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• Headline

• Current & Past Jobs

• Websites

• Summary

• Specialities/Skills

Tip 1: Enhance Your Personal Brand

Tip 2: Connect

Tip 3: Leverage your Network

Tip 4: Update your status Broadcast your expertise

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Tip 5: Effective InMails

•The first message should be a conversation starter – why am I contacting

you, and why am I contacting you today

•Adopt a conversational, enthusiastic tone to your message

•Be brief and to the point

•Focus on finding out their availability/interest in an introductory

discussion

•DO NOT cut and paste your prospecting email into the InMail

•Always ask for advice/opinions/referrals – if it’s not the right person, ask to

be directed to the right person

Sales Solutions

Join many

Participate in a few

Run one

Groups

.NET Developers

Biotech & Pharma

Design Pros

800,000 +

Tip 6: Use LinkedIn Groups

Tip 7: Benefit from 3rd Party Apps and Productivity Tools

Sales Solutions

Integrate LinkedIn With Other Tools

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