10 Linkd In Tips You Probably Didn't Know

Hi there, 

Do you have a LinkedIn profile?

If your answer is YES, this post is for you.

If your answer is NO, leave this post here, create a profile and come back!

Linkedin is giving the kind of organic reach that Facebook used to give in 2012-13. If you are not active on Linkedin, you are already missing out.

In this newsletter, I have compiled some little known LinkedIn tips or hacks whatever you may want to call it, which are generally overlooked.

This post will come in handy if you want to make the most of LinkedIn.

Let’s begin

Tip #1

Did you know that you can download the email ids of your connections on Linkedin in an excel format with a click of a button? This feature is provided by Linkedin. You don’t need a third-party tool for this. This is pure gold if you want to reach out to your contacts individually via email or run ads targeting these email ids.

I’m not going to share the steps to download the list. Do some Google search.

Tip #2

Use the latest LinkedIn polls feature to reach a wider audience. If your 1st degree connections participate in the poll, it will show up in the feed of your 2nd and 3rd degree connections too.

Tip #3

Don’t use more than 3-4 hashtags in your post updates.

Tip #4

Send a connection request only with a personalized note if you wish to achieve the person’s attention. People who receive a lot of connection requests pay attention to the ones that stand out.

Tip #5

Text post updates receive the highest engagement (LinkedIn algo works in such a way). No image, no video and especially no link in post updates. If you wish to share a link, publish it as a comment to your post. (Now you know why people write “LINK IN FIRST COMMENT” while concluding their post updates)

Tip #6

Engagement in the first 1 hour after publishing your update decides the fate of your post. You should ask your colleagues or employees to like/share/comment on your post as soon as you publish it so that you get the maximum reach.

Tip #7

Tip #7 can be considered as an extension to tip #6. You should always conclude your post update with a question for your readers. For ex, what is your opinion on this? or what are your thoughts? This will encourage them to participate in the discussion which will be a good engagement signal for LinkedIn algo.

Tip #8

Create your personal LINKEDIN URL. Most people access LinkedIn via app and are not aware that they can create a custom URL for their LinkedIn profile. For ex, my LinkedIn profile URL is: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luvarora12/ this is much easier to remember, share, get printed on business card and looks professional rather than this https://www.linkedin.com/in/luvxyabncxzle987123aro/

Yes, you guessed it right my friend. I’m not sharing the steps. You need to Google it.

Tip #9

Don’t piss people off by tagging them in unrelated posts and expect them to engage. You will get removed by them. I remove at least 2-3 profiles from my connections every week because of this.

Tip #10

Want to find contact details of a particular profile (company CEOs, CMOs, HRs, department heads or key decision makers) even when they are not a LinkedIn connection? Use Google Chrome extensions like SalesQL, Skrapp, Rocket Reach or Kendo. Most of these extensions allow you to download a certain number of profile contact details every month for FREE. You can upgrade to their paid plans depending on your usage.

Which tip/hack did you like the most or discover from this newsletter?

Found these tips useful? Why not share it with your colleagues or employees on Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp or Linkedin?

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(PS: Before anyone points out, I have purposely misspelled LinkedIn in the title to see if this newsletter bypasses the promotion tab on Gmail)