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1. TheProfile.Company
Build Your Business
With LinkedIn
By Naomi Johnson

2. About:
• Founder of TheProfile.Company
• Author of ‘What to Put on Your LinkedIn Profile’ &
‘Grassroots to Green Shoots’
• Written profiles for individuals in Canon, Asda,
Oracle, Facebook, Coca-Cola
• Ran the ‘Rock Your Profile’ stand at LinkedIn’s
annual EMEA conference Talent Connect twice,
plus Social RecruitIn
Expert LinkedIn Profile Writer
How to Get Leads and What To Do With Them
Author | Speaker | Sugar-Free Vegan
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3. How important is
?
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• LinkedIn is the biggest online
professional network in the world
• 440M worldwide, 17M UK & 84M EU members
• +3M company pages
• +2M LinkedIn Groups
• > 2 new members per second!
• LinkedIn shows you how you are connected

4. 1 Why LinkedIn
Agenda – Part One
2 Succeed on LinkedIn
3 Setting Your Outcomes
4 Importance of Profile
5 The Buying Journey

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Your Wealth is
in Your Network
1st Degree
1st Degree
1st Degree
1st Degree
2ndDegree
2ndDegree

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Leverage the trust in
your network
- it’ll cost you nothing -

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Socia
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SellingRELATIONSHIP

8. Proactive
 Searching for prospects & asking to connect
 Asking for introductions
 Sending InMails
Active
 Commenting in groups
 Status Updates
 Publishing content
Passive
 Your Profile
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9. Proactive Active
Passive
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10. Reasons People Fail on LinkedIn
 Don’t have a clear outcome
 Don’t add value to their prospects
 Don’t stand for something
 Profile doesn’t engage prospects
 No call to action for prospects
 Doesn’t match the buying psychology of a prospect
 Unclear what value they bring and the problem they solve
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MOST OF THESE ARE RELATED TO YOUR PROFILE

11. Reasons People Succeed on LinkedIn
 Set clear business outcomes
 Follow a set strategy appropriate for their business
 Stand for something
 Clear call to action
 Profile establishes and transfers trust
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12. Your profile is making an
impact 24/7!
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13. The human mind is programmed
to stereotype and pigeonhole
information –
it is our responsibility to ensure
we’re put in the right hole!
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14. It’s now the norm to research
prospects, candidates, suppliers
and colleagues on LinkedIn before
meeting
First Impressions Count
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Not a Prospect Prospect
Know they have a
problem and are looking
for your solution
Know they have a
problem but don’t know a
solution exists
No idea they have a
problem
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Refer you to others
Build awareness of the
problem and solution
Identify your prospects
and recommend you

16. TheProfile.Company
Today 57% of a
buying decision is
made online before a
sales representative
gets involved
LinkedIn & Altimeter Group 2014
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Consider the
Buying Journey of
your Prospect

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A well constructed profile:
 Interrupt the buying process and position you as a
trusted advisor
 Attract highly targeted leads that are pre-sold
 Dramatically shortening the sales cycle
 Become easily to refer

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The Buying Journey
Who is researching? What time of day?
How do you want prospects to get in touch? What
obstacles might stop them?
What information do they need to know to move
forward in their research/buying decision?
Can they ‘buy into you’ as a person?
How can they easily opt-in to follow you?

19. TheProfile.Company
Profile Principles
Now body cares about you until you become relevant
to them
Your Profile is about you but not for you
Capture attention quickly outlining problem you solve
Build rapport by sharing something of you
Consider purpose of all content