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LinkedIn Follows Twitter, Shocks Social-Media Investors
Another day, another roller coaster ride for social-media stocks.
By Reuters
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The Do’s and Don’ts for Taking the Perfect LinkedIn Profile Picture
How you choose to present yourself in that tiny square can reveal a lot to your professional contacts. Here's some advice from a LinkedIn career expert and a professional photographer.
By Laura Entis
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Is LinkedIn Trying to Catch You Lying on Your Resume? Maybe.
LinkedIn has filed a patent for a fact-checking system that would likely be used to check user-generated content as well as resumes and bios.
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How to Maximize Your LinkedIn Profile to Find Potential Customers
If you only think of LinkedIn as a platform people use to find jobs or connect with their network, think again.
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7 LinkedIn Tools for Recruiting New Employees
Use these seven tools from LinkedIn to track down the best job candidates for your business.
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Why Self-Promotion Is a Terrible Idea
Nobody wants to work with a self-interested, self-absorbed, self-serving self-promoter. If you think about it, neither would you.
By Steve Tobak
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5 Huge Resume Blunders — and How to Avoid Them
With recruiters spending an average of just six seconds reading each resume, one error is all it takes for yours to end up at the bottom of the trash bin.
By Stacey Sykes
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6 Tips for Finding the Right Prospects and Getting in Front of Them
Seeking introductions has evolved to be leaner, but people's attention is ever more scarce.
By Alex Iskold
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How to Use LinkedIn Search to Find the Best Job Candidates
Find the candidates you want quickly via LinkedIn's Search and Advanced Search tools.
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What Your Profile Photo Is Telling Employers (Infographic)
Yes, your resume is important, but as with any real-world encounter, it's the photo that makes that crucial first impression.
By Laura Entis
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Why Billionaire Investor Reid Hoffman Is Betting Big on Bitcoin
The LinkedIn co-founder's investments in Facebook, Airbnb and Dropbox more than paid off. Will Silicon Valley's 'startup whisperer' be on the money about Bitcoin, too?
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LinkedIn Inks $1.5 Billion Deal for Online Education Company Lynda
Upping its offering for professionals, LinkedIn just secured a major lead in the lucrative career skills video tutorial subscription market.
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How to Use LinkedIn Analytics to Boost Your Marketing Efforts
Find out if you're wasting your time on LinkedIn by measuring how effective your status updates and posts are with your audience.
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The Two Strategies for Networking on LinkedIn — And Why They Matter
Learn two ways you can use this social site to connect with new employees, customers and vendors.
Building a Business
The Best Way to Network on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Your goal? For someone to tell you 'I feel like I know you even though we've never met in person.'
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How Using LinkedIn Recommendations Can Help You Find Your Next Employee
Make LinkedIn your next best source for job candidates by reading through the recommendation section.
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How to Get 60 Leads in 24 Hours With a Landing Page and a LinkedIn Group
If you want to get some quick qualified leads you do not need fancy ad campaigns and you most certainly do not need to spend a ton of money.
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3 Tips to Better Use the Social Networks You Use Every Day
We know the biggies when it comes to social networking. But are you using them right?
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How to Get to the Top of LinkedIn’s Search Results
Let this LinkedIn expert show you the one thing you can do to dramatically improve your ranking on LinkedIn search.
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6 Steps to Launching Your Social Sales Campaign on LinkedIn (Infographic)
Selling via social media cuts down on dreaded cold calls and drives up sales. Here's how to get started fast.
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Everything You Need to Know About Setting Up Your Company Page on LinkedIn
Find out what you can showcase -- and how -- on your company's LinkedIn page to attract new employees and new business.
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4 Tips for Supercharging Your Business’s LinkedIn Profile
To make yourself stand out among the thousands of other people on LinkedIn, create a compelling profile using this advice.
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How to Use Social Media to Boost Your MBA Application
Here are 5 tips for improving your MBA application by improving your online presence.
Building a Business
The Right Way to Network on Social Media
Social media networking is one of the most effective ways to network for business -- if you do it right. Read on to find out how.
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How to Protect Your Company’s Valuable Social Media Contacts
It is easy for an employee to take business away from your company through social media. You need to protect yourself.
Building a Business
How to Automate Your Social Marketing Efforts
Get social media to work for you by setting up some automatic functions across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and LinkedIn.
Building a Business
5 Strategies for Using SlideShare in Your Marketing
SlideShare, now owned by LinkedIn, has emerged as powerful marketing medium with particular attraction for entrepreneurs.
By Leyl Black