This post was updated on September 30, 2015 LinkedIn Profile Character Limits When filling out your LinkedIn profile, it’s important to know how much room you have to fill in. LinkedIn tells you when you have hit your character limit but until you get to that point, how do you know how far you have …
by Donna Serdula 
Anonymity! Remember that? It’s quite hard to achieve any level of anonymity or privacy in this Googley world, but we can try. LinkedIn does allow for quite a bit of privacy if you know where to find it!
by Donna Serdula 
I love getting emails from clients and readers asking LinkedIn questions! Here’s the latest question that came in:
“All I can say is WOW! Wonderful job on my LinkedIn Profile!! Now I have a professional profile, thanks so much! I want to recommend you on LinkedIn but how? What is the best way to submit the recommendation?”
by Donna Serdula 
I am often asked my secret to getting profiles optimized for high ranking in LinkedIn search. I am feeling generous today and so here it is, my secret to LinkedIn SEO in 5 easy steps.
First things first… decide what keywords you want to rank for and then pepper your profile with those keywords. Concentrate on these areas: Headline, Summary, Specialties, and JOB TITLE. You want to make sure you add it in multiple places, multiple times. I know, I know! It’s like 1990’s SEO! Here’s the thing, if you don’t believe me, let’s do an experiment.
by Donna Serdula 
Never mind a crisp shirt or a firm handshake. If you want to impress a potential employer, put on a pair of spectacles.
Job hunters are more likely to be hired if they wear glasses to their interview, according to a study.
A third of adults think spectacle-wearers look more professional, while 43 per cent think they appear more intelligent.
You might not get a date like Dorothy Parker said, but at least you will get hired! 🙂
by Donna Serdula 
YOU want to connect with ME?!?
Yesterday evening I received an invitation to connect from an old colleague. Nothing unusual about that, right? Wrong. This particular person behaved odiously toward me when we worked together. One of those toxic types. When I saw their invitation come in, I could hardly believe it.
by Donna Serdula 
Would you like to create bullets in your LinkedIn profile? Within LinkedIn, there is no magic bullet button that allows you to create a bulleted list, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. I’m going to let you in on a secret… there are two ways to get bullets in your LinkedIn profile.
The one approach people take is to create a bulleted list in Microsoft Word, copy it, and paste it into LinkedIn.
The other, much easier way is to
by Donna Serdula 
LinkedIn Labs just released a pretty nifty app that let’s you turn your LinkedIn profile into a resume with just one click! The app grabs your LinkedIn profile and formats it into a resume. In fact, there’s a ton of templates to choose from. As much as I like the novelty, I don’t know how …
by Donna Serdula 
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you had a one page guide that helped you create an AMAZING keyword-packed LinkedIn Headline? Guess what? I created a simple, one page LinkedIn Headline Generator document! It helps you find just the right keywords to create a POWERFUL LinkedIn Headline! And I decided to give it away for FREE! …
by Donna Serdula There’s been a lot of changes of late in the LinkedIn world, friends! You used to be able to see who’s viewed your LinkedIn profile regardless of your membership type or settings… but things have changed. You see, now you have to switch your profile view visibility settings from showing anonymous profile characteristics (default) to …
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