Think of LinkedIn as Your Garden of Opportunity

Nurture Your LinkedIn Garden

Untended gardens grow weeds and eventually die off. This too can happen on LinkedIn if you don’t deadhead the stragglers. Do you make an effort to engage with your connections both new and existing? If you’re connected to people who you engage with regularly, that’s a good thing. But if a fair amount of your connections have NOT been active on LinkedIn in a while, ask yourself why you are connected with them in the first place. Maybe it’s time for some pruning and maintenance.

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How to Leverage LinkedIn Polls for Business Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Use LinkedIn Polls to generate leads

LinkedIn polls, if used strategically, can prove to be a powerful tool for business development and a smart way to understand your audience better to drive meaningful conversations. But how do you use these polls effectively? This article seeks to provide a thorough guide using insights from a presentation I gave to Abound Social titled “How to Use LinkedIn Polls to Generate Leads.”

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Do You Hate How You Look in Photos?

Profile photo sucks

Do you hate how you look in photos? Especially in your headshot on LinkedIn, where you’d love to make a great first impression? Fear not! Just check out these headshot no-no’s (and reasons for avoiding them) thanks to this guide from MarketingProfs.  

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How to Outsmart the AI Bots to Spot Fake LinkedIn Profiles

How to Spot a Fake LinkedIn Profile

Why Do Fake Profiles Exist? Advances in AI-based synthetic image generation technology and AI-based image generators have created an unlimited number of unique, high-quality fake profiles on LinkedIn that do not correspond to real people. Fake accounts sometimes use these convincing, AI-generated profile photos to make their fake LinkedIn profile appear more authentic. All to get you…

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