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\nAre you afraid of LinkedIn?<\/p>\n
\nAre you afraid of LinkedIn?<\/p>\n
Why is it that people are much more comfortable spending time on Facebook rather than LinkedIn when they would actually get better results from using LinkedIn?<\/p>\n
LinkedIn more so than Facebook allows people to compare you against your competition. And for many people this is not in their favor.<\/p>\n
If you have LinkedIn Profile Envy when you visit a competitor’s profile, then do something about it. Step up your game and update your profile.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn, just like Facebook offers you an opportunity to post updates. You should be posting at least once per day on LinkedIn. I post 5-6 updates on LinkedIn 7 days a week.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn offers an easy way for people to endorse you based on your skills. This is a bit like a popularity contest. If people visit your LinkedIn profile and see you don’t have many endorsements, they will question your credibility.<\/p>\n
Testimonials are a powerful form of social proof. When someone reads a testimonial about you, it establishes credibility and builds trust and rapport.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn offers a way for people to give you testimonials. It is called recommendations. In fact, there is an easy way for you to request recommendations.<\/p>\n
One of the reasons people don’t get results on LinkedIn is that they have no plan to contact people.<\/p>\n
LinkedIn, like any social media site, works best when you reach out one-on-one and make contact with people. You need a strategy to contact people and schedule appointments to talk to them.<\/p>\n
Even if they identify someone to contact, they don’t know what to say.<\/p>\n
And if you don’t know what to say, you aren’t going to make contact.<\/p>\n
So what’s a person to do?<\/p>\n
I would recommend just getting on LinkedIn with a goal of contacting 3 people per day.<\/p>\n
Then, work through the list above to make improvements. <\/p>\n