{"id":7160,"date":"2016-11-08T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T20:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=7160"},"modified":"2024-04-29T21:24:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T21:24:06","slug":"warning-protect-your-linkedin-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/warning-protect-your-linkedin-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Protect Your LinkedIn Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Issue #1071 Nov. 8, 2016<br \/>\nPublisher: Joan Stewart<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Tips, Tricks and Tools for Free Publicity&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>In This Issue<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Warning: Protect Your LinkedIn Profile<\/li>\n<li>How to Attract a Corporate Sponsor<\/li>\n<li>Learn to Use a Webcam for Publicity<\/li>\n<li>Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<blockquote><p><strong>This Week in the Hound House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My friends think I&#8217;m nuts when I tell them I waited until today to vote. Being there in person makes me feel more patriotic. I look at the other people in line and try to guess who they&#8217;re voting for. And I love pasting my red, white and blue &#8220;I voted&#8221; sticker to my lapel and leave it on until it falls off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">1. Warning: Protect Your LinkedIn Profile<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/LinkedIn-protect-your-profile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Any day now, you might go to your LinkedIn profile and see content you&#8217;ve worked so hard to create gone forever.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s pending purchase of LinkedIn for $26 billion means it wants a quick return on its investment. It might require you to upgrade to a paid account to use some of its free tools and features. Or it might yank some of your content without warning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wayne Breitbarth<\/strong>, who has been a guest on many Publicity Hound webinars, urges you to take several steps right now. His to-do list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Request a free archive of your data.<\/li>\n<li>Save and print a PDF of your profile.<\/li>\n<li>Print a copy of your profile and your company page using your browser print function.<\/li>\n<li>Import notes and tags from your regular LinkedIn account to Sales Navigator.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do all this in his article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerformula.net\/10841\/protect-now-linkedin-making-big-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Protect Yourself Now Because LinkedIn is Making Big Changes.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My tip to add to his list:<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know how to use <strong>LinkedIn&#8217;s Advance Search<\/strong> function, perhaps the most powerful tool on that site, learn NOW. Start searching for influential people, potential customers, and people with whom you want to connect. If you have a free account, you can save only three searches. Do it now. This free tool might be one of the first to disappear unless you pay.<\/p>\n<p>To do: Watch Wayne demonstrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sik1pu5deaU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;How to Use LinkedIn&#8217;s Advanced Search to Connect with Company Presidents and CEOs.&#8221;<\/a> If you have a question, ask it in the Comments.<\/p>\n<p>#linkedinprofile #linkedinchanges<\/p>\n<h3>2. How to Attract a Corporate Sponsor<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7168\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/media-sponsor.jpg\" alt=\"media-sponsor\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many companies and nonprofits are putting pricey ad campaigns on the chopping block and, instead, partnering with authors, speakers and entrepreneurs who can promote them.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer, for example, landed a sponsor&#8211;a Fortune 500 company whose software she used in her business. The company actually paid a top PR firm to get her publicity because she agreed to mention the software during her interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The result? Stories in <strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong> and <strong>Entrepreneur<\/strong> magazine. A win-win.<\/p>\n<p>Want to find out how the power of corporate and non-profit promotional partnerships might be able to help you?<\/p>\n<p>Join <strong>Steve Harrison <\/strong>this<strong> Thursday, Nov. 10, at 2 and 7 p.m. Eastern<\/strong>, for a free 75-minute web class. You&#8217;ll meet a woman who has mastered arranging corporate sponsorships with companies like Bank of America, Walmart, IBM, Epson, Walls Fargo, FedEx, Microsoft, Verizon and more.<\/p>\n<p>To do: Register for the free class and discover <a href=\"http:\/\/howtogetsponsors.com\/thursdaywebinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Top 5 Ways to Attract Corporate Sponsors Even if You&#8217;re Just Starting Out.&#8221;<\/a> (This is an affiliate link.)<\/p>\n<p>#corporatesponsor #getacorporatesponsor<\/p>\n<h3>3. Learn to Use a Webcam for Publicity<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Webcam-Savvy-Ebook.jpg\" width=\"175\" height=\"263\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After I wrote about techie tools for publicity last week, Publicity Hound <strong>Clarence Jones<\/strong> emailed and said it inspired him to update his ebook on how to use a webcam to get publicity.<\/p>\n<p>Clarence is an award-winning TV and print investigative reporter. You can download his book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/677247\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Webcam Savvy For the Job or the News&#8221;<\/a> for a paltry $1.49 on Shashwords.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like webcam video, he says, it probably isn&#8217;t the webcam. It&#8217;s that you don&#8217;t know how to use it.<\/p>\n<p>I also discovered more great tips on how to ensure clear audio on your telephone if you&#8217;re doing an interview, courtesy of Simon Owens, a former journalist. Find it all in the updated blog post You can read the up<\/p>\n<p>To: Find all this in the update blog post <a href=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/techie-tools-for-free-publicity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;5 Must-have Techie Tools if You Want Free Publicity.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#webcamtips #livecamera #videotips<\/p>\n<h3>4. Hound\u00a0Video\u00a0of the Week<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7164 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/Puppy-Wakes-Up-to-Favorite-Song-and-Sings-Along.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>his sleepy puppy is perfectly happy to nap through most of the songs playing on the radio, but when he hears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ezz2NqvlORY&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLet It Go,\u201d<\/a> he just has to wake up and sing along! You&#8217;ll love the ending.<\/p>\n[Tweet &#8220;RT @PublicityHound #PublicityTips &#8211;Warning: Protect Your LinkedIn Profile #LinkedIn #webcamtips&#8221;]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>The Publicity Hound&#8217;s Tips of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>&#8211; Issue #1071 Nov. 8, 2016<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Warning: Protect Your LinkedIn Profile<\/li>\n<li>How to Attract a Corporate Sponsor<\/li>\n<li>Learn to Use a Webcam for Publicity<\/li>\n<li>Hound Video of the Week<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/tips\/?p=7160\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/tips-of-the-week\/warning-protect-your-linkedin-profile\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rmlink\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48,248],"class_list":{"0":"post-7160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips-of-the-week","8":"tag-linkedin","9":"tag-video-tips","10":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}