- Send message w/out adding to
network
3. Delete
- Request goes into trash
(Schneider, 2011)
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28. Accepting/Declining Connection
Requests
4. Archive
- Consider accepting at a later time
5. Ignore
- Invitation will be archived
6. Forward
- To 1st level connections for info
(Schneider, 2011)
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29. Joining Groups

30. “There are more than 200 conversations
happening each minute across LinkedIn Groups
and more than 8,000 Groups created each
week.” ~ LinkedIn
(Livingston, 2013, p.3)
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31. LinkedIn Groups
• Opportunities to engage
• Opportunities to meet other professionals
• Ask questions
• Answer questions – show expertise
(Wenger, 2012)
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32. Source: LinkedIn
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33. Using Search

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36. Network

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38. Key to Social Media / Networking is Freely
Sharing your Knowledge & Expertise
• Builds trust, once they trust you, want to do
business with you
• Box.net files – upload Word, PDF, Excel,
articles, firm brochures
• Google Presentation / Slideshare
• Video increasingly important as part of many
companies branding efforts
(Schneider, 2011)
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39. Help

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41. Keys To LinkedIn Success
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Determine Your Goals
Build a Complete Profile
Make Connections
Endorse and Recommend
Engage with Your Network
Find and Share Valuable Information
Keep up with Changes
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42. GO MOBILE!
• The LinkedIn mobile app makes LinkedIn
more useable and provides a good way to
use LinkedIn more frequently.
• (for ios, Android & BlackBerry platforms)
• (and FREE!)
Photo: Trendingdig.com
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43. RESOURCES

44. ONLINE
LinkedIn Learning Webinars
http://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/530
Last Reviewed Oct 08 2013
The Value of LinkedIn – LinkedIn Overview Video
http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is.linkedin/
Last Reviewed Sept 26 2013
How to Use LinkedIn – about.com
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/linkedin2.htm
LinkedIn Blog
http://blog.linkedin.com
LinkedIn YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/LinkedIn
LinkedIn Wiki
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-LinkedIn
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45. REFERENCES
Breitbarth, W. (2012, March 4). Portrait of a linkedin user. [Infographic]. Retrieved from
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Clifford-Jones, Henry. (2013). LinkedIn: Building relationships with the world’s professionals. Firefly Communications. [PowerPoint
slides]. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/FireflyComms/linkedin-building-relationships-with-the-worldsprofessionals
Dargan, Cherie. (2013). Linked with linkedIn. Hawkeye Community College. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/mrsdargan/final-linked-in-presentation-cd-cww-2013?
DeLisle, Dean. (2013). LinkedIn: Three easy steps to start your linkedIn referral machine. Forward Progress. [PowerPoint slides].
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Fairley, S. (2013, February 18). Social media marketing for attorneys: A history of social media. [Blog post]. Retrieved from
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Kennedy, Dennis (2012, April). The chain: LinkedIn is more than social media for lawyers. ABA Journal, n. pag. Retrieved from
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Livingston, Becky. (2013). Using linkedIn for your job search. Penheel Marketing. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
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46. REFERENCES, cont.
Schneider, Hilary. (2011). LinkedIn the basics. Brown Wright Stein Lawyers. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
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Sexton, Koka. (2013). The value of your linkedIn network. LinkedIn. [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from
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Siltala, M. (2013, February 22). Social meowdia explained [Infographic]. Avalaunch Media. Retrieved from
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What is social media? (2013). Retrieved October 29, 2013 from http://www.socialmediadefined.com/what-is-social-media/
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47. THANK YOU!
LinkedIn – Just the Basics
Prepared by Wendy R. Novak
nova410@gmail.com
October 30, 2013
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