there are some things you can be doing it that will make you stand out on
LinkedIn because barely anyone is doing them stick around because one of these
things will be a real game-changer for you hi I'm Jeri Walker with Your Best
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when I post a new video I want to share with you some features on LinkedIn that
are available only on the mobile app so if you haven't already download the app
onto your mobile device and be sure to watch to the end of this
video because I'll be sharing a secret that will give you an advantage on
LinkedIn because most people don't know you can do this I was shook when I
discovered this one ok let's get into it the first thing I want to show you is a
feature that will make it easier for you to grow your network the find nearby
feature helps you to find other LinkedIn members that are currently close by
now be sure to turn on your Bluetooth and then go into the mobile app so let's
go back into the mobile app and what you're going to do is scroll down to the
my network and click on this icon here then you're going to select the find
nearby option and what happens is anyone else who has selected this option their
profile is going to show up at your end and your profile will show up at their
end and then you can very quickly connect with one another this is a
really good feature to use at conferences or even at social events if
you want to just quickly make a new connection and you can walk them through
how to get there and connect very easily now another way that you can quickly
connect with people on LinkedIn mobile is to use the quick response code let's
go ahead and go back and click on this icon again and this
time select the scan a QR code and what you're going to end up with is a camera
this is actually a camera I've got my thumb over my camera because I have an
extremely messy desk at the moment and I don't want you to see it so what you're
gonna have here is actual a camera then you can use this to scan somebody else's
code and then also what you can do is you can click on this my code option and
it's going to bring up your unique quick response code you can either share your
code with others you can save it to your photos so you can grab it easily next
time although I think it's pretty easy to get to I'm just right out of LinkedIn
and you can have somebody scan your code right there to make a connection most
people I've shown this feature to don't know about it so when you show this to
others they'll not only be impressed with your mastery of LinkedIn but
they're going to appreciate that you shared this feature with them as well
now the second thing I want to show you and encourage you to start using is
voice messaging instead of text messaging a recruiter or a hiring
manager or a prospect make it more personal and voice message then now I
guarantee this will set you apart because nobody is doing this so you'll
click on your messaging icon here and search for the connection that you want
a message now when you're ready hold down this microphone and record your
message now you are limited to a one minute message so be sure to keep it
short now once you're finished release the microphone and you can either cancel
if you want to re-record it or click send to send the voice message now if
you're really feeling confident and want to make an even more personal connection
you can send a video message click on this plus sign and select video
reverse your camera and then you can click the record button to start
recording one thing I want to point out to you is when you are recording a video
message you're going to be inclined to want to look at yourself now if I'm
gonna look at myself right here I'm looking like this now this is not the
way I want to connect if I want to connect to somebody what I want to do is
I want to look right into the camera and I want to give them my message seems
awkward feels awkward but it's gonna make a much bigger impact if you're
looking at the camera as opposed to your screen and looking at yourself okay just
want to make sure I pointed that out okay so once you have reversed your
camera go ahead and click on the record button and start recording now you can
record up to two minutes but I wouldn't use all that just keep your message
short and when you're done stop the recording and send it or you can click
the X to rerecord this is an effective way to reach out to people in a much
more personal manner than just a text message and remember eyes on the camera
and not on your screen okay now this last feature I'm going to show you is
one that I discovered kind of by accident and I have yet to talk to
someone who knows about this this is your game changer so if you don't do any
of the other features that I've discussed at least do this one because
what this is is a one-and-done task that is going to deliver results for you
because it's going to provide you with a more effective headline so if you are on
desktop you're limited on your headline to 120 characters see once I reach that
limit I can't add any more keywords but what most people don't know is that if
you're on the mobile app you can add more text to your headline this means
more key word opportunities for you so here's what you do let's go ahead and
save this then let's go to the mobile app and add more keywords so you can see
that's the same verbage that was on my desktop now let's add to it let's finish
out branding and I'm also a CPA and job search strategist and what else
how about all-around nice person I'm going to save it now I have a much
longer headline with more keywords as well as a bit of my personality now this
is right at about 180 characters which is way over the 120 character limit that
you have on desktop now I wouldn't go much longer than this this is pretty
wordy but being able to add a few more keywords to your headline is going to
increase the optimization of your headline which will in turn increase
your ranking and search results when a recruiter or a hiring manager or even a
prospective client searches using these various keywords okay let's go back to
the desktop I'm going to refresh my screen and there it is the longer
headline will show up on desktop even though it originally wouldn't allow me
to edit it there this is an easy way for you to increase your messaging and
leverage additional keywords in your headline and I am confident that the
vast majority of your competition does not know about this one so get your
headline updated and start using the other mobile features I just discussed
and if you want to learn about even more LinkedIn strategies I just released the
second edition of my LinkedIn guide it's full of tips like the ones I just told
you about that will help you take full advantage of LinkedIn features so that
you can have a memorable profile and a solid presence out on LinkedIn I'll put
a link for you to get that down below and if you want to learn more things you
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next time