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1. Homepage Overview2. Create and Edit profile3. Manage Account Settings4. Search, Save Search Results5. Manage Contacts6. Join and Navigate Groups


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1. Homepage Overview


2. Create Profile


2. Create Profile


2. Create Profile


2. Create Profile


2. Create Profile

Tip:LinkedIn will offer you a free trail of the Premium Package for one month, However pay attention for the subscription date in case you decide to cancel the paid plan and keep enjoying the free features. In case you decide to continue with paid plan make sure to switch the payment from monthly to yearly to reduce the costs.


2. Edit Profile


2. Edit Profile

Tip:1One step keeps you from being properly available on LinkedIn is to “Edit Profile” after creating it. This crucial step will either be of a positive mark or negative one in your record.2Never neglect the right side of your profile when in editing process to add more value to your profile.


3. Manage Account Settings

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Explore all the features provided to you by LinkedIn for a maximum benefit and control.



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You can always add, change or remove your primary account. You can also use several emails for one LinkedIn account to be connected to everyone you know.



4. Search, Save Search Results

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As many search engines LinkedIn provides a simple search feature and an advanced one for a more specific and focused search result.



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You can search for new connections or old ones from “People Search feature” by providing one hint/information or even several.You can also choose the connection relationship:1st Connections means people already added to your network.2nd Connections means people connected to your network members but not yours.3rd Connections means people not connected to you or any of your network members.



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You can also search for connection according to their job title, the company they work for or even the job nature itself.



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After a search function made you cal always decide whether to be connected to the person immediately or choose to:“Save” the persons profile in your account data base.“Get Introduced” to the person by using one of your connections as an intermediate factor if they know him/her closely.“Send InMail” to them without being connected to them or using an intermediator and wait for a response.“Share” their profile information with other LinkedIn members.“Find References” to check the credibility of that person with.



Search Tips• Special Search Types• Search by Keywords• Search by Name• Search for References

Special Search Types

You can use these search types to refine your results.• Quoted searches to search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotation marks (for example: “graphic designer”).• - searches to do a search excluding a particular term, type that term with a - immediately before it (for example: -photography). Your search results will exclude any profile containing that term.• OR searches to search for profiles which include just one of two or more terms (for example: CEO OR President) you can separate those terms with the upper-case word OR.• AND searches to search for profiles which include two terms (for example: photographer AND designer) you can separate those terms with the upper-case word AND.• Parenthetical searches to do a complex search (for instance, finding vice presidents or directors of divisions) you can combine terms like this: VP OR (director AND division). This will find people who have VP in their profiles, or have director AND division in their profiles.

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4. Search, Save Search ResultsSearch Tips• Special Search Types• Search by Keywords• Search by Name• Search for References

Search by Keywords• Keyword: Any keywords you can use.• Title: Search for users with a particular title. Check “current titles only” to show users holding that title only.• Company: Search for users at a particular company. Check “current companies only” to show users who are currently at that company.• Industry: Searches for users in one or more primary industries. Use ctrl-click on Windows, or cmd-click on the Macintosh to select more than one industry at a time.• Location: Limit your search to users either in a particular area, or willing to travel there.• Interested in: Search for types of users you would like to find: all users, potential employees, consultants/contractors, entrepreneurs, hiring managers, industry experts, or deal-making contacts.• Joined network: Search for users who have joined your network within a specified period of time.• Sort by:

• Degrees and recommendations: Shows the most-recommended users first• Degrees away from you: Show the people “closest” to you first• Number of connections: Show the most-connected users first.• Keyword relevance: Show the users for whom that keyword or keywords are the most relevant.

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Search by Name• Name: Enter first and last name, or last name only. It is not possible to search by first name only.• Company: Limit your searches to users at a particular company.• Location: Limit your search to users either in a particular area, or willing to travel there.

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Search for References

Use Reference Search to find people in your network who could be references for prospective clients, business partners, and employees.• Company Name: List your candidate’s current and former employers.• Years: Enter a starting and ending year for each company. If candidate is still employed at the company, enter the current year for the end date.

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If your search returns too few or no results, you can double-check the spelling of each company name you entered or search with a less specific company name, for example “Apple” instead of “Apple Computer, Inc.”


5. Manage Contacts

To delete an imported contact from your address book:1. Move your cursor over Network at the top of your homepage and select Add Connections.2. Click the Manage imported contacts link in the top right.3. Check the box next to the contact you want to delete.4. Click the gray Delete selected contacts button near the bottom of the page.

To send an invitation to an imported contact from your address book:1. Move your cursor over Network at the top of your homepage and select Add Connections.2. Click the Manage imported contacts link in the top right.3. Check the box next to the contacts you want to invite.4. Click the Invite selected contacts button on the right.

Note: If you see an Imported Contacts section on the Contacts page under Source, these are 1st-degree

connections whose contact information was manually edited before switching to the new Contacts.


6. Join and Navigate Groups

To access the groups to which you already belong, click on the "Interests" link on the top menu and select "Groups" from

the drop down menu. You will see a full list of your groups.



To add and be part of new groups, click on “Find a group” and type in the key word of the group desired. You will see a

full list of your groups.






Extra Tips

Creating a LinkedIn Group• Your name is important! Consider which keywords your target members will search for. Make sure your group name is clear and includes these keywords.• Create a group for your industry, not your company. People are more likely to join a group when it's not simply for fans of your company.• Design the group logo to fit the small standard logo size. The group logos that are displayed will actually be quite small.• Create a custom webpage for the group on your website. This type of page will provide more context, engagement, and visibility for your group. It can have as much or as little information as you like.• Display the group in the Group Directory and on members' profiles. Take advantage of the functionality already in place on LinkedIn to help your group get more visibility.


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Promoting a LinkedIn Group• Invite coworkers, past colleagues, and customers to join and start discussions. Leverage your existing network to get your group started.• Promote the group on your website, blog, email newsletter, and social media networks. Make sure people know that you have a group and how to join.• Invite key industry experts to join and engage. If there are some influentials in your industry, invite them to engage with the community.• Cross-market to related groups that you manage on different networks. Create a similar group or Page on Facebook and invite members of each network to join the group on the other network.• Integrate LinkedIn into all of your marketing efforts. Every time you do a webinar or go to a conference, notify your group and invite those you meet to join the group as well.


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Managing a LinkedIn Group• Add discussions, news and jobs. The more opportunities for interaction you add to your group, the more valuable your group will be to the community.• Use featured discussions to highlight particular content or offers. The group discussions can quickly get overrun and it can be hard to get your discussion thread noticed. But, as a manager of your group, you can mark a discussion as featured and this will pin your thread at the top of the discussion board. You can also unpin it at any time.• Send announcements. Announcements are emails sent by you through LinkedIn to your group members. The benefit of sending these announcements through LinkedIn is that your recipients are more likely to recognize the email as trustworthy and your deliverability may be higher than if you had sent the email yourself.• Import your blog RSS feed. If you write a blog that's relevant to the group, you can import your articles automatically to the News section. Go to News >> Manage news feeds and add the RSS feed for your blog.• Make your own LinkedIn analytics. To track the growth of your group, check the number of members every week and keep track of the group size in a spreadsheet.


To Dos1. A Detailed Profile Is A Strong Profile (work hard to fill your profile account to show as a

professional person)

2. Temporarily Turn Off Activity Broadcast (as a curtsy gesture not to jam and bother your networks news threads)

3. Proofread Your Entire Profile (check for grammatical and spelling mistakes)

4. Do Not Lie About Anything (never compromise your identity with a “small or white lie” as there is no such things)

5. Customize Your Profile Url (make a personal URL for a more easy link search on well know search engines)

6. Have The Right Profile Picture (a professional picture attracts more connections. Stay away from “selfies”)

7. Use LinkedIn Badges On Your Website (attract more connections from different networks using the LinkedIn badges)

8. Be Active In LinkedIn Groups (active person is always someone you can count on and refer to in future. Be that person)

9. Personalize LinkedIn Email Requests (personalized emails are more likely to be respond to more than cold and dull automated one)

10.Use LinkedIn Applications (to enhance your profile such as TripIt, JD Supra, SlideShare, Portfolio Display, WordPress, Box Files, Amazon Reading List and Lawyer Ratings)



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