How can I protect my contact list on LinkedIn?

If concerned competitors will steal your contacts or some other form of privacy, you can change the privacy settings. You can allow your connections to see your connections or only you. It is an easy fix!

How can I remove the People Also Viewed feature from my profile on LinkedIn?

On the right-hand side of your LinkedIn page there is a section called "People Also Viewed." If you don't want people to get distracted by it and leave your profile to view another's it is easy to remove.

How do people on LinkedIn make posts with bold font or different style fonts?

How can I use specialized text on LinkedIn where a text editor isn't present?

When posting on LinkedIn you use regular text. If you download a program called Unicode, you can then use different style fonts and do things like bold, italicize and lots more.

How can one leverage the information that LinkedIn gives you that is who viewed your profile exactly?

Being able to see who has viewed your profile allows you to connect easier. Whether you have LinkedIn premium or the free version, you can see how many people have looked at your profile in the past 90 days. It shows the exact human beings who have looked at your profile.

There's three steps to Operation DM: greeting, feeding, and then meeting.

With the hashtag #operationdm (DM standing for direct message) you will be taught how to greet your connections, feed people by building trust, and then either meet with them on the phone or in person.

What's the difference between a company LinkedIn page and a personal LinkedIn page?

Which one should someone use when they're trying to create awareness about
their business, generate leads and increase their influence in their network?

You will see three different types of things on the feed. Number one is you'll see profiles posting. You will see people commenting on second and third degree connections. You will see the activity of those second and third degree connections. The third thing that you'll see is advertisements from company pages that have been promoted. Companies won't show up on your feed unless you advertise. If you want to advertise you have to have a company page.

So, prioritize posting on a personal page even if you are trying to promote a company!

When someone is sending a connection request on LinkedIn, what should they add to the Add Note Section of the connection request?

You can customize a connection request instead of sending a blank template. Include a personal note with the invitation and make sure to actually engage with the person before requesting to connect. Be authentic!

What someone should say when sending a connection request is something personal and customized to that person.

If I only have five minutes in a day to spend on LinkedIn, what should I do to get the most bang for my time?

Whether it be visibility that is important to you, credibility or even getting on the phone with people, you have 5 minutes to do it! Figure out what your goal is on LinkedIn and strategize a plan to do it in 5 minutes.

What should someone do if they really want to connect with someone on LinkedIn, but that person has not accepted their connection request yet?

What you should do if somebody didn't accept your connection request is start engaging with their content. Start liking, commenting, and when they look at your profile, because eventually they will, since you keep coming up in their notifications, they will notice that they have a pending invitation from you.

What are the elements of a great background photo on my LinkedIn profile?

What makes an effective, on-brand background photo for me?

Does the background photo show up differently on mobile compared to desktop?