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Linkedin Course Manchester - LinkedIn for Business

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LinkedIn for Recruiters

MANCHESTER PUBLIC COURSE
3rd June 2013
22nd July 2013

To book your place, please contact us on 01784 730216
or email events@linkedintraining.net.

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There are now more than 225m business people worldwide and in excess of 12m in the UK (not to mention 620,000 within a 35 mile radius of Central Manchester) who consider LinkedIn to be the pre-eminent business networking platform online. A key place online where professionals have the ability to connect, develop their sales and market themselves, their skills, services and products.

Using live demos, the LinkedIn for Business workshop in Manchester is designed to ensure that you are best placed to use the power and opportunities of LinkedIn for you and your business, giving you the know-how to market yourself, increase your visibility & reputation and, most importantly, develop new business on it.

We’ll be covering:

• How to get the most out of LinkedIn
• Key considerations when creating a Profile which will market and sell for you
• Developing your network and integrating your current one
• How to best connect with people (and how not to)
• Tools on LinkedIn to promote you and your business
• Targeting prospects using the Advanced Search and other tools
• LinkedIn Rich Media making you stand out more
• Best practice and a recommended weekly LinkedIn regime
… and many more key areas …

Questions are encouraged throughout – the format is a mixture of slides, used to introduce the key areas we are looking at, before then going online to demonstrate the capabilities of the site in live situations.

What you take away

The cost of the LinkedIn for Business Workshop is now just £99 and includes:

Half-day workshop covering Using LinkedIn for Business
Handout pack containing full slide pack for note taking
Document covering LinkedIn Profile Setup & Optimisation
Document covering the Settings to use ‘Best Practice’ on LinkedIn
3 months email support (for any follow up questions while putting the contents of the session into practice)

The upcoming Manchester Workshops are being run at Central Manchester locations from 09:00 through to 13:00 on the following dates:

Monday 3rd June 2013
Monday 22nd July 2013

To book your place at the Manchester event, please contact us on 01784 730216 or email events@linkedintraining.net.

LinkedIn for Business Success Workshop Overview

Our Manchester LinkedIn for Business workshop covers the following areas:

i) Introduction to LinkedIn

Why LinkedIn is key and its place in the social media and business worlds
Setting your LinkedIn strategy
Getting your Settings right for you

ii) Creating the right profile: the cornerstone of your LinkedIn activity

Developing your profile to attract new prospects and clients
Using your profile as “social proof” to help develop referrals and word of mouth opportunities
Getting to the top of search results on LinkedIn for your target keywords
Using the new Rich Media options on LinkedIn to enhance your visibility and credibility

iii) Developing your network to increase your reach and visibility

Methods and approaches to extend your network
Using the advanced search facilities to find new potential prospects and target new business
How to approach and connect with people – and how not to!
Opportunities with the ‘tagging’ function examined

iv) Raising your profile and marketing yourself, your company and services

Developing and raising your profile to set you apart from the competition on LinkedIn
Updates: how to use them best without re-inventing the wheel
Groups: participating sensibly and establishing your own
Answers, endorsements, messaging, testimonials and other on site tools

v) Company tools and coordinating activities