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LinkedIn Coaching & Training

676504_mixed_signals_with_clipping_path.jpgThe mechanics of using LinkedIn are pretty simple: sign up, fill out your profile, invite your business associates, search for people, request/forward/receive introduction requests, etc. But turning that into effective business strategy can be a challenge, especially when you hear so many mixed messages from various LinkedIn users, customer evangelists and LinkedIn themselves.

I offer an extensive amount of free information on this site to help you learn to use LinkedIn more effectively. But if you’re in a hurry to accomplish a specific objective, that may not be enough. If you need to get something accomplished quickly and want to bypass the learning curve, I can help.

I offer LinkedIn-related services in the following areas:

LinkedIn Profile Makeovers – Your profile is the rock upon which all of your LinkedIn activity is built. If it’s not solid, all the rest of your efforts are likely to be wasted. For just $250, I’ll help you build out a profile that will attract the people you want to attract and invite them to action. This includes a preliminary e-mail discussion about your objectives, my review and recommendations (see examples) and an e-mail follow-up to answer any questions you may have.

LinkedIn Strategy Coaching – Trying to accomplish something in LinkedIn but just not quite sure how to go about it? Let’s talk about it. I can help you align your LinkedIn activities with your business objectives using the Seven Keys to a Powerful Network framework from my book, The Virtual Handshake, and help you map out daily, weekly and monthly activities to achieve your goals. $350 includes a one-hour call, a preparatory questionnaire, and e-mail follow-up.

30 Days to LinkedIn Success – Want more than just a one-time boost? Want a helping hand guiding you through the process of expanding your network, building your reputation and making effective introduction requests? This 30-day program includes two coaching calls, the profile makeover, e-mail coaching and reviews of your LinkedIn correspondence (intro requests, invitations, recommendations, etc.). All this for less than the cost of two calls and a profile makeover – $800.

LinkedIn Training - I co-developed and delivered training classes in partnership with LinkedIn and have presented numerous well-received web seminars, teleclasses and live presentations. I can provide training classes to your organization in the following areas:

  • Introduction to LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn for Recruiters
  • LinkedIn for Sales
  • LinkedIn for Professional Services
  • LinkedIn for Business Development
  • LinkedIn for Entrepreneurs
  • Custom LinkedIn Training

Rates vary depending on the medium (in-person, webinar or teleclass), length of presentation, customization, follow-up coaching, etc. Contact me for more information.

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The LinkedIn Blogosphere

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Linked Things
30/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
If you haven’t guessed, I’m working through the lyrics of the video – because in order to make it in, I really did have to think highly of each favorite thing;-) This line gives me a chance to reflect… By the numbers..

Is LinkedIn Broken… or is it just a TOOL?
30/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I read this post a few days ago: My Problem with LinkedIn . The author ( Tom Nixon ) presents the idea that it's not really “the social network's fault,” it's really our fault because we are using it wrong. Tom suggests there a..

Wonderful Coworkers Recommending
27/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Some skeptics seem to think that LinkedIn recommendations are not worthwhile, but to me – they’re golden. As I mentioned last post – if you’re connecting to people you know, the things they write will absolutely supp..

What do recruiters think about LinkedIn?
25/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I'm always intrigued to see how a specific group uses or thinks about a tool. Job seekers think about LinkedIn a certain way, while wondering if their target audience (hiring managers, business owners, recruiters, HR) will find them and se..

Warm Friendly Tweeters
24/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’m new to the twitter world, but definitely enjoy seeing good tweets coming through LinkedIn. If you’re connecting to people you know, the twitter connection makes it easy to keep everyone aware of what’s going on. But yo..

LinkedIn for iPhone 3.2: Where Are They Now?
20/08/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Keeping track of what your connections are doing professionally is one of the most important things we offer to our members at LinkedIn.   We’re excited to announce LinkedIn for iPhone 3.2, because we’ve made it easier than ever to stay up..

Groups With Nice Members
19/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
Group functionality has come a long way on LinkedIn since the early days, and one of the aspects that is a must for successful group interactions and livelihood is the attitude of members. Let’s look at some of the ways it might be on..

QvQ: Quality vs. Quantity: The Great LinkedIn Debate
18/08/10 I'm On LinkedIn - Now What???
I just saw a blog post by VirtualJobCoach (the first competitor I had with JibberJobber, and some very good people ) titled “ The Trouble with LinkedIn: Bigger is not better ” In the post they argue that if you get a bigger net..

Any Instances of Fake LinkedIn Email?
16/08/10 The LinkedIn Personal Trainer
I’ve been reading on some supposed email that uses the look of LinkedIn invitations to get by spam/threat filters. Have you actually seen any?!? Not from LinkedIn Clearly LinkedIn is not in any way shape or form connected to these mes..

New and improved moderation features for LinkedIn Groups
13/08/10 The LinkedIn Blog
Since its roll out at the end of June, the new groups interface has already significantly increased member participation, measured by user comments and visits to Groups. We’ve also been listening to user feedback from many of our active gr..