Today, after speaking at an event where 80{60023c7b1960a5fb9dae172379ca3153ba00fa4679a2b03978f428523be766b5} of the room was hardly leveraging LinkedIn at all, I thought I’d share the 10 things I do on LinkedIn each and every week as inspiration for others to do more on this powerful professional networking platform. If you start doing even just a few of these things, I bet you’ll see some new (and welcome) outreach or activity.
- Update my status on my profile with either news about a connection or an upcoming speaking engagement I have.
- Share something worthy that a connection has posted.
- Review my main stream and Like or Comment on things my network has shared.
- Review who’s looking at my profile and see if there is anyone I want to connect with on the list. (BTW, no upgrade, had it through a prior job and didn’t real see any real value in it as long as you check it every few days, which I do.)
- Share an industry-relevant article, post or maybe a new service offering on my Bella Domain Media company page.
- Endorse what I’m comfortable endorsing for direct connections. (Does anyone really endorse people they couldn’t vouch for during a reference request?)
- Research people or companies I’m interested in or are targeting for future work or collaborations.
- Follow some new (to me on LinkedIn) thought leaders or Company pages.
- Check out what’s happening within some of the groups where I’m most active. (Comment and Like where appropriate.)
- Grow my network by sending personalized Invitations to Connect to the new people I meet (or like) each week.
What do you do on LinkedIn on a regular basis? Please feel free to add your weekly To Dos on LinkedIn, so others can learn from you too. Thanks!
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The 10 Things I Do on LinkedIn Each and Every Week