Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile: To Increase Your Exposure, Engagement & Brand Recognition
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The document outlines strategies for optimizing a LinkedIn profile to enhance exposure, engagement, and brand recognition. Key recommendations include using relevant keywords, completing the profile, crafting catchy headlines, seeking endorsements and recommendations, networking actively, and regularly updating content. Additionally, it highlights the importance of measuring engagement metrics to assess the effectiveness of optimization efforts.
Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile: To Increase Your Exposure, Engagement & Brand Recognition
- 1. OPTIMIZE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE TO INCREASE YOUR EXPOSURE, ENGAGEMENT & BRAND RECOGNITION.
- 2. BIOGRAPHY •Partner Marketing Specialist at SharedVue, an IT Channel Marketing Firm, since 2011. •Develop strategic communication plans for clients to increase business partner adoption of client programs. •Participate in the management of SharedVue’s social media efforts which include blogging, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, & YouTube. •Advise IT channel Partners on new tools & processes, campaign strategies, & content/message creation. •Honorably served 7 years in the U.S. Army & U.S. Army Reserves. Christopher Kimball
- 3. AGENDA 1. Why to optimize your LinkedIn profile? 2. Strategies & tactics to employ for optimization. 3. How to measure if all your work paid off.
- 4. WHY OPTIMIZE YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE? Job Opportunities •There are more than 200 million LinkedIn users, in more than 200 countries. • 77% of all job openings are posted on LinkedIn. •48% of recruiters post jobs on LinkedIn & nowhere else. (Source: Social Media Today) Sales Opportunities •LinkedIn is 277% more effective for lead generation than Facebook & Twitter. •65% of B2B companies have generated a lead from LinkedIn (Source: HubSpot)
- 5. STRATEGIES TO EMPLOY FOR OPTIMIZATION Keywords Complete Profile Catchy Headlines Endorsements & Recommendations Networking Fresh Content
- 6. INCLUDE KEYWORDS LinkedIn Search Algorithm (Relevance) likes profiles that have keywords placed in strategic areas (Name, Headlines, Job Title & Skills). Search LinkedIn for key words & terms that are relevant in your industry. If your profile, does not come up the 1st page of the search, you need to update your keywords. (Source: Blogging4jobs.com) A few good areas to search for the most up-to date keywords & terms include: Google Keyword Planner, other industry specific LinkedIn profiles, & industry specific LinkedIn Groups.
- 7. COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE More than half of LinkedIn users do not have a completed profile. Linkedin’s algorithm sorts by 1st > 2nd > 3rd level connections, shared group members, & then everyone else…with profiles that are complete ranking higher on every level. Having an incomplete profile makes it more difficult for potential employers, partners, or clients to gauge your overall value. (Source: blogging4jobs.com)
- 8. CREATE CATCHY HEADLINES Your headline is prime marketing real estate & can be customized. There is a 120 character maximum. Showcase your specialty, speak to your audience, or include keywords. Examples includes: “PMP-certified project manager – Known for successfully leading multi-million dollar projects in developing countries.” (Source: forbes.com)
- 9. REQUEST ENDORSEMENTS & RECOMMENDATIONS The power of 3rd party endorsements are undeniable. Endorsements are like Facebook’s like system or Google Plus’s +1—a single click show a form of approval. ‘ Recommendations are customized to the individuals business or professional credentials & they have much more impact of on your credibility. Personally request recommendations from coworkers, clients, & business partners.
- 10. NETWORK! NETWORK! NETWORK! Attend events in your industry both online & in-person. Share your LinkedIn profile information with other attendees. Network with people outside the vertical you work in. There can be tertiary benefits &/or new doors can open for you. Networking is not a one-way street. Both parties are seeking benefits from the relationship. Give & you will receive.
- 11. UPDATE YOUR PROFILE WITH FRESH CONTENT By updating your profile regularly, you: -Are increasing your engagement with the LinkedIn community. -Are ensuring you are going to show up on news feeds regularly, which keeps you relevant & noticed. Update your status with news articles, company updates, blog posts, & updates about you. (Source: socialmediatoday.com)
- 12. HOW TO MEASURE IF ALL YOUR WORK PAID OFF Numbers don’t lie—analyze how followers you have, who has viewed your profile, what updates you have posted have been engaged with & by who, & so much for right from LinkedIn. Using third-party apps such as bit.ly or Buffer App, you can gauge how other people are engaging with your activity updates. Adjust both content on your profile & what you post to your activity feed based off from the metrics.