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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 – whether you have a job or are looking for one.

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.

In this installment of Women Who Wow, which will be running all year long, learn more about Jennifer Dezso, the vice president at Acritas US. In her role, Jen handles business development plans and training, client feedback and satisfaction assessments, branding and awareness studies, product concept testing, market sizing analysis, setting performance metrics and benchmarks, identifying new market opportunities. She also presents and leads training on creating opportunities from market trends, developing action plans to grow client relationships, and developing business in the professional services world.

Learn more about her.

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Today’s LinkedIn tip (via video) is about the notifications section. This area gives you a treasure trove of useful information on job moves, work anniversaries and the accomplishments of your…

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My friend Jay Harrington recently published an article on what lawyers should be doing when it comes to content marketing and there were two points I wanted to highlight from his article that are so important in ensuring that your content has maximum impact and reach.