1. Hover over ‘more’ on your LinkedIn profile toolbar at the top.
2. Select companies.
3. Click on ‘Add A Company’ in the upper right.
4. LinkedIn will then take you to an area where you can add your company logo, type of industry and overview. Plus other information like number of employees, year founded, company website, etc.
5. Update as your company grows.

Part 3: Networking Using LinkedIn

Out of all the online social networking websites LinkedIn is considered the most professional. This is a network that you definitely want to be on. Individuals on LinkedIn are looking to network with other professionals and companies. How can you start making powerful connections right away with this platform?

Below I describe five strategies to network effectively using LinkedIn.

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4 Main points covered:

1. How to get in the social media game and use it to play with the big guys
2. Start using social media to brand yourself, your own business or the company you work for.
3. If you are looking for a job you can increase your chances of getting the job you want by using social media websites productively.
4. Cast your net huge! Get on the social media wave and make it a goal to expand yourself effectively in 2010!

Here is a video on how to create a screen shot and a custom twitter background.

How to send automatic one time direct messages (DM) to new followers on Twitter.

Before I go into how to set up an automatic DM, I’d like to share a few of my thoughts.

First, I do NOT believe in using this feature for sending people directly to sales pages, ads, videos, etc. NO ONE LIKES RECEIVING THESE! IT’S INCREDIBLY ANNOYING AND PEOPLE WILL BLOCK YOU.. INCLUDING ME. It’s called Twitter etiquette : )

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A glimpse at social media coming into 2010. A slide-show by DreamGrow.
Get prepared and start jumping on social media now!

Part 2: Networking Using Twitter

Why Twitter?  Believe it or not, your interests, desires, talents are actually important and interesting to others in the world.  Twitter limits you to 140 characters to express whatever you want through what is called a ‘tweet’. So why should I use this service? Read on…

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Part 1: Networking using Facebook

I still meet people who don’t understand why social media is important. They feel it is a huge waste of time and that the only real way to build these connections is through in person meetings and networking/social events. Though in-person meetings are a great way to network and should be the next step after connecting through social media sites, you are limiting yourself to your restricted area. The networking/social websites available to us takes this networking opportunity worldwide. We have the ‘world at our fingertips’ per say.

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Facebook recently added the feature to tag people, fan pages and events in your status updates. I wanted to share with you how to go about doing it and why it is useful.

1. Here is an example of a status update I recently did that tags people within it.

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