LinkedIn and Twitter now offer several ways to interact with each service including LinkedIn updates as Tweets, LinkedIn as your Twitter tool, timely status alerts to your company name being mentioned in Twitter and sending urls from within LinkedIn to Twitter.
Updates can be one way between LinkedIn and Twitter or both ways by using the hastags #in and #in.
I would recommend that if you use Twitter for personal updates with friends and family as opposed to using Twitter to distribute professional information that you do not have Twitter update your LinkedIn account.
Benefits of having LinkedIn update your Twitter feed include:
- Twitter updates are searchable and a potential employer could notice you
- If not all of your Twitter contacts are a part of your LinkedIn network then this is a new avenue of self promotion.
- You can find other people to network with on LinkedIn via Twitter.
- If you do not visit LinkedIn on a regular basis then this is a great way to keep your profile updated.
- Tweet LinkedIn slides and other relevant resources directly from LinkedIn.
- See how your networks are using LinkedIn and Twitter together.
- Share what is being said about you and your organisation via Company Buzz.
Installation of Twitter to LinkedIn
Installation of all the Twitter Tools can be made via the option to Edit your LinkedIn account under “Account and Settings”.
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that consists of 10 million professionals who network with colleagues, seek employment opportunities, hire staff, network with other like minded individuals, potential business partners and potential employees.
LinkedIn is essentially an online Resume that is easily updated and available instantly to potentially the whole world.
Some people question the usefulness of LinkedIn if they already have a job or already own a business. The main advantages are networking, showing that you are authoritive on a topis, employment and business opportunities, learning up to date information about your industry and assisting you to be in the minds of people when opportunities arise.
We have compiled some basic tips to either get started with LinkedIn or to revive and promote your account.
1. Use your LinkedIn address in your email signature, business cards, web site and wehre ever else is applicable.
2. Complete all of your details. If possible update the same day your career or skill set changes.
3. Seek references where possible.
4. Add your photo to your profile.
5. Join groups that are related to your industry or that you can share your skills with. If information or answers in groups is of value to you, you can view the authors profile and consider networking with that person or adding them to your contacts list of experts.
6. Starting your own discussion in a group is a quick and easy way to raise your profile. Ensure your question is thought provoking and not an question that the answer is commonly known or easily found.
7. Subscribe via RSS to profile updates, groups and questions you have posted.
8. Update your status message regularly with professional information. Keep it different than your FaceBook status message.
9. After meetings or conferences, search for the names of your new colleagues and add them to your network. It is important to do this at the early stages of your relationship to better grow confidence and trust.
10. Add Your Blog via the LinkedIn widget. Wether it is your professional or personal blog. This will give insight into who you are and further more into your skill set.
11. Seek Employment consultants in your area and network with them.
12. Dedicate a few minutes each day to reading about changes in your network and look for opportunities to netwrok.
Karaitiana Taiuru
http://www.linkedin.com/ktaiuru
Many of us travel overseas for work and leisure. For those whom travel overseas for business having Internet access is essential.
As you check for government travel warnings and medical advise etc you should also check to see if the Internet in the country you are visiting has any Internet censorship. You should also do this if you are trying to reach an audience in a different country in a marketing campaign. An example is the US State department has restricted access to LinkedIn.com in Syria.
It is a myth that only a few countires in the world censor the Internet. In fact almost every country in the world has some sort of minor censorship.
http://www.herdict.org is a great site to check for sites that are banned in countires.
For Human Rights activists or if your business needs to access a site in a country that has banned a site then we sugest using https://www.torproject.org/
