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By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 22 May 2011 00:26:13 +0000

Jennifer,

Apolgoies for the super late reply. In terms of hints for client focused profiles – check out my more recent post on linkedin profiles: http://ianbrodie.com/marketing/linkedin-profiles-my-shocking-findings/

By: Manoj Ranaweera

Manoj Ranaweera — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:55:39 +0000

Hi Ian

I’m not a professional, so I don’t use Linkedin as professionals do. I use it mainly to find contacts, and then verify their email addresses for direct emailing. Linkedin is the best service I know that verifies email addresses. Once I know the correct email addresses, then I add that to gist.com to build a complete social profile of the individual.

Social networks are great at intelligence gathering including our own http://www.edocr.com. End of the day, the phone and email remain the best tools.

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How do you write a good LinkedIn profile? - Quora — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:34:24 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:23:16 +0000

Thanks for this useful post.
Regarding point #1 “Make your profile client focused,” can we see some examples of these kinds of profiles? Or maybe some tips on how to restructure or rewrite to this approach?
Thank you.

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By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:41:01 +0000

Dick,

I’d certainly update my profile to be more “potential employer focused” and reflect my experience, the results I’d achieved, etc. Ideally some client/employer quotes too.

Depending on how comfortable you feel doing it – I’d probably update my headline to say somethign along the lines of “Experienced, results driven IT project manager – looking for exciting new roles”. Or something like that.

Ian

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:38:58 +0000

Jay – I think you’re spot on. In my case there are many people who ask to connect who I don’t know well – but who read my blog, or have subscribed to my newsletter or maybe follow me on Twitter. It’s a bit of a slap in the face to say “no, I won’t connect with you on Linkedin”. It didn’t feel right to me – and I think it could damage your reputation by making you seem elitist. So I changed my policy and became rather more open to this. I feel it fits better with the online spirit of networking too – I’m happy to give people the benefit of the doubt first.

Ian

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:14:49 +0000

Hi Ian,

How would you change your strategies, profile etc on Linkedin, if you are on the look out for a new job? Would you for example make this noticeable in your ‘headline’?

Thank you very much
Regards,
Dick

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:47:22 +0000

Good point Promod – I share your wish that the exact number was displayed – I don’t really know why they don’t. My 700 and something contacts means I’m popular ;( That other guy’s 12,384 mean’s he connects with anyone!