LinkedIn for Personal Branding The Ultimate Guide

Your online presence matters more than ever in today’s global workplace. Professionals are logging-in to LinkedIn in record numbers, so your profile needs to represent you in the best possible light before and after a meeting or interview. LinkedIn For Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the leading strategic guidebook that most uniquely connects personal branding to the LinkedIn platform.
Long’s book provides a comprehensive view of personal branding using LinkedIn’s profile, content sharing, and thought leadership capabilities. Additionally, Long has assembled a useful set of “How To” advice links that are available on a companion website. The website provides many resource pages and links related to each chapter.
LinkedIn for Personal Branding: The Ultimate Guide is the ONLY LinkedIn book available that will do all of this for the reader:
– Provide an integrated personal branding and LinkedIn strategy needed for today’s professionals – in a Full Color book.
– Provide additional “how to” elements in a companion website so you can click over to see detailed instructions and keep updated.
– Provide dozens of examples and case studies from real LinkedIn users.
– Provide several “personas” and other prompts to help you write the best possible summary.

LinkedIn For Personal Branding will help you to:
– Select and prioritize the best personal brand attributes for you, your career and business.
– Be considered for more strategic assignments and business opportunities.
– Create an authentic, personal, and impressive profile that demonstrates expertise without appearing to brag.
– Consider all the ways you can demonstrate your personal brand -both offline and online- and how they work together.
– Be found online > increase the likelihood of being contacted by recruiters and sales prospects.
– Select the most memorable words, images, skills, and links.
– Learn best practices for each profile section ( and also see real examples).
– Write the most strategic and impactful headline and summary.
– Give and receive more endorsements and recommendations.
– Become a thought leader.
– Find and Share content with your network .
– Blog using the LinkedIn Publisher functionality.
– Leverage LinkedIn Groups and Company pages.
– Measure your progress.
– And much more.

This book is perfect for anyone interested in developing their personal brand using LinkedIn to propel their career or business opportunities.