LinkedIn In 30 Minutes: How to create a rock-solid LinkedIn profile and build connections that matter

· i30 Media Corporation
4.3
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102
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About this ebook

If you're serious about taking your career to the next level, you need to be on LinkedIn. In the award-winning LinkedIn In 30 Minutes, author and Lifehacker writer Melanie Pinola will show you how to make a rock-solid LinkedIn profile and expand your network. It includes sections on:

  • LinkedIn registration and basic profile setup
  • How to find the right keywords to include in your profile
  • Three things your LinkedIn profile must communicate
  • Real-world examples of successful profiles and keywords
  • How to find people to connect with
  • Crafting personalized connection invitations
  • How to address unemployment, résumé gaps, or a career change
  • How to find job listings on LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn Groups: Pros, cons, and participation strategies
  • How to access the hidden job market on LinkedIn
  • Special tools, such as InMail, LinkedIn Signal and LinkedIn Contacts
  • How to stay current in your industry
  • How to send a message to (almost) anyone on LinkedIn for free
  • Best practices for organizing your contacts
  • Managing LinkedIn privacy settings
  • The differences between LinkedIn Premium and Job Seeker Premium

LinkedIn In 30 Minutes is for people who are new to LinkedIn, as well as those who have created basic profiles and now want to take their LinkedIn efforts to the next level. While LinkedIn In 30 Minutes is not intended to be a comprehensive guide, it provides a solid foundation of registration basics, critical profile elements, and networking best practices that can help you land a new job or advance your career.   

The guide is easy to approach -- it's filled with step-by-step instructions written in plain English and a touch of humor. There are also screenshots and a chapter filled with "Power User Tips & Tricks". 

Whether you want to find a new job or advance your career, this quick guide can be the blueprint for a supercharged LinkedIn strategy. 

Ratings and reviews

4.3
6 reviews

About the author

Melanie Pinola is a writer who specializes in technology and productivity. She has over a dozen years’ experience in content development for both the web and traditional media.

Pinola began her career at a marketing agency in Long Island, New York, where she designed marketing materials and developed communication strategies for clients of all kinds, from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Today, she regularly writes for Lifehacker, ITworld, and About.com’s Mobile Office Technology sites. Her work also appears on Popular Mechanics and other publications.

In 2011, New York Times columnist Virginia Heffernan called Pinola “the Poppy Cannon of our time.” Pinola thinks this means she’s been called a low-key, everyday, and super-efficient kind of geek, but she’s not sure. In any case, that’s how Pinola approaches LinkedIn and networking in general: low-key, everyday, and super-efficient.

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