Comments on: Nine Key Steps to Freelance Success on LinkedIn

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:30:26 +0000

In reply to Ryan Hanley. I'm glad you have such good success with LinkedIn Ryan. And it is a great graphic. Kudos to mindflash for creating it.

By: Ryan Hanley

Ryan Hanley — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:50:42 +0000

This is probably the best LinkedIn Infographic I’ve ever seen. Love this.

I’ve been using LinkedIn since 2009 and have had amazing results… Thanks!

Ryan H.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:11:55 +0000

In reply to Wade Finnegan. I did the LinkedIn for Journalists training in March, so I should get the premium account very soon. I know many very knowledgeable people say you can do just fine with a basic account, but I'll be investigating the premium account in detail.

By: Wade Finnegan

Wade Finnegan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:35:40 +0000

Sorry if you already answered this, John. Do you use the premium service or the free one? And if so, what differences are there? Thanks!

By: John Soares

John Soares — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:25:04 +0000

In reply to Karen. Karen, LinkedIn is quite different from Facebook or Twitter or any other social media site. Think of it more as a place where you can post a very long resume along with a bunch of recommendations, all searchable by businesses looking to hire people like you. Yes, LinkedIn does have social aspects, including sharing and commenting and thousands of very active forums, but you don't have to use those.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:11:10 +0000

Great post, and love the graphics. I’m not on LinkedIn yet but have bookmarked this one for when I get round to it. Finally starting to realize that it’s an important business tool and not just another social media site (I’ve accepted something about myself and that is that I can only ‘do’ a limited amount of social media sites before my brain explodes)

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:30:59 +0000

In reply to Wade Finnegan. Wade, I'm glad LinkedIn is working for you. I've heard of others who say that InMail gets good results.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:27:18 +0000

In reply to Steeny Lou. Steeny, if you are at all involved in business, and that includes working as a freelancer, you should be on LinkedIn.com. There are 150 million-plus members on LinkedIn, and it's where many of us get high-paying assignments.

By: Steeny Lou

Steeny Lou — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:57:33 +0000

This is the first time I’ve read anything about what “Linked In” is. I’ve stumbled across it in searching for other things and always ignored it. I hope you’ll make mention of it again as it’s going to take a few more hearings before it sinks in for me. 🙂

By: Wade Finnegan

Wade Finnegan — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:28:44 +0000

I’ve had moderate success with Linkedin. My best efforts come from using inmail. Thanks for the tips John.