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As we are in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, online networking has never been more important to stay top of mind and build connections.

There are three essential building blocks of LinkedIn – your profile, your connections and your interaction on the platform. I find that many professionals focus on the first one – creating a strong profile, but they don’t take it to the next level by strategically building their network (meaning sending and accepting connection requests) and maintaining a consistent presence through liking, commenting and sharing posts.

Here are some ways you can fire on all cylinders when it comes to strengthening your LinkedIn presence. Remember that LinkedIn is where business professionals gather, do research and look for information especially now.

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While we all have to do our part by staying apart physically, online networking and content marketing are tools that every professional and company should use to market themselves (in an appropriate way) and their company. The worst thing you can do is to do nothing right now. We will all be relying on social media more than ever before in the foreseeable future, so it would be wise to embrace it now.

The most important question you should ask yourself right now is “how can we support our clients and our profession during this time”? Let that be your guiding light.

Here are some ways you can build relationships during the era of social distancing and quarantining. They just require a more human and online touch.

Referrals

You may not always have a steady stream of referrals to give out to your referral sources, and here’s what to do when you feel stressed out about that.

Here’s a great article by Sue-Ella Prodovonich on referrals and how to pay them back when you can’t refer them work at that time.

As she says, “referrals are the lifeblood of most professional services firms.” Think about idea of mutual reciprocity and being helpful. Invest in your relationships in a way that provides something of value to them and you will strengthen the relationship until you can make an introduction that may lead to a referral. Remember that referrals are never guaranteed – but you can certainly make connections and go out of your way to help people. No one forgets when someone goes above and beyond for them. Read on for Sue-Ella’s tips. 

Glassdoor

One of my clients forwarded me an email from a company purporting to be able to “fix” negative Glassdoor reviews. I sent her an explanation in response and wanted to…

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In what is a major game changer on LinkedIn, the platform has rolled out its new Events option to all company pages as part of its efforts to assist companies dealing with the impact of COVID-19.

With so many in-person industry events and conferences either canceled or postponed as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the new LinkedIn Events feature is helpful to find meaningful ways to connect and promote virtual events to your followers, such as meetups, coffee breaks, happy hours, CLE programs or webinars.

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It’s never been more important to use LinkedIn regularly as we are now exclusively having to network online and conduct most of our social lives and business by video conference, email and phone during the COVID19 outbreak.

So what can you do right now to build your brand and business during this uncertain time? The answer is to regularly use LinkedIn.