{"id":139,"date":"2022-08-11T20:58:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T03:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2022-08-12T20:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T03:17:32","slug":"linkedin-networking-memo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/linkedin-networking-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Networking Memo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MEMO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>To: ENGL 301 Writing Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From: Leif Jack, Writing Team Member<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: July 5th, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subject: LinkedIn Networking Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello fellow writing team members,<\/p>\n<p>As requested, I researched effective strategies for LinkedIn networking, and summarize them below.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>For networking strategies, <\/b>specifying the number of desired connections and preferred audience is very useful.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Searching<\/strong> <strong>people\/companies<\/strong> on LinkedIn works, but like any social media, LinkedIn has joinable groups to easily meet the desired people<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creating LinkedIn posts<\/strong> increases presence on the platform. Sharing funny\/inspirational career stories, or giving tips are good topics for these posts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ensuring<\/strong> a desired connection knows about your common interests, goals, or unique skills increases your desirability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making messages<\/strong> to new people memorable and engaging can be highly persuasive. Unspecific messages can feel insincere.<\/li>\n<li><b>Mentioning<\/b> a mutual contact in messages to people builds trust and leverages your existing network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please let me know if any point needs clarification. I look forward to discussing each others\u2019 research and how to combine the discovered strategies.<\/p>\n<p><em>Works Cited<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c7 Steps to a LinkedIn Networking Strategy.\u201d\u00a0<i>Www.linkedin.com<\/i>, www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/7-steps-linkedin-networking-strategy-joanne-funch\/. Accessed 6 July 2022.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Balkhi, Syed. \u201cTips for Successfully Networking on LinkedIn.\u201d\u00a0<i>Business.com<\/i>, www.business.com\/articles\/linkedin-networking-tips\/. Accessed 5 July 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>DePaul, Kristi. \u201cWhat to Say When You\u2019re Reaching out to Someone on LinkedIn.\u201d\u00a0<i>Harvard Business Review<\/i>, 2 Nov. 2020, hbr.org\/2020\/11\/what-to-say-when-youre-reaching-out-to-someone-on-linkedin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMO To: ENGL 301 Writing Team From: Leif Jack, Writing Team Member Date: July 5th, 2022 Subject: LinkedIn Networking Strategies Hello fellow writing team members, As requested, I researched effective strategies for LinkedIn networking, and summarize them below. Highlights include: For networking strategies, specifying the number of desired connections and preferred audience is very useful. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91372,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/leifjack\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}