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1. LinkedIn For Real Estate

2. Goal: to learn how LinkedIn can Enhance Real Estate Marketing

4. Use LinkedIn as a Real Estate Tool

5. Decide if LinkedIn is right for you

6. Create a Free account with LinkedIn

7. Build your LinkedIn Profile

8. Adjust your Profile, Privacy and Email Settings

9. Make contacts on LinkedIn

10. Manage your LinkedIn Account

11. Cross Promote your LinkedIn Account

13. What is LinkedIn? When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form enduring connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts.

15. Find and be introduced to potential clients, service providers, and subject experts who come recommended

16. Create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems

17. Be found for business opportunities and find potential partners

18. Discover inside connections that can help you land jobs and close deals

20. More than 10.5 Monthly Visitors – just in the US! Click on the image to view this and more traffic summaries from Quantcast.com

21. Nearly 60,000 Inbound Links & Visitors that Stay on the Site! Click on the image to view this and more traffic summaries from Alexa.com

22. Click on the image to watch a Video about LinkedIn

24. Showcase your testimonials as recommendations on your home page

25. Use applications to share blog posts, presentations and news stories

27. Create your free account at LinkedIn.com Go toLinkedIn.com Fill in basic information and select “Join Now”

28. Create a Profile that is Complete & Searchable Use keywords that will make it easy for people to find you

29. Use your Experience to sell your services Your professional experience is displayed along with any recommendations you have received. Your position descriptions should briefly explain what the company does, and what your main responsibilities and accomplishments were. Use clear, succinct phrases here—and break them into digestible chunks so even on a quick-scan your accomplishments shine through.

30. Share your Educational Background Your educational background is displayed along with associated activities and honors. Where and what you studied can provide a great insight into who you are and open up valuable connections to alumni, professors, and others with similar backgrounds.

31. Upload your Headshot Often a calling card for real estate agents, include your head shot in your LinkedIn profile for instant recognizability.

32. Two Tools to better your Profile LinkedIn will tell you how complete your profile is and give completion tips Speed up the process by uploading your current resume

33. Adjust your Profile Settings Control what contacts can and cannot view on your profile

34. Adjust your Email Settings If you don’t want to receive emails from LinkedIn, you don’t have to!

36. Upload a contacts file from Outlook, Palm, ACT!, or Mac Address

37. View our list of your colleagues and classmates that are already on LinkedIn.

38. Search for specific people by name

40. Learn about your LinkedIn Network

41. Learn about your LinkedIn Network

43. Update your status by answering “What Are You Working On?”

44. Check for new connections and approve contacts you know

45. Thank new contacts for asking to join your LinkedIn network

46. Search your webmail for new contacts (monthly)

47. Answer and archive messages in your inbox

48. Read your network updates and leave genuine comments

49. Share news articles of importance

50. Start discussions

53. Include LinkedIn in your email signature

54. Share your LinkedIn profile on other social networking sites (like facebook & youtube)

55. Mention your LinkedIn profile in online professional directories (like plaxo)

56. Tweet about updates you make to your LinkedIn account

57. Use the LinkedIn logo on print marketing to show how connected you are

58. Include the LinkedIn logo on your marketing card

60. Use the “Share This” button to post information directly to your LinkedIn page from numerous sites

61. Share listing information directly from electronic flyer sites like Postlets

62. Join groups to stay connected with companies & schools you are a part of (like the Windermere Group!)

64. LinkedIn Presentation by Erica Vautier