• Our classes feature an overstuffed agenda and extended time designed to focus on our students. Each session is different as it's driven YOUR interests, needs, and questions.
• Please check out or log in to the Webinar early to ensure you have no technical problems and are ready at the start of class.

NETWORKING

LINKEDIN

BUSINESS

E1: Online Networking for Dollars: Master LinkedIn - 1.5 hr $69 $39

Trust Marc Freedman and DallasBlue to give you the real deal and insider tips.

• You've heard the buzz about online networking. They say it's like having a Rolodex of tens of millions of people. But is it real?
• So you did it. You just created a LinkedIn account. Now what?
• You've had a social network account for a while. But it's not paying off. Should you give up?

Regardless of your experience level, learn how to make online networking work for you! Networking for Dollars covers the business side of online networking.

• Online culture. You can't master a service until you understand the people there and how they use it.
• Success stories. See how others profit from online networking so you can too.
• Business uses. How can businesses profit from online networks?
• Supercharged campaigns. Reach your goals by planning, developing, and executing a networking campaign. The class will follow a real-life example.

LINKEDIN

E2: 9 Dirty Little LinkedIn Secrets - 1.5 hr $69 $39

LinkedIn is the world's most powerful business network. But it's not the safe, antiseptic Disneyland the site would have you believe. Discover what actually happens when you have a party for 30 million people.

LinkedIn is full of contradictions and even violates its own policies. Customer information and support is virtually non-existent. Learn how it really works - who's truly there, how they're actually using it, what the real limits are, and much more, including tips and workarounds to deal with it.

Have you recently joined LinkedIn? Are you ready to build your connections? Do you know how to run powerful searches, the difference between connections and contacts, or how to get a list of all your connections?

This seminar takes you on a guided tour of the LinkedIn web site and explores the basic service in depth. You'll learn everything you'll need to know about the wonders ... and limitations ... of creating a profile, searches, Introductions, forwarding requests, groups, and more.

Once you know the basics it's time to make LinkedIn work for you. The seminar introduces you to advanced LinkedIn features to help you determine your networking and LinkedIn objectives. This drives how you use LinkedIn and interact with others.

Topics covered (depends on student interests and time available):

• Different types of accounts - Personal, Personal Plus, Business
• Different services and emails - connections, introductions, OpenLink, Groups, InMail, LinkedIn update, LinkedIn Answers
• Other topics like stationery, tools, software, and effective introductions.
• Issues such as automation vs. customization, open vs. closed forwarding and contacts, monks vs. libertines.

LINKEDIN

202: Optimized and Open (LION) LinkedIn Networking - 2 hr $99 $69

It's not just how big it is. It's what you do with it that matters.

You can have BOTH quantity and quality. Plus sometimes bigger IS better. Having more LinkedIn connections results in fewer people to bother with multiple requests, a larger overall network, and closer request recipients that get your requests quicker and a higher percentage of the time. But it comes at a cost.

This seminar looks at the pros and cons and helps you decide what type of networking is best for you. If you're a LION (open networker), we point you to open networker lists, show you how to differentiate the quality of your connections and how to effectively and ethically build thousands of connections.

CAREER

LINKEDIN

203: LinkedIn for Jobseekers - 2 hr $99 $69

75% of all jobs are not advertised. It's all about who you know. You're already working with friends and support groups to learn of job openings. Now supercharge your networking with LinkedIn and say hello to millions of new buddies.

LinkedIn for Jobseekers teaches you how to position your profile, build your network, make it easy for recruiters to find you, create a compelling networking product, develop an online jobhunting strategy, and write effective requests.

RECRUITING

LINKEDIN

204: LinkedIn for Recruiters & HR - 2 hr $99 $69

LinkedIn for Recruiters & HR is for recruiters, HR staff, hiring managers, and anyone seeking to find top candidates. LinkedIn is a huge database of 30 million executives and professionals. 50% of LinkedIn messages are job-related. Tens of thousands of recruiters are using LinkedIn to search and contact highly qualified candidates. Are you?

This session covers recruiter ethos, competition, sourcing, split billing, business accounts, blocked messages, recommended messages, LinkedIn Jobs postings, LinkedIn Answers, database integration, and marketing.

SALES

LINKEDIN

205: LinkedIn for Marketing & Sales - 2 hr $99 $49

LinkedIn is the marketer's and salesman's best friend. Nowhere else can you get a warm introduction at the highest levels of companies and organizations. Or even a direct contact to all 30 million business users. And it's free!

LinkedIn for Marketing & Sales is tailored for partnership, sales, and business development requests. Learn why it's good business to build your network. Class also covers how to make it easy for people to find and contact you, how to find and target contacts, and how to write requests that recipients accept.

NETWORKING

MARKETING

206: Branding & Marketing - 2 hr $99 $49

Online networks and LinkedIn are only tools. It's how you use it that counts. And it's what people see that matters. LinkedIn has 30 million profiles. Its huge size makes it more critical than ever that you stand out in the crowd. Whether you seek customers, add connections, search for staff, or network for a new job, YOU want to be the one people remember. Companies brand, products brand, celebrities brand, athletes brand. Now you can too.

As time permits, we'll discuss strategies for MySpace and Facebook as well.

NETWORKING

BUSINESS

301:
Creating a Networking Business - 2.5 hr $149 $99

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