The Gross Life

Strategy 1 – Thinking Ahead to Get Ahead

With this strategy, I am focussing on those who have a job and who are always looking to advance, or those who have a job but want to keep options open.

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LinkedIn also offers a Question and Answer service. By using this, you can establish yourself as an expert in a given filed by answering others questions.

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You can ask questions to others in your field or situation and they may be of a great help to you. Both asking, and answering questions can lead to long term connections that may yield far bigger benefits that this simple one time Question / Answer exchange.

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So you want more connections? Well I have yet another way for you to find QUALITY connections! LinkedIn
Groups.

You can find groups for almost anything:
- Common Interest
- Alumni
- Clubs
- Networking Groups

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Advanced Search

Another way to build your LinkedIn network is to search for people who you know. You can search for people by name, company name, school, industry, location, etc., us­ing the Advanced Search Feature.

Let’s take a look at this feature and see how easy it is to find the connections you want to make.

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Before reading through this article, you must already have your linkedIn account. if you do then continue reading, if not please read my article on how to create your linked in account.

So you have your shiny new profile all ready to go, but you are missing one crucial pirce of the puzzle…Connections.

Connections are the core to the power of LinkedIn. Through connections you can be introduced to others, find former colleagues, and even old college connections.

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When you are done building your profile as seen here, you will need to add resume elements in your profile.

Take a look right below the blue box we just worked with in the past article. What do you see? I bet it looks similar to the image I have provided below? Am I right? Great!

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Before reading on to this article, make sure you already created your LinkedIn account which you will be taken to if you click here. If you already did then Congratulations, you made it!

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This article will show you how you connect with contacts in LinkedIn. Before you read this make sure to read the first part of this totorial. Click here to read the first part.

Before you do this step, allow me to explain why it is crucial. Most of us have a list of contacts in our email account. Perhaps they are friends, colleagues, family, or clients. LinkedIn allows you to (in seconds) invite these contacts to “Connect” with you on LinkedIn.

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