100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn

This resource is intended for people who…

• are new to LinkedIn and wondering how to use it to help you in your business and career
• have been using LinkedIn a while but felt like you haven’t really been accomplishing anything with it
• are trying to persuade their friends to join LinkedIn and want to communicate the value proposition
• think there’s no real value in LinkedIn (and those who want to rebutt them)

No matter how much I know about using LinkedIn, 10 million users (or some subset thereof) are collectively going to know a whole lot more about it than I do. In May 2007, I kicked off a group writing project called “Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn”. What follows are the results of that project, plus some writings of my own, plus various blog posts and a couple of articles that fit the intent of this collection.  For live links, visit Linked Intelligence.

Business Development / Marketing / Sales

* A Tool to Help with Reference Selling - Dave Stein
* Getting More Than Just Answers - Diane K. Danielson
* How to Use LinkedIn to Build Your Business - Liz Ryan
* Market Your Company on LinkedIn - Gordon Choi
* Using LinkedIn for Market Research - Loren Baker / Jason Calacanis
* Secrets LinkedIn Can Tell You About Your Customers - Matt Asay
* Using LinkedIn to Make the Sale - Al Chase
* Warm Calling via LinkedIn - Alex Iskold

Career Management / Personal Branding / Resumes

* Becoming a Recognized Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn - Barbara Rozgonyi
* Brush Up Your Resume - CarlenLea
* Enhance Your Resume with LinkedIn Testimonials - Harry Joiner
* LinkedIn and Career Management - Jason Alba
* LinkedIn as Resume 2.0 - Scott Sehlhorst
* Your Reputation: Create a Permalink - Todd Defren

Job Search

* Best Practices for a LinkedIn Job Search - Konstantin Guericke (via Dave Taylor)
* How Do I Use LinkedIn to Find a Job? - Dave Taylor
* How to Use LinkedIn to Find a New Position - Eric Mariacher
* How to Find a Job Using LinkedIn - Liz Ryan (via Dave Taylor)
* LinkedIn and Your Job Search - Alison Doyle
* Following Up on Inside Connections at Potential Employers - Scott Allen
* Searching the Hidden Job Market for Opportunities - Debra Feldman
* Using LinkedIn to Prepare for Your Job Interview - Darlene McDaniel

Growing Your Network

* Grow Your Network While You Don’t Need It - Eric Mariacher
* Growing Your Network Online - Kathie Thomas
* LinkedIn as Cult Builder - Matthew Reinbold

Keeping in Touch

* Borrowing the Expertise of Others - Eric Eggertson

Meeting Face-to-Face

* Breaking the Ice at a Meeting with LinkedIn - Pete Johnson
* Using LinkedIn to Fill Out Your Business Trip - Scott Allen
* Using LinkedIn for Travel - Marc Freedman
* Connecting with People in Your Network When Traveling - Stewart Rogers

Organizing and Extending Groups

* Using LinkedIn to Create a Granfalloon - F. John Reinke
* Pros and Cons of LinkedIn for Alumni Groups - Andrew Shaindlin

Miscellaneous

* Introducting Your Network to Each Other - Scott Allen
* Using LinkedIn to Find Celebrity Guests - Stan Relihan
* Unpredictable Benefits of LinkedIn - Nathan Gilliatt
* LinkedIn a Box - Brendon Connelly

Specific Jobs / Industries

* 10 Ways Journalists Can Use LinkedIn - Penelope Trunk
* LinkedIn for Startup Entrepreneurs: 5 Reasons to Join - Dharmesh Shah
* Five Ways IT Managers Can Get More Out of LinkedIn - Shane Schick
* Five Ways Authors Can Profit from LinkedIn - Mahesh Grossman

Lists

* How to Change the World: Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn - Guy Kawasaki
* 20 Ways to Use LinkedIn Productively - Web Worker Daily
* Making Your LinkedIn Business Network Pay Dividends - Tatsuya Nakagawa & Peter Paul Roosen
* Top Reasons to Use LinkedIn - Various, compiled by Chris Pirillo

This list published by Linked Intelligence.  Linked Intelligence is the smart source for all things LinkedIn, the most popular business-oriented social networking site with over 40 million users. Linked Intelligence is an independent publication and not affiliated in any way with LinkedIn Corporation.  LinkedIn is a registered trademark of LinkedIn Corporation. Its use here in all contexts constitutes nominal use for the purposes of education, news reporting and commentary.