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The Basics
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social
network that launched on May 5th, 2003
LinkedIn now has more than 300 million
users and 3 million company pages.
Many small businesses haven't taken
advantage of utilizing LinkedIn to grow
their business.
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The 10 Steps To Use LinkedIn
For Your Small Business
1. Create a LinkedIn
Company Page.
3. Begin to blog on
LinkedIn.
6. Connect your online
properties.
7. Showcase your work in
video, slides, interviews, etc.
8. Send 5 - 8 daily status
updates.
2. Participate in LinkedIn
Groups with local ties.
4. Leverage each employee in
your small business.
5. Secure LinkedIn
Endorsements.
9. Create a vanity URL for
your LinkedIn Page.
10. Make your profile stand
out from the competition.
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Requirements for Adding Company Pages
1. You must have a personal
LinkedIn profile set up with your
true first and last name.
2. Your profile strength must be
listed as Intermediate or All
Star.
4. You must have several
connections on your profile.
3. You’re a current company
employee & your position is
listed in the Experience section
of your profile.
5. You have a company email
address added and confirmed
on your LinkedIn account.
6. Your company’s email
domain is unique to the
company.
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4. LEVERAGE
each employee in your small business.
“Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The
knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that
drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that
knowledge.”
- Harvey Mackay
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5. SECURE
LinkedIn Endorsements and Recommendations.
“Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a
special ability to get us to believe in ourselves, to tie that belief to
our highest ideals, and to imagine that together we can do great
things.”
- Caroline Kennedy
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7. SHOWCASE
your work in video, slides, interviews, etc.
"Find the good. It’s all around you. Find it,
showcase it and you’ll start believing in it."
- Jesse Owens
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Send at least
5 daily
messages
● The best times to post are 7am-
8am and 5pm-6pm.
● The best days to post are
weekdays.
● 93% of B2B marketers rate
LinkedIn as the top B2B social
media lead generation source
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10. MAKE
your page stand out from the competition.
"It is nice to have valid competition; it
pushes you to do better."
- Gianni Versace
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49.5% of LinkedIn profiles aren’t complete
You can’t sell
your small
business’
credibility unless
you work on its
social media
appeal
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Improve your “first glance” aesthetic
Make sure to include the
following on your page:
A company logo
A background image
Your company name
Company description
Background information and
keywords
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CREATE a LinkedIn Company Page
BLOG on LinkedIn
SECURE LinkedIn Endorsements & Recommendations
CONNECT your online properties
SHOWCASE your work in video, slides, interviews, etc
PARTICIPATE in Linkedin groups
LEVERAGE each employee in your small business
LET’S REGROUP
UPDATE your status 5 to 8 times daily
CREATE a vanity URL for your LinkedIn Page
MAKE your page stand out from the competition
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THANK YOU / QUESTIONS
@DaveKerpen
dave@likeable.com
DaveLinkedin.com
“How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so
easy for you to be remarkable?” - Seth Godin
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