Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft LinkedIn in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through these 10-minute lessons, you'll master everything you need to know to quickly and easily generate solid results on LinkedIn, a leading professional networking site with more than 70 million members. You'll learn how to create a LinkedIn profile, enhance your visibility to an audience of millions, find jobs and clients, promote your services as a LinkedIn service provider, use LinkedIn as a research and marketing tool, and much more. This book is for you if you want to become productive on LinkedIn as quickly as possible and are short on time. Readers also have access to free, web-only bonus content.
Author(s): Patrice-Anne Rutledge
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 262
Contents......Page 4
Who Is This Book For?......Page 10
Conventions Used in This Book......Page 11
Understanding What LinkedIn Can Do for You......Page 12
Understanding LinkedIn Account Types......Page 14
Exploring LinkedIn Premium Accounts......Page 15
Creating a LinkedIn Account......Page 17
Exploring the LinkedIn Home Page......Page 21
Navigating LinkedIn......Page 23
Summary......Page 25
Viewing a LinkedIn Profile......Page 26
Creating a Profile That Achieves Your Goals......Page 27
Understanding Profile Completeness......Page 29
Entering Basic Profile Information......Page 31
Adding Positions......Page 32
Adding Educational Information......Page 34
Adding Websites and Other Additional Information......Page 36
Customizing Your Public Profile......Page 38
Adding a Profile Summary......Page 40
Adding Personal Information......Page 41
Specifying Contact Settings......Page 42
Adding a Profile Photo......Page 43
Summary......Page 45
Developing a Connection Strategy......Page 46
Building Your Network......Page 47
Connecting with Other LinkedIn Members......Page 54
Connecting with People Not on LinkedIn......Page 57
Responding to Connection Invitations......Page 58
Managing Your Connections......Page 60
Removing Connections......Page 62
Summary......Page 63
Customizing the Way You Use LinkedIn......Page 64
Customizing Profile Settings......Page 65
Customizing Email Notification Settings......Page 67
Customizing Your Home Page Settings......Page 69
Subscribing to RSS Feeds......Page 71
Customizing Your LinkedIn Personal Information......Page 73
Customizing Your Privacy Settings......Page 75
Summary......Page 77
Updating Your Status......Page 78
Commenting on a Status......Page 81
Updating Your Profile......Page 82
Promoting Your Profile on the Web......Page 83
Creating a Profile in Another Language......Page 85
Summary......Page 87
Understanding Your LinkedIn Network......Page 88
Understanding InMail, Introductions, and LinkedIn Messages......Page 89
Understanding Your Contact Options......Page 90
Managing Your Inbox......Page 92
Sending Messages......Page 95
Reading and Replying to Messages......Page 97
Sending InMail......Page 98
Requesting Introductions......Page 100
Managing Introduction Requests......Page 103
Summary......Page 105
Performing a Quick Search......Page 106
Searching for People......Page 107
Narrowing People Search Results......Page 109
Performing an Advanced People Search......Page 112
Saving a People Search......Page 114
Summary......Page 115
Understanding LinkedIn Tools......Page 116
Installing and Using the LinkedIn Firefox Browser Toolbar......Page 117
Installing and Using the LinkedIn Internet Explorer Toolbar......Page 120
Using the JobsInsider......Page 123
Using the Outlook Toolbar......Page 124
Creating an Email Signature......Page 126
Using the Google Toolbar Assistant......Page 128
Summary......Page 129
Attracting Recruiters and Hiring Managers......Page 130
Searching Job Postings......Page 131
Viewing Job Postings......Page 134
Performing an Advanced Job Search......Page 135
Applying for a Job......Page 137
Finding Recruiters and Hiring Managers......Page 138
Summary......Page 139
Understanding LinkedIn Recommendations......Page 140
Requesting Recommendations......Page 141
Managing Recommendation Requests......Page 144
Responding to Recommendation Requests......Page 145
Making a Recommendation......Page 148
Accepting Recommendations......Page 149
Managing Received Recommendations......Page 151
Managing Sent Recommendations......Page 152
Summary......Page 153
Understanding LinkedIn Groups......Page 154
Joining a Group......Page 155
Viewing Your Groups......Page 158
Changing the Display Order of Your Groups......Page 159
Participating in Group Discussions......Page 161
Viewing and Submitting News Articles......Page 164
Using a Group’s Jobs Discussion Board......Page 166
Managing Group Settings......Page 169
Creating Your Own Group......Page 170
Summary......Page 173
Understanding LinkedIn Answers......Page 174
Asking a Question......Page 176
Browsing Open Questions to Answer......Page 178
Answering Questions......Page 180
Searching LinkedIn Answers by Keyword......Page 182
Viewing and Modifying Your Questions and Answers......Page 184
Summary......Page 185
Understanding LinkedIn Applications......Page 186
Choosing the Right Applications......Page 187
Adding Applications......Page 188
Adding and Managing LinkedIn Events......Page 201
Summary......Page 203
Understanding LinkedIn Service Providers......Page 204
Searching for Service Providers......Page 205
Recommending a Service Provider......Page 206
Requesting a Service Provider Recommendation......Page 209
Summary......Page 211
A......Page 212
C......Page 213
D - E......Page 214
F......Page 215
H......Page 216
J......Page 217
K - L......Page 218
N......Page 219
O - P......Page 220
Q - R......Page 221
S......Page 222
W - X - Y - Z......Page 223
Web Lesson 1: Recruiting Job Candidates......Page 225
Web Lesson 2: Working with Company Profiles......Page 237
Web Lesson 3: Advertising on LinkedIn......Page 249
Web Lesson 4: Using LinkedIn Mobile......Page 259
