Easy to follow, practical tips for networking through LinkedIn. Petra Fisher shows you how to use LinkedIn for online networking. Reach out (and be contacted by) the people that professionally matter to you to build a strong, engaged, network.
7 LinkedIn Networking Tips: Combine Online and Offline.
I am hopeless at real-life networking. I stand around, trying not to look awkward. Thank goodness for online networking. So much easier to send a nice message than actually walking up to the person. If you read on you will learn my 7 LinkedIn Networking Tips that...
How to build a meaningful network on LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a network: networking is a verb, a doing word. This means DOING MORE than simply inviting and accepting. Even a stamp collector looks after and nurtures their stamps: Why pay less attention to human beings? The other day I posted a question on LinkedIn:...
Turn any party into a networking event + LinkedIn tips to follow!
How do you feel about this “holiday season”? Love to go to all the parties? Or crawl under a rock till everyone has stopped saying: “Happy New Year”? Like it or not, this is a great time for some serious networking. Offline, but online as well! Read on to find...
How to create interaction and engagement on LinkedIn
Just start a discussion in a LinkedIn group and Bob's your uncle. Right? Wrong! You'd think people will respond to interesting discussions, but most of the time they don't. What makes that YOU respond to a discussion? Or and update? Or just to click the 'like' button?...
LinkedIn Network: quality or quantity?
According to LinkedIn rules and regulations you are only allowed to connect to people you know. But when do you know someone? When you shake hands and exchange business cards? When you met at least 3 times for coffee? When you've known each other more than 3 months?...
Sales reps, conversation starters and your LinkedIn profile
What is the first thing a sales rep does when he enters your office? He has a good look around. He is looking for a common interest. A personal common interest to break the ice and start the conversation. People conduct business with people It all comes down to the...
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500+ LinkedIn connections, how many exactly is that? [reading time: 1 min]
500+ LinkedIn Connections, how many is that? You may argue its just curiosity, but no real need to know. But then again... Maybe you consider a person with 700 connections more real than a person with 7000 connections. Or maybe you want to strategically comment on...
Top 3 ways to annoy people with your LinkedIn Invitation [reading time: 2.5 min]
Does your LinkedIn Invitation annoy people? Read on to find out. I am sure YOU would never send a standard LinkedIn Invite. One you didn't customise, but I have! Yes, sure have. Let me tell you how it happened... My personal biggest LinkedIn Invitation Boo-Boos Yes, I...