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Templates for asking and writing recommendations

When applying for a job, or making your Linkedin profile, recommendation statements and letters are an important way to show your strengths and make you look more credible. This is especially true if you are a recent graduate with little work experience or few accomplishments. The reference’s name, position and contact info can be added […]

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EFL10. Writing for Sharing Posts: 3 Steps to make them want to “… see more”

If you want to share other’s content and get people to read it, you need to follow these 3 tips: hook + bullet summary + final comment or question.

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EFL 9. “Sharing” your way to better networking: Curating and sharing articles

Sharing other people’s content is good for building your network on Linkedin. Here are some strategies for add value to shared content.

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6 Scientific Steps To Engaging Posts: Emblems and coffee in the age of information

Follow this proven 6-step formula to write engaging and informative posts in less than 280 characters.

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EFL 8. Writing for Coffee and Readability: Maximizing your international audience

People want easy to read posts to read on coffee break. This article will give examples of readable posts as well as tips and readability tools to help make your posts as readable as possible to get as many readers as possible.

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EFL 7. Writing comments that (net)work!

What is the best way to build your network and influence on LinkedIn? Write many posts and articles Share many articles Post videos Comment a lot How confident are you about your answer? Many people might assume it is a., writing many posts and articles. However, if you do this (or b. and c. for

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EFL 6. Writing LinkedIn Connection requests that (net)work!

Writing messages for networking: connection requests A: “I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn”  B: “Hi Marcus! I just finished reading your excellent article on digital marketing and SAAS. I made several notes and learned some useful ideas that I hope to put into practice at my company. I’d love to connect

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EFL 5. Writing an effective LinkedIn Experience Section

Is the LinkedIn Experience Section a copy of your resume? No. Although this is a section that mirrors your resume with your specific skills, accreditations, education and work experiences, the Experience Section should not have as many details as your resume. It should rather be a summary of your experience that spotlights your main accomplishments.

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EFL 4b. Writing an advanced LinkedIn About Section

Prewriting skills: Essay structure  In the previous section, we looked at the option of writing a short About section with bullets to make the key information stand out. However, the About section can be up to 2000 characters and can give you the opportunity to express your unique personality and story. In this sense, you

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EFL 4a. Writing a basic LinkedIn About Section

How to write the LinkedIn About section is essential to make an impact on whoever reads your LinkedIn profile. This article gives tips, examples and grammar suggestion for ELF non-English speaking professionals to write a brief About paragraph with bullets.

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