Here are 6 easy steps to maximize your usage of LinkedIn!

1. 6 Easy Steps to Getting...LinkedIn By Donna Serdula

2. 4/13/2010 What is LinkedIn? "LinkedIn is a networking tool that helps you discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners. It strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts."

4. Stay away from BORING (This isn’t your resume!)

5. Have a creative Headline

6. Make your Summary interesting

7. Include a Professional Picture

8. Create a vanity URL

9. Include your links Get Help! http://www.LinkedIn-Makeover.com

10. Who would you rather Contact?

11. Tip!Market your Vanity URL

13. Search for old colleagues

14. Import your contacts from email

16. Give and receive recommendations

17. Forge relationships, interactYOU 1st 2nd 3rd

18. #3 Ask Questions, Provide Answers

20. Demonstrate your expertise

21. Grow your reputation

24. Find Commonality, Partners…

25. Expand Your Searchability

26. Promote Events, Articles, Ideas...

27. Stay in Touch and Collaborate

29. #6Search, Research, & Discover

31. Find affiliations

32. See what people like YOU are doing

33. Determine health of companies

34. Find out about your competitors

36. Add Content

37. Build relationships

38. Test Ideas

39. Listen, Learn, Discover, Experiment

40. Make Connections

41. Help People

44. All 500 of the Fortune 500 are represented in LinkedIn. In fact, 499 of them are represented by director-level and above employees.

45. There are over 41 million members to the site representing over 200 countries