The 12 LinkedIn hacks every career woman needs to know

daphne

20 Nov 2017

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Add a follow button
The powerful follow button is back on LinkedIn. Add a LinkedIn "Follow" button to your website to enable customers and clients to endorse and share your posts to others.
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Repeat yourself
Identify the skills and strengths you want people to recognize. Then use them repeatedly in your profile. Example, if your skills are Marketing and Sales, use these keywords to describe your proficiency in the summary section and in other areas like the Experience and Accomplishments. This will help your LinkedIn profile get views multiple times.
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Join groups
Join relevant groups that will connect you with people in your target audience. Being part of a group gives you the permission to reach out to higher connections and invite them to join your network.
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Reuse existing content
Use the existing content that you have published. This will help widen the scope of your message and brand. Embed whitepapers and articles as well as images and videos in your profile.
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Learn to Reject
Don't be afraid to reject or delete endorsements that are not integral to how you want to be known. Request your connections to endorse you for your top skills only.
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Include aliases
If your name is difficult to spell or is uncommon, you might want to include misspellings, aliases, previous names or nicknames in your summary. In this way, it's easier for people to find you especially if they just heard about you.
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Share articles
Share articles with groups you are part of to showcase your expertise. It's a great way to stand out.
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Break down your profile
Break down your experience into paragraphs. Showcase your work experience by creating multiple entries for each job title you have held.
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Limit your characters
Maximize the use of character limit for each section of your profile. This allows you to repeat keywords that are crucial to being found.
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Like and comment
Liking and commenting on a conversation will keep you informed with any progress.
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Unique hashtags
Use a unique hashtag so that people can easily see your post (with yours being the only one they find).
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Acess to your profile with a QR code
With technology trends making a breakthrough, the use of a QR code is pretty common. While meeting new people at conferences and business meetings, you can direct people to your LinkedIn profile with a QR code on your business card, book, or any other marketing materials. They can instantly scan your QR code, read your profile and connect with you making it very useful for quick access.

These are the LinkedIn hacks you most definitely need.

For every career women out there that are looking to expand or connect with larger networks, LinkedIn is the solution for you.

No doubt, LinkedIn is for the professional’s play. It’s a social networking site that caters solely to the professionals. You’ve probably heard of it by now or is currently using it, but there is so much more to it! Not only does it connect you with other professionals, you can use it to find jobs, get found and recruited by large companies, build your personal brand and use it as a research tool!

With the right profile tips, you will definitely stand out from the crowd and double the size of your network. Here are the 12 hacks that you should take note of. Check them out in the gallery above!

Daphne Leo

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