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10 Tips to Be Successful on LinkedIn

Ari Herzog

LinkedIn launched on May 5, 2003 (on my mother’s birthday) and currently has 277 million members — with two new people creating accounts every second. Here are updated LinkedIn statistics to impress your boss or your mom. This is most important — as 40% of LinkedIn users visit the site every day.

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10 Tips to Be Successful on LinkedIn

Ari Herzog

Did you know that LinkedIn has 546 million users (with 146 million in the United States) and everyone has an average of 400 connections? I joined LinkedIn in February 2007 and I use it as a consumer and teacher. This is most important — as 40% of LinkedIn users visit the site every day. Keep your profile updated.

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9 LinkedIn Users Describe Themselves

Ari Herzog

LinkedIn comes to the rescue with three optional (yet usually filled-in) sections that people use to describe themselves: 1. There are many guides for writing LinkedIn content but you ultimately are in charge of your own unique attributes. By way of example, I’d like to share with you nine people and how they describe themselves.

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Feature Friday: Musing about Mobile Networking

Ari Herzog

Here’s one example of responses. Below is an example of what I’m talking about. Are you displaying your own website or Twitter URL on your Flickr, Twitter, or LinkedIn page? Don’t waste your time with a fancy background displaying your website, AIM, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc. Almost 80% said their phone!

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From Internet Fake to Real Fame

Ari Herzog

Examples include @FakeAPStyleBook for not-so-proper writing tips, @FakePewResearch for not-so-accurate statistics, and @FakeAriHerzog for not-quite me. Connect on LinkedIn today. You know they’re not real — and by their names alone you might be tempted to mouseover to view their latest tweets and maybe click to follow too.

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Feature Friday: Is Social Networking Making Us Less Social?

Ari Herzog

Facebook, Twitter, Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace, Foursquare… These are examples of social networking sites, but you knew that. The following is a feature article by Christopher Roberts. However, have you ever thought of the impact they have on you? Are you better off because of them? Of course you are!

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6 Guest Blogging Emails That Suck

Ari Herzog

Here are 6 real examples of emails that suck: The 6th reason your email sucks: You never researched nor read my blog. Connect on LinkedIn today. When you don’t click the link above and read the guidelines, your email message shows me what you really want. I wanted to make sure my topic fits with your theme.