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  How to get your first 100 connections on LinkedIn and who should you be connecting with?   Deciding who you should be connecting with can be quite difficult at first. But it doesn’t have to be. In this blog post I will be sharing the do’s and do not’s of connecting on LinkedIn.   There isn’t really anyone that you can't connect with, however, you don’t want it to be quiet random so we’ll go over it anyway! The following is for people who are just starting out on LinkedIn and want some easy first connections. These will take you to your first 200 connections on LinkedIn. Friends and Family: The first and easiest people to connect with are friends and family. They are the ones that are (in most cases) going to like your posts no matter what!   People you have worked with: Search up your current and/or past workplace and then navigate to People to see who works there. Then connect with whoever you like! BUT, remember how you connect is also important...

Optimising your profile on LinkedIn to achieve your goals is extremely important in helping you achieve your goals. In this post I will be giving a few basic tips for optimising your profile. Why do I need a good profile on LinkedIn? A good profile is essential in optimising your LinkedIn. Your profile is the first thing that people see when they go on your LinkedIn, its their first real impression of you. So, what should you do? 1: Have a good profile picture. The most important thing about a profile picture is that your face takes up a large portion of the photo. Check out this page to see LinkedIn's very own recommendations when it comes to profile pictures. 2: Make good use of your headline. I see some many students who have their headline as “Student at University of Strathclyde” or “Crew Member at McDonalds” or something similar. Instead, tell the people who view your profile what you’re interested in. Here's mine: 3: Optimise your About page. You have a HUGE section on ...

I’m going to be sharing the BEST way to drive views to your blog using LinkedIn. *If you’re from my marketing class, skip to step #5*   1: Connect with people. You want to start building your network first. Having a larger, engaged network will result in more people seeing your posts. For how to connect with others, check out my previous blog  which looks into this.   2: Have some credibility. To get credibility on LinkedIn you should be regularly posting quality content. The video below gives some excellent tips if you’re stuck for what to post. 3: Have an updated profile! This is incredibly important! Keep your profile up to date so that people know what to expect from you. You can have a link to your blog on your profile!   4: Engage with connections. Once you’ve build up this network, you should maintain existing relationship and build new ones by commenting on other posts and messaging your connections whenever appropriate.   ...

How do you contact someone you admire on LinkedIn? Okay, say you’ve been stalking someone's LinkedIn profile and you really love what their doing, or maybe its an industry leader that you’ve heard of, how do you get in touch?   In this blog post I’ll be sharing my technique for getting in touch, and having meaningful conversations with people you admire. For the purpose of this blog, we’ll assume that I want to contact a CEO of a medium sized company, who has a LinkedIn following of 50,000.     Step 1: Engage with their content. There's 2 main ways that I like to engage with people content. #1:  Comment on their posts. If someone posts something insightful then comment your opinion on this. While this example person does have 50,000 LinkedIn followers, only around 100 will comment. Only 10 of that 100 will comment consistently. If you comment on all of their posts, I can almost guarantee that by the time it comes to messaging them, they’ll at least re...

Over the last year I have been using LinkedIn a lot more. In this blog I’m going to discuss 5 ways networking on the platform has benefitted me and how it can benefit you, ultimately changing your life for the better!   1 – A new perceptive. LinkedIn is a brilliant platform for gaining valuable insights. For example, Asim Qureshi is a regular poster on LinkedIn who always posts very analytical insights. While I don’t always agree with his opinions, I find his posts interesting.   So many posts on LinkedIn are like this; people sharing their opinions and analysis on day-to-day topics.     2: It’s easy to get started. LinkedIn is a super straightforward platform. You don’t even need to write well to go viral on LinkedIn. By creating content that you think is valuable, you’ll do well on the platform. Here’s a post by my girlfriend, Monika, to show you how easy it is. Monika didn’t spend long on this post, and she’s by no means an expert. This post ...

  In this blog I’ll be sharing techniques I have found which I believe will help students to achieve their career goals. Whether that is getting an internship, freelancing, or being able to chat to someone you find interesting. I truly believe that by following this blog you’ll be able to talk to anyone. Whether you want to have a five minute zoom call with Barack Obama, start messaging Carole Baskin –of Tiger King, or get into a call with an expert in your field, then this blog can help you do that.   Why listen to me? Well, through these techniques I have been offered multiple jobs and internships, and, have been able to do a bit of freelancing. These techniques have also resulted in me talking to countless interesting people, including CEO’s, young people who are already at the top of their industry, and, people coming to the end of their career who have countless years of experience. It wasn’t even hard. It just took a few simple steps which took no more than 10 minutes of...