{"id":6164,"date":"2014-10-08T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedemonow.com\/profitpro\/how-i-improved-my-linkedin-profile-ranking-52-in-30-days\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T04:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T04:57:19","slug":"how-i-improved-my-linkedin-profile-ranking-52-in-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedemonow.com\/profitpro\/how-i-improved-my-linkedin-profile-ranking-52-in-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Improved My LinkedIn Profile Ranking 52% in 30 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a guest blog post written by Andrea Hewett, Social Media Business Director <\/em>
\n<\/em>for Holt Marketing and Management Services, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Does LinkedIn ranking matter? Only if you want to be seen, but then, why wouldn\u2019t you? If you are looking for a job, new business, new partnerships or new connections; profile views matter. If you are not, they still do, because you may have to look for one of these things in the future and you want to be prepared.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Social media isn\u2019t a fad. Almost everybody has realized this by now. It\u2019s also not a sprint\u2026it\u2019s a marathon.<\/b> I\u2019ve heard this more than once in my career and it\u2019s just as true today as it was when social media began. It takes time to build connections, contacts, leads, sales, etc.<\/b>
\nThe same thing applies in your personal life\u2026 you don\u2019t meet 250 friends and business acquaintances in one day and form immediate bonds and working relationships<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, why would you expect to do so in social media?<\/p>\n

Social media started out as a way to connect with people you don\u2019t have time (or proximity) to connect with in person. Social etiquette still applies whether you are face to face or not<\/em><\/b>. Think of social media in terms of the telephone, an alternate way to contact someone, and apply the same proper<\/span> etiquette. Would you call someone you hardly know and ask them to buy your product or service, sight unseen with little to no information on it?<\/b><\/span> If the answer to that is yes, you should look for a career outside of sales. Would you talk to someone else in the room with you while you\u2019re in the middle of a conversation with someone on the phone?<\/b><\/span> The answer to this should be no. (I know people who do this and it is BEYOND annoying\u2026it messes up the dynamic of the conversation and gets confusing for the person on the other end of the line.)<\/p>\n

Forming a good relationship with someone comes with finding similar interests and growing off of that.<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

In terms of business, this still rings true. A similar interest might be finding a better way to do a job (and your product or service may be the answer to that). Whatever your interests are, when you contact someone new you should have something of value to offer them. This doesn\u2019t mean you should send them an iPad in hopes that you can buy their allegiance (although if that is your tactic and it\u2019s working, kudos to you\u2026and you can mail my iPad to my work address listed at the bottom of our website: http:\/\/www.marketingholt.com\/<\/a>). However, what most people value is friends and family, not material objects. What do friends and family give of value? Loyalty, a sympathetic ear, a bit of humor, good advice, appreciation, tips on the best products or services; just to name a few. If you aren\u2019t giving your customers the same courtesy that you would extend your friends and family; you aren\u2019t doing yourself, or your business, any favors.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break these down to see just how valuable they really are:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n