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How to optimise your LinkedIn profile for search and discovery

Stephen Waddington

LinkedIn is a platform for building professional relationships. LinkedIn is a good start point. A LinkedIn profile is a great basis for new professional relationships. This will improve the search ranking of your profile on both LinkedIn and Google. #2 This is the elevator pitch for your LinkedIn profile.

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7 Reasons your competitor was included in a story…but you weren’t

Sword and the Script

The big placements you land are often the result of months or even years of effort building your reputation and media relationships. If you pitch something to a reporter and they bite? You are sending the right pitches Too sale-sy, too long, irrelevant, poor subject line, bad timing, not differentiated enough….there

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PR Tech Recommends Reporters You Should Pitch [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

OnePitch recommends reporters to pitch; ResponseSource shuts down #journorequest curation; Meltwater acquires Owler; Critical Mention adds “cast & crew” TV data. OnePitch feature recommends reporters to pitch. In a video tutorial, the company says it will start making recommendations after you’ve sent three or more pitches.

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Rock Your Personal Branding With LinkedIn Long-Form Posts

Rock the Status Quo

Without the ability to write well, you can’t create a pitch that resonates with bloggers or journalists, you can’t write a guest blog post that is published or converts into referral traffic. LinkedIn is perfect for this. Here’s a snapshot of my recent posts on LinkedIn and how they’ve boosted reach.

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Habit stacking: 8 public relations podcasts to add to your playlist

Sword and the Script

Reputation Revolution by Trevor Young I only recently discovered Trevor Young , but he talks about a topic that is close to my heart: thought leadership and “reputation marketing.” I first read her list in a post she made on LinkedIn – and reached out to her for permission to run it as a guest post.

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Fortune Magazine Bites the Hand that Curates

Flack's Revenge

A funny thing happened on the way to the LinkedIn forum. It explains how former Fortune journalist Dan Roth is now chief editor of a media juggernaut – namely, you guessed it, LinkedIn. Roth and his team scour the pitches, looking to aggregate those most likely to resonate with their own audience of 86 million U.S.

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9 Strategies for Building a Winning Professional Brand

PRSay

LinkedIn has a huge number of courses and certifications. Engage with peers on professional social media platforms like LinkedIn. You can pitch your ideas to podcasts and conferences. You can share your original content on LinkedIn and other social media channels. For Pete’s sake, crack a few books. Build your network.