Step-by-step LinkedIn Account Set-up.

1. Setting Up Your LinkedIn
Profile
ProMatch Networking Team
March, 2011

2. 1. Go to http://LinkedIn.com
2. You Tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHM70_e-vCo
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3. 2. Join LinkedIn Today section, enter your First Name, Last Name, and E-mail address, choose a password, and click "Join
Now."
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4. 3. Surfer, Let’s get your professional profile started section enter the information requested, then click "Create my
Profile."
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5. 3. See Who You All Ready Know on LinkedIn section
LinkedIn can search your E-mail account(s) for E-mail addresses of LinkedIn members (anyone you've sent or
received mail to/from). To do this you will be prompted to sign into your E-mail account from within LinkedIn. It will
then display a list of contacts you can decide whether or not to try to connect to in LinkedIn. If you want to do this,
sign into your E-mail account and click "Find Contacts." If you don't want to do this, click "Skip this Step."
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6. 5. If you allow LinkedIn to search your E-mail account you'll get this screen.
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7. 6. You’re Almost Done section
Now you can enter any E-mail addresses of people you want to invite to connect on LinkedIn.
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8. 7. Your Account is Set up – Choose Your Plan Level section
LinkedIn will try to sell you a premium account. To get started, choose the free basic account.
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9. 8. LinkedIn will ask again for your E-mail address to check for contacts.
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10. 9. OMG, they found a contact in 88surferdude88@gmail.com's address book! Click on "Send Invitations" if you want to
send an invitation (or invitations) to the contacts LinkedIn finds.
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11. 10. Here an invitation has been sent to Steven Scharf from Surfer Dude.
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12. 11. Begin editing your profile. Keep in mind your profile is your public face. You may update your profile at any time. It
is suggested that your profile be a snapshot of information on your resume; it should not be your resume. You want
people to contact you for more information.
Once you have set-up your profile, you may wish to attend the following ProMatch workshops which the Networking
Team facilitates. Look for the sign-up sheets in the ProMatch Huddle…..
 LinkedIn In-depth
 Social Media
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