Linked in for business success

LinkedIn for Business Success

Presented By:

Denis Hegarty

March 27th 2012

Our 3 Step Plan

• A Complete & Compelling Profile

• Growing your Connections

• Your Business Profile

Complete & Compelling Profile

• Add a Professional Picture• Compelling Headline• Update Status – post something new• Past & Present Experience• Recommendations – Need 3 – Give first• Add your Twitter Account• Customise your LinkedIn Name• Complete Summary• Specialities, Interests and Associations• Contact Details• Apps

Growing Your Connections

• People You Know – request connection• Upload Contacts from Outlook…• CoWorkers• Previous Colleagues & Contacts• 2nd Connections – Ask or request a 1st

contact to refer• Use Advances Search to find People• Groups• LinkedIn Alerts with suggestions

Your Business Profile/Page

• Set Up page by going to ‘Companies’• Description of Company Page Overview• Add Values your Company Offers• Add Keywords within Specialities• Select Appropriate Industry• List Location(s)• Link to your Blog• Post Status Updates

Other Points

• Create a Call To Action

• Monitor Results

• Status Updates

• LinkedIn Answers

Thank You

Denis Hegarty

www.LinkedIn.com/in/denishegarty