21 HIDDEN LINKEDIN HACKS Revealed

You know the power of LinkedIn for

You know the power of LinkedIn for sales prospecting

You know the power of LinkedIn for finding a job

You know the power of LinkedIn for hiring

You know the power of LinkedIn for networking

You know the power of LinkedIn for marketing

But are you using these hidden LinkedIn hacks?

Here are 21 tips, tricks, and hacks to make you a LinkedIn pro.

Discover What Your Prospect Is Interested

In

1)  Go to a connection’s profile.

2)  Mouse over the arrow next to the “endorse” button and click “View recent activity.”

3)  Get a digest of

everything your prospect has been reading, sharing, commenting on, and liking recently.

Hide Your Connections From Prying Eyes

(read: your competition)

1)  Hover over your picture in the upper right corner, and click “Privacy & Settings.”

2)  Click the “Privacy” tab. 3)  Click “Who can see your

connections.”

4)  Select “only you.”

Sort Connections Into Groups

1)  Visit a connection’s profile.

2)  Click “tag” under the Relationship tag.

3)  Tag the connection with a

specific group.

4)  Click “manage tags” to edit or

delete existing tags, or “add new tag” to create new ones.

Search a Customer’s

Connections For Referrals

1)  Visit a connection’s profile. 2)  Click the number of

connections they have.

3)  Click the magnifying glass. 4)  Search for potential referrals by

job title or company.

View 100 Profiles a Day

1)  View one profile to show up in the person’s “Who’s Viewed Your Profile” list (and show them you’re interested in talking).

2)  View 99 more.

Get Found in Search with Keywords

1)  Choose a keyword or two the people you’re interested in meeting (prospects, recruiters, industry leaders, etc.) might search for.

2)  Insert in headline.

3)  Insert 3-4 times in summary.

4)  Insert anywhere else possible!

Rearrange the Order of Your Groups

1)  Click on the “Interests” tab, and the “Groups” dropdown.

2)  Click the sprocket icon in the

upper right corner.

3)  Reorder away!

Use Boolean Search

1)  Search [term] AND [term] to surface profiles with both phrases.

2)  Search [term] OR [term] to

surface profiles at least one of the keywords.

3)  Search [term] NOT [term] to find profiles that contain the first phrase but not the second.

4)  Search [“term”] to turn up results that contain the exact phrase.

Find Out Exactly How Many

Connections Someone Has

1)  Type in a person’s name in the top search bar and click the blue magnifying glass icon.

2)  Click on “500+”

3)  Check out the number of connections in the top left corner.

Export Your Connections’

Email Addresses

1)  Hover over the “My Network” tab and click “Connections.”

2)  Click the gear icon on the top

right corner.

3)  Under “Advanced Settings” click “Export LinkedIn Connections.”

4)  Choose your file type, and export.

Message People You’re Not

Connected To (no InMail required)

1)  Choose a group you’re a member of.

2)  Click the number of members under the group name.

3)  Click the envelope icon

next to a member’s name.

Turn Your Profile Edit Notifications

Off

1)  Mouse over your profile picture in the top right corner and click “Privacy & Settings.”

2)  Click the “Privacy” tab.

3)  Click “Sharing profile edits.”

4)  Change “Yes” to “No.”

Automate Your Group Posts

1)  Find a particularly active LinkedIn group.

2)  Use an app like Followed

(paid) to automate posts at set intervals.

3)  Become known as an industry resource and thought leader within the group (eventually!).

Disable “People Also Viewed”

(keep those viewers on your page!)

1)  Hover over your profile picture in the top right corner and click “Privacy & Settings.”

2)  Click the “Privacy” tab.

3)  Click “Viewers of this profile also viewed.”

4)  Uncheck the box.

Find Prospects You Already Have

Something in Common With

1)  Enter the URL www.linkedin.com/alumni 2)  Click the “change university” dropdown to search any alumni.

3)  Filter by industry, location, skills, company, major, and more.

Customize Your Connection

Request on a Mobile Device

1)  Click on a person’s profile.

2)  Click on the menu icon

at the top right of the screen.

3)  Click “Personalize invite.”

4)  Personalize your request.

Reorganize Your Endorsements

1)  Click into the edit profile view. 2)  Click the arrow button next to

the “Skills & Endorsements” section.

3)  Drag and drop your skills into the correct order, and hit save.

View LinkedIn profile information

in Gmail

1)  Download Rapportive. 2)  Open Gmail.

3)  Rejoice in the fact that ads have been replaced by the LinkedIn information of the person you’re emailing.

Set a Reminder to Follow Up with

Someone

1)  Click “Reminder” under your connection’s picture. 2)  Set a custom alarm.

Get New Leads Emailed Directly to

You

1)  Enter your search specifications and click enter.

2)  Click “Save search” in the upper right corner.

3)  Set the frequency of how often you want new search results emailed to you.

Add More Than One Twitter

Account to Your Profile

1)  Hover over your profile picture in the top right corner and click “Privacy & Settings” 2)  Click “Twitter settings.”

3)  Choose “add another Twitter account.”

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