Unlock Your Network’s

PotentialBy: Cheryl Smith

CultureSmith Consulting

THE Professional Outpost

Estimated 33,000,000 users

More than 150 industries

Fortune 500 companies represented

Free and paid account options

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LinkedIn Uses

Visibility

Connectability

References/Company checks

Find/Provide expertise

Job search/interview help

Find answers

Gauge health of company/industry

Productivity (not to be overlooked!)

Getting Started

Email address

Work/Education history

Picture

Summary

Save

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Settings

Personalized URL (profile)

Email notifications (contact)

RSS

Personal information

Privacy

My network

Status Updates

Ambient awareness

Relevant Working on Looking for Thinking about Partnering with Reading Sharing a link

Consistent

Connecting

Upload contacts

Invitations

V-cards

People You May Know

Colleagues

Classmates

People Search

Introductions

Communicating

Messages

InMail

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Next Steps - Intermediate

Recommendations

Q & A

Groups

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It Slices and Dices

Who’s Viewed My Profile

Events

Answers (RSS)

Slide Share

Google Presentations

Blogs

Connection updates (emails)

Reference Search (paid option)

Mobile phone applications

LinkedIn Company Buzz

Reading List

My Travel

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But Wait! There’s More

http://learn.linkedin.com/

http://blog.linkedin.com/

Outlook Toolbar

Company pages

What’s on Your Mind?

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Where’s

Vitals Cheryl Smith

cheryl@culturesmithconsulting.com(434) 258-2448www.culturesmithconsulting.com

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