LinkedIn - Professional Branding Tips

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Part of building your professional brand for effective social selling with LinkedIn is knowing how to leverage your network. Even if you're not in sales, these tips for using LinkedIn will help you build your personal brand and professional brand.

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You are the CEO of ME Inc.

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Great brands convey an emotional response.

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This is a real brand but not how I want to be thought of.

“Visibility creates opportunities.”

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How are you leveragingStatus Updates?

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“It’s not the size of your network, but how you use it.”

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Use your statusupdates to engageyour network

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Use your statusupdates to promoteyour network

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Use your statusupdates to promote your company

• Press• Blogs• Content

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Use your statusupdates to inform your network

• Industry news• Relevant content

Who you know IS moreImportant than WHATYou knowYour network

is your business.

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