16 LinkedIn Secrets you NEED TO KNOW

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16 LinkedIn "secrets" most don't know, this will help you!
Jerome Knyszewski

If you hope to get ahead and really transform your LinkedIn profile into a success, you will need

to familiarize yourself with some of the site’s little tricks and tips that not everyone may know. 

In fact, the following list is something that every LinkedIn user should copy,

save and keep on file for future reference:

Turn off activity broadcasts whenever making major changes to your profile.

You don’t want to annoy your network by bombarding them with updates.

Use LinkedIn Groups to help you grow your network. Interact on a regular basis,

offer advice and try to connect with fellow group members as much as you can.

Remember to only join groups that suit your industry or skills. You can join up to 50 groups

and you can leave them whenever you wish so don’t feel too restricted with your choices.

Focus on your main (maximum of 4 of 5) skills when completing your profile

and make it very clear as to what you specialize in.

When requesting endorsements from your connections,

be specific and tell them which skills you would like to be endorsed for.

Only give real, genuine recommendations and endorsements. You’re not doing anyone
any favors by recommending them for something you have not even experienced.

Save time by repurposing your existing content and using it on LinkedIn.

If you held more than one position at a particular company over a few years,

you can add each position or job title separately in your profile. This will help keep your profile looking organized and it will look like you have even more experience!

If you receive a connection request, don’t be scared to connect if you don’t know the person.

Check their profile out at least and take their request into consideration.

You should only refuse if they are a competitor, if connecting wouldn’t benefit either of you

or if the profile is missing important details like an original headline or profile picture.

View profiles anonymously by changing your viewing setting.
You can now surf and browse without any concern that they might figure out it was you
and start bombarding you with messages.

LinkedIn has character limits in many of their information fields

so make sure you know your limits on each field and use every last space to your advantage.

Let people get to know who you are and not just what you are good at.

Do this by letting your personality come through in your profile summary.

Change the order of the content on your profile.

Place the most important information at the top
so that viewers don’t need to scroll down to see it.

When completing job descriptions of positions you held, try not to add too much detail.

Focus on responsibilities that are directly related to your expertise

and list those rather than other ad hoc duties.

Add a QR code to your business code that people can scan to reach your LinkedIn profile

in a matter of seconds. Keep these cards on you everywhere you go –
you never know when an opportunity will present itself.

If you need the extra features of a Premium account but you don’t need them for a full year,

you can sign up for a monthly Premium account. Use your account and all these extra features

as much as you need in that month before reverting to a regular account.

Your goal is to have at least 500 connections if you want to be seen as a serious networker.

That said, remember not to connect blindly!

Before you start making any connections, go through your LinkedIn profile with a fine tooth comb. Make sure that it’s 100% to your satisfaction before sending out any connection requests.

 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140915202632-108413089-linkedin-secrets-you-need-to-know

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The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

11 Differences Between Busy People And Productive People

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11 Differences Between Busy People And Productive People

Conor Neill

I spent a day with the world’s number one ultraman Kilian Jornet back in 2010.

He told me about the difference between his life in the mountains and the life he sees in the city.

Kilian spends most of his life in the mountains. He will run up and down Everest next year.

He has already run up and down Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Montblanc and Cervino

(setting the record for the fastest ascent on each). He says that he knows his destination,

but is often doubtful about the exact path – he is very aware of surroundings,

of changes in the weather, of loose rocks. He is constantly adjusting his path.

He told me that a few times a year he arrives into the city of Barcelona in his campervan.

He parks. He gets out. He sees people walking confidently up and down the street.

Everyone is walking with such confidence. They look so sure in their intention.

They are sure of their steps… but they have no idea where they are going.

This is one of the differences between busy people and productive people.

Read on to find out what this difference is and to get to know 10 more differences.

1. Busy people want to look like they have a mission.

Productive people have a mission for their lives.

Busy people hide their doubt about the destination of their lives 

by acting confident in their little steps.

Productive people allow others to see the doubt in their little steps

because they are clear on the destination.

2. Busy people have many priorities. Productive people have few priorities

Nobody is ever too busy; if they care they will make time. Life is a question of priorities.

If you have 3 priorities, you have priorities. If you have 25 priorities, you have a mess.

The pare to principle is that 80% of your desired results come from 20% of your activity.

Henry Ford built a fortune not by building better cars, but by building a better system 

for making cars. Busy people try to make better cars, 

productive people develop better systems for making cars.

3. Busy people say yes quickly. Productive people say yes slowly

Warren Buffet’s definition of integrity is: “You say no to most things”.

If you don’t say “no” to most things, you are diving your life up into millions of little pieces

spread out amongst other people’s priorities.

Integrity is that your values are clear and that your time is going to serve those values.

4. Busy people focus on action. Productive people focus on clarity before action

To focus on the top 20% of activities, you must gain clarity about what those activities 

are for yourself. The greatest resource you will ever have to guide you to live a good life

is your own personal experience – if well documented. 

Sadly, most people only document their life in facebook status updates. 

Keep a diary and take 5 minutes every day to reflect on the past day, on what worked, 

on what didn’t work; and some time on what inspires you.

5. Busy people keep all doors open. Productive people close doors

As a young person it is good to open options. It is good to want to travel, to learn languages,

to climb mountains, to go to university, to work in tech, to live in another country.

However, there comes a point in life where one must let go of most options and focus.

If my goal this year is to learn Spanish – I will speak Spanish at the end of the year.

If my goal this year is to speak Spanish, earn 30% more, travel to 10 countries, get fit,

find a girlfriend, go to all the concerts… I will not speak Spanish at the end of this year.

6. Busy people talk about how busy they are. 

Productive people let their results do the talking

Stephen King says: “A writer is a producer of words. Produce words: you are a writer.

Don’t produce words: you are not a writer”.

It is a clear binary thing. Talking about writing is not writing. 

Published authors don’t talk about their next book – they are focussed on producing it. 

I have grown to have less and less interest in what people tell me that they are going to do – 

I ask them what they have already done.

Past performance is the only good indicator of future performance.

Feeling productive is not the same as being productive. This is important.

I can feel productive while I’m playing minecraft. I can feel unproductive 

while I’m producing an excellent blog post that will help others take better actions.

7. Busy people talk about how little time they have.

Productive people make time for what is important

Any time we spend on excuses is time not spent on creation.

If you allow yourself to practice excuses, you will get better and better at excuses.

Productive people don’t use time as an excuse. An action either supports their highest values

and mission, or it does not. If it does not, they don’t do it – even if they have a whole day off.

There is an Irish saying: “It is better to do something than nothing”.

This is a lie! It is better to do nothing than to do an action

that doesn’t connect with your highest values. Sit still.

8. Busy people multitask. Productive people focus

Productive people know about focus.

Do you know about the Pomodoro technique? It is brutal, but it is effective.

Identify a task to be done (for instance, write this blog post). Set a timer to 20 minutes.

Work on the task until the time sounds. Any distraction (I must check email, 

I must get some water, I must go to the bathroom) and you reset the timer to 20.

How many pomodoros can you complete in a day?

9. Busy people respond quickly to emails. Productive people take their time

Email is a handy list of priorities. The problem: they are other people’s priorities, not yours.

If you respond to every email, you are dividing up your life into a thousand tiny bits

that serve other people’s priorities.

There are 3 choices when you first review your email inbox: Delete, Do, Defer. 

This is not a post on email management, here are a few on managing email overload from Gigaom, Harvard Business Review,Entrepreneur.

10. Busy people want other people to be busy. 

Productive people want others to be effective

Busy managers measure hours of activity, productive managers measure output.

Busy managers are frustrated by others looking relaxed, looking like they have time,

looking like they are enjoying their work. Productive managers love seeing others enjoy 

their work, love creating an environment in which others can excel.

Busy people are frustrated. They want to be valued for their effort, not for their results.

There is a Hindu saying: “We have a right to our labour, not to the fruits of our labour”.

We have a right to enjoy being excellent at our work, not a right to enjoy the car, the house,

the money that comes from doing good work.

Productivity is about valuing the journey towards excellence, not any moment of activity.

11. Busy people talk about how they will change. 

Productive people are making those changes.

Kilian Jornet doesn’t spend much time talking about what he will do.

He talks about what he has done, what he has learnt, what inspires him.

Spend less time talking about what you will do and dedicate that time to creating the first step. What can you do now that requires the approval of nobody else?

What can you do with the resources, knowledge and support that you have now?

Do that. It is amazing how the universe rewards the person who stops talking and begins.

We are born with incredible potential. At the age of 20, the best compliment that can be paid 

is that you have a lot of potential. At the age of 30, it is still ok. At 40, you have a lot of potential

is becoming an insult. At 60, telling someone that they have a lot of potential is probably

the cruellest insult that can be made about their life.

Don’t let your potential go to waste. Create something amazing. This is its own reward.

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I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

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www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com   just for fun.

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A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com    

All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.  

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com       many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com       just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”

LinkedIn Killer Tips: 3 Easy Ways to Get Results

LinkedIn Killer Tips: 3 Easy Ways to Get Results

Jerome Knyszewski

You and I are both on LinkedIn not to get side tracked by videos of cute cats, and silly pranks, 

we want to be productive, however,

it's seems that we are often times stuck in a LinkedIn traffic jam, not sure what to do.

The problem many face is that they are "busy" on LinkedIn but not necessarily "productive". LinkedIn can be quite intimidating,

most have no idea how to make it work for them, does this sound like you?

Well it sounded like me not too long ago!
Worry no more; I have struggled with LI myself for quite some time

but now I am madly in love with LinkedIn!

Okay maybe I exaggerated a little bit, however I have learned to make LinkedIn work

as a amazingly profitable business tool for myself and for my numerous clients.

We have helped thousands to make the most out of LinkedIn,

so if you follow my series of articles on linkedin tips you will benefit greatly as well.

Enjoy these 3 easy LinkedIn tips!

I would love to hear what your favorite trick is that I did not mention so comment below

1) Reminder Tools.

We are busy people and we forget... Well that is NO ACCEPTABLE EXCUSE, if someone 

of great value reaches out to us, we want to nurture the relationship but we forget,

it screams: YOU WERE NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH!!!!!

We NEED REMINDERS, that's a fact of human nature, so LinkedIn provides in the inbox,

when you open a message, the ability to set a reminder, 1 day, 1 week or 1 month away.

I use this tool when I read an email that requires my attention, but I just can't do it

right at this minute. It's handy and easy to set and LinkedIn will make sure

that you see those reminders on regular basis until you mark it off as "COMPLETED"

 

I complement the native LinkedIn reminder feature with a nifty tool called Five Hundred Plus,

it is my private LI personal assistant, and it reminds me WHO to keep in touch with and WHEN.

Every month I received thousands upon thousands of profile views,

several hundreds of connection requests every week and an average of a hundred 

"HOT LEADS and PROSPECTS" message me, inquiring for my services or what not.

80% of sales are made on the fifth to twelfth contact

and YOU DONT HAVE A FOLLOW UP SYSTEM?!?!?!!?

I became TOTALLY overwhelmed by the sheer volume of messages and requests I received DAILY. This prompted me to sign up with salesforce, 

but the process turned over the top complex; it simply did not fit my business model.

FIVEHUNDREDPLUS, allows me to place in columns the connections I NEED

to keep up and follow up with, weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually. 

- DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT receive any monetary compensation for mentioning this service,

I just use it and love it-

WOW!!!!!

2) Connect on the Search Results Page

When you send connection requests through the "Connect" button on someone's profile,

LinkedIn prompts you to prove you know that member,

often asking for the email address used by the member you want to reach to.

Why not skip that step? LinkedIn allows it, so just search for the person in the search tool bar

and use the "Connect" button there, it will most often send a direct "generic" invitation. 

It may not be the ideal way to connect, but beats not trying!

Invite sent directly from the profile:

 PLAN B: LinkedIn offers you TWO other SAFE and VERY EFFECTIVE ways 

to connect with someone of value to your business, network or career.

a) Get introduced by someone in YOUR network that is already connected with your "prospect"
b) Send an InMail directly via LinkedIn's awesome program (the opening rate and response

is nothing short of phenomenal... If you are the right fit to a TWO way relationship)

I know that many don't like to pay for stuff and would like to have the whole enchilada for free,

but I believe in paying for results rather than trying to game the system,

it usually takes more effort and time, therefore ridiculously counter productive... just my 2 cents...

3) Upload Media, at Least Two!

You can upload into a video, a screenshot, a white paper PDF into Slideshare

and feature it in your profile's summary like a eye catching billboard.

If you're using LinkedIn as a sales/lead generation tool, 

then visitors WILL see your "media uploads" -only on desktop, not on mobile devices yet- 
The media MUST be relevant and in complement whatever you have in your summary and profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-tips-3-easy-ways-more-productive-jerome-knyszewski
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I can Turbo Charge Read a novel 6-7 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

I can TCR an instructional/academic book around 20 times faster and remember what I’ve read.

Introduction to Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

A practical overview of Turbo Charged Reading YouTube  

How to choose a book. A Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Emotions when Turbo Charged Reading YouTube

Advanced Reading Skills Perhaps you’d like to join my FaceBook group ?

www.facebook.com/mreenhunt

www.pinterest.com/mreenhunt

Perhaps you’d like to check out my sister blogs:

www.turbochargedreading.blogspot.com  

All aspects of regular, each-word down-each-line reading and education.

Turbo Charged Reading uses these skills significantly faster

www.innermindworking.blogspot.com       many ways for you to work with the stresses of life

www.happyartaccidents.blogspot.com       just for fun.

To quote the Dr Seuss himself, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn; the more places you'll go.”