Turning off Your LinkedIn Activity Feed
As a LinkedIn Profile Writer, my days are spent helping professionals optimize their LinkedIn profiles so they can put forth a professional and polished image that attracts opportunity like moths to a flame. Often I am asked by my client if it’s possible to cloak our edits so employers aren’t tipped off that changes are being made. When you make changes to your profile, an update is sent out to your network alerting them that a change was made to your LinkedIn profile. These updates are a great way to stay top of the mind aware...
read moreSecuring LinkedIn, Password Help
As a LinkedIn Profile Writer, my clients often provide me with their LinkedIn username and passwords so I can edit their LinkedIn profile. Having written hundreds and hundreds of LinkedIn profiles, I have seen every kind of password imaginable and I’d have to say, the most popular password is tennis. Any password that could be found in a dictionary, such as tennis, is a very insecure password. You see, hackers run dictionary attacks by successively logging in using a word list derived from a dictionary. Why would a hacker want to...
read moreAnalytics for LinkedIn Groups: Group Statistics
I have been writing about the value of LinkedIn Groups for a very long time! Groups are great for marketing and networking. They are also a great way to expand your LinkedIn network. LinkedIn just added a great new feature to LinkedIn Groups that will help you determine if the group is a fit for your needs. Yes, I am talking about analytics! Prior to this update, the only information you knew about the group was the number of members. This new update brings you an amazing amount of statistics about the group and its members. Let’s...
read moreTop 5 Tips to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile Picture
The Wall Street Journal recently published a great article about the importance of your LinkedIn profile picture. Your profile picture is instrumental in forging your online brand and identity. According to LinkedIn research, profiles with a profile picture are seven times more likely to be viewed than profiles without a profile picture. This is huge! Since your profile picture directly affects your profile’s open rate, rather than uploading an outdated photo of yourself taken at a wedding, why not approach the selection of your profile...
read more10 LinkedIn Tips for the Unemployed
1. STOP! Take a breath. Know that everything is going to be OK. Trust me, I speak from experience when I say, “When one door closes, another door opens.” 2. Time to take a self assessment. What do you want to do with your life? What is your dream job? What is the next logical step on your career path? What is the next illogical step? Get yourself a goal, you need to have a point to strive toward, otherwise you are just treading water. 3. Determine your keywords. Now you should have an idea of what you want to do and you...
read moreInvites Welcome Review
Invites Welcome is a service that for a fee, allows you to add your name to a directory list that is freely distributed to people interested in growing their LinkedIn network. Getting your name on the list means invitations GALORE! Galore? The site says “over 25,000 free and paid Members have access to the List.” I know what you are thinking, “But Donna, I don’t know those people on the list! I only add people I know and trust!” To you, Pollyanna, I say, “Read my blog post about the benefits of...
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About Donna
My name is Donna Serdula and I am a LinkedIn Profile Writer, Social Media Advisor, Professional Speaker, and author of the book, LinkedIn Makeover: Professional Secrets to a POWERFUL LinkedIn Profile. Curious as to why I do this? Well, let me tell you...
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