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LinkedIN half-day workshop

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM (GMT)

Leeds, United Kingdom

LinkedIN half-day workshop

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Delegate place   more info Ended £95.00 £0.00

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So I'm LinkedIn, so now what?


So you're on LinkedIN, but are you using it to build your business, save you time, advertise your products, establish your expertise, make the most of your contacts and network with new potential clients?  LinkedIN is now generating valuable revenue for us, and it costs nothing to use it the way we do.  This session will take you from amateur dabbler to professional networker.  You will understand which activities give you the most exposure, which will raise your ranking on LinkedIN, which aren't worth doing, and how to use LinkedIN's permission-based marketing tools to drip-feed your marketing message to your audience every day of the week - free of charge.

Using real life examples and case studies, plus hands-on activities, this seminar will cover:

  • Getting started
  • Top ten mistakes to avoid
  • The one, the only - make sure you grab your unique public profile address
  • How to make an impact with your online profile
  • LinkedIN etiquette - don't show up "naked"!
  • Take your network online & Make your network online
  • Questions and Answers versus Groups
  • How to prove your expertise by ASKING the right questions
  • Don't get lost in the crowd! - Find your niche and use it
  • When recommendations do more harm than good
  • Your Social Networking action plan: what to do and how often
  • Freemium services explained - or how LinkedIN uses your information
  • LinkedIn and beyond:
    • Creating your Company's LinkedIN homepage
    • Creating Events
    • Sharing News
    • Integrating Twitter
    • Applications with attitude

You'll get the most from the workshop if you have already signed up to LinkedIn beforehand, and had a look around.

ONLY 8 DELEGATE places available - enabling personal tuition and support.

BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP

"I've been using LinkedIN for 4 years, and learnt more in one morning with Liz than in all that time."

"Friendly, useful, explained clearly.  Thank you!!"

"I just wanted to drop you an email to thank you for the excellent introduction into LinkedIn and its benefits, yesterday.  It was very interesting and a real help."

"Seriously useful"

When & Where



Round Foundry Media Centre
Foundry Street
LS11 5QP Leeds
United Kingdom

Tuesday, September 8, 2009 from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM (GMT)


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Reach Further Ltd



Reach Further brings people together online to share, to work and to learn in online communities and social media networks.

Who we are

Reach Further helps businesses & individuals make the most of the social web through training courses, consultancy, & social media strategy creation & delivery.


We've been doing social media since before the term was invented. Our biggest online community - with 3 million members in 170 countries is 12 years old this year. We've also run an online community for the United Nations, and an open eLearning researchers group at http://elesig.ning.com - held up by the inspectorate as "the finest example of a sustainable community on the web."

What we can do for you

We help your business make the most of social media. Using free tools and simple strategies we save you money and time whilst improving your brand, reach and reputation, and increasing your sales. We do this by helping you engage your customers in conversation.

We can show you how to make the most of social networking with value-for-money practical workshops and planning. And when you are ready to reach further, we can help with online communities, social networking, eLearning and remote working.

How we work

Reach Further works with businesses, public services, educational & membership organisations to adopt & embed social and collaborative technologies to deliver learning & commercial advantage.