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5 key elements of LinkedIn success

Mark White, Social Media Specialist on 16 July, 2010 No comments as yet -

Using LinkedIn: 5 steps to successThere is an ever increasing body of evidence showing that LinkedIn is the place to be within the social media world if you are looking to gain serious traction in the online business networking world. It is also generally considered to be a great social media antidote to the (all too often) chaotic worlds of Facebook and Twitter.

However, it’s important to realise that using LinkedIn can still very time intensive like most social media tools, even if we make the most of integrating our other online tools and sharing information we create elsewhere (as well as on LinkedIn itself). It’s unfortunately true that the business world is littered with people who have tried to take on too much and suffered the consequences – the internet world, because of it very nature, offers us a range of tools and the ability to follow in those footsteps unless we go in with clear business objectives in mind!

Therefore, to gain all of the benefits that LinkedIn can offer without suffering the potential downsides, it’s important to …

Article Categories: Business Networking, LinkedIn, Social Media Thoughts, Social Networking
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Introduction to LinkedIn morning workshop

Mark White, Social Media Specialist on 16 April, 2010 1 comment so far -

Introduction to LinkedIn WorkshopA big thank you to all those who came along to our session in Reading yesterday as we combined networking, a chance to get a short video expose recorded as well as our  introductory workshop session “How to get the best out of Linkedin” all into a single morning.

During the Workshop session, we briefly looked at some of the key areas to consider when using LinkedIn to generate contacts and business – essentially, the session acted as an introduction to our LinkedIn Business briefing sessions and gave an overview of the key areas of focus such as: …

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Social Media Directors run Social Media Training and Social Media Courses as well as delivering Social Media Workshops. Onsite training is done nationally, but the social media training courses run near London in Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire focussing on locations such as Reading, Guildford and Bracknell