12 Things to Do On LinkedIn Today, Instead of Sitting around Picking Your Nose

If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I hate nose-pickers. If I see someone picking their nose in public, I will tweet about it, tell you where I am and what this person looks like. I am the Nose Picking Police. I don’t know why nose picking is so popular, but it clearly is. By the way; note to nose picking drivers everywhere — WE CAN SEE YOU. Here are 12 things to do today to further your career and improve your online profile using LinkedIn, instead of sitting around picking your nose.

1. Upload your e-mail contacts from all sources.
2. Get your profile to 100% by completing all of your information and adding a photo (of your face . . . and a recent shot.)
3. Develop a keyword-rich professional headline — the headline is NOT your title but should be searchable phrases to attract people to you.
4. Rename the default Website and Blog settings to personalized names including the name of your company and what it is that you do.
5. Add your Twitter account and the Tweets application — follow your connections on Twitter.
6. Write a recommendation for a colleague, partner or friend (and hope they return the favor).
7. Google thyself — do you like what you see when your LinkedIn profile shows up in Google results?
8. Delete connections you’ve accepted that are with people with whom you don’t truly have a business relationship.
9. Add your skills to your profile.
10. Join a group that interests you.
11. Manage how often you get updates or notifications (I have it set up so I don’t get ANY notifications — preferring to log in to the site and see what’s new there.)
12. Write updates regularly, sharing articles of interest, blog posts and upcoming events.

Look out nose pickers — I’m watching you.

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