How to Use LinkedIn to Your Full Advantage

LinkedIn has grown into one of the premier social networking sites. However, unlike most other social sites, LinkedIn is designed to help professionals connect with other professionals.

In addition to the standard posting and communication tools, LinkedIn also offers several tools and features that enable a motivated business owner to stand out above the crowd. Here are a few of them to consider using to build your business and use LinkedIn to your full advantage.

Recommendations

According to LinkedIn, “Users with recommendations are three times as likely to get inquiries through LinkedIn searches.”

Ask anyone that you’re connected to on LinkedIn to recommend you and return the favor. Recommendations go a long way toward establishing your credibility as a business owner and industry expert.

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Answers

“Answers” is a special section within LinkedIn that allows people to post questions. When you answer questions that are relevant to your industry niche and experience, it helps establish you as a credible expert. And credibility, as you may well know, is a buying trigger. People buy from people they consider to be experts.

Profile

Recommendations are part of your profile. There are other essential ingredients to an eye catching profile. They include:

Awards – You can enhance your profile by using the “Add Sections” tab. Under that tab you have a list of about twenty enhanced profile options that you can add to your profile. Consider adding “Honors and Awards” along with “Publications” if you’re published, and certifications if it is relevant to your credibility and business.

Pictures – People are visual in nature and like to see what other people look like. It helps them forge a personal connection to you. Take a professional photo and add it to your profile.

Summary – Also in your profile you have the ability to include a summary. This is a great place to include a bit of copywriting. Promote your business by discussing what benefits you provide. What is your USP and how can you make your prospect’s life better? This shouldn’t be a hard sell but rather a nice summary of what makes your business great.

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One of the best ways to boost your LinkedIn advantage is of course to connect with many people on the site. The more people who connect with you, the more potential business opportunities you’ll come across. Each person you’re connected with also has their own connections, thus broadening your exposure.

Like any social networking site, create a goal for your LinkedIn activities and a plan to achieve that goal. Test and track your success and measure how LinkedIn helps grow your business.

 

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All about Green Beans

Walk down the vegetable aisle at any grocery store, and you have many choices of green beans. There are French cut, Italian style, green beans with potatoes and even just cut ones. Green beans are one of the favorite vegetables for a side dish to any meal. They grow on a vine and are usually green in color on the outside and have little beans on the inside. Some people call green beans pole beans.

Fresh green beans are sweeter in taste than canned ones. That is because when they are canned salt is added and takes away that sweet taste. If you walk down the produce aisle, you can just grab a handful and add them to your cart. Of course, the best green bean is the one you pick straight from the garden.
Beans have been grown in this country for a very long time. The Indians used to grow them in the fields with their corn.

When purchasing green beans, make sure they are green in color and not brown and speckled. Be sure to thoroughly wash them before cooking them. Also, a fresh green bean is usually very crisp. When you go to prepare them for cooking, snap off the ends and depending on size you might want to snap them in half. The beans should make a snapping sound when doing this, if they don’t they really aren’t very fresh.

Cooking beans doesn’t take very long. You can sauté them in some oil or you can steam them on the stove. Whichever way you choose to cook them, the beans should be sweet, bright green in color and crisp. After cooking them, the beans should maintain their color and shape and not be soft and wilted.
One of the best meals is some kind of meat, a potato and some green beans on the side. They can be used in stews, vegetable soup and even in a casserole. Green bean casserole is an easy dish to make and is wonderful during the holidays or at a family gathering.

Fresh beans don’t last much longer than just a week or two. Try to only purchase what you can use. But if your eyes overload your stomach, they can be blanched and stored in freezer bags after they dry to be used at a later date.
Green beans are a very healthy vegetable for everyone. They are full of protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C. They also don’t have many carbohydrates, so people with diabetes don’t have to worry about their blood sugar.

Even though the story of Jack and the Beanstalk doesn’t really tell you what kind of beans he bough. It’s nice to think he was making a conscious choice and went for the green ones.

Beauty is around me to be discovered and experienced.

Beauty is around me to be discovered and experienced.

As long as I allow myself to see the beauty that surrounds me, my life is enhanced a hundred-fold. Therefore I strive to release any negative thoughts and feelings that can blind me from this beauty.

Beauty abounds in my loved ones and my relationships with them. Each one has their own unique beauty unlike anyone else. I see this beauty in their smile, feel it in their caress, and hear it in their song of life.

They share their beauty in their hopes, dreams, and aspirations. I listen and am lifted up as I encourage them. When I feel down, they let their beauty shine through to bring me back up again.

I find beauty in everyday things – a wildflower lifting up its bloom through the rocky soil, the puppy that greets me with glee, the crystals of the morning dew, and the soft comfort of my bed at the end of the day.

Even humdrum routines bring a beauty of their own. When I get something done at work, it’s a beautiful thing! When I make a tasty dinner, that is beautiful also and I thoroughly enjoy it.

The moments of my life are filled with such beauty and I make it a point to take the time to discover and relish it for all it is worth! When I focus my thoughts on experiencing the beauty of the moment, I find that things almost always go my way!

Today, I choose to discover and cherish the beauty that comes with each moment of this wonderful day in my life.

Self-Reflection Questions:

1. Do I take time to stop and smell the roses?

2. What beauty shines through each of my loved ones?

3. When was the last time I noticed beauty in the little things I see every day?

I know what needs to get done to build momentum.

I know what needs to get done to build momentum.

When I want to build momentum toward achieving a goal, I know it all boils down to a single concept: “Plan my work and work my plan.” When I focus on this one thing, I can build unstoppable momentum!

The first step in the process is to take the time to make a plan that assures my success. When I know ahead of time that I will succeed, it lets me anticipate my success with joy.

How can I make a foolproof plan? I divide my goal into many small tasks that I know I can achieve. Each task is one step on my successful journey toward my goal. Then I schedule time in my planner to work toward my goal every day.

In order to build momentum quickly, I schedule some of the easy steps for the beginning of my day. This enables me to jump right in and achieve some successes almost immediately.

As I finish each step, I congratulate myself on this success. I let myself feel all the good feelings that success can bring, like happiness and the pride of accomplishment. I like to keep these good feelings coming, so I forge ahead excitedly to the next step.

One success leads to another and another, until I build a relentless momentum that brings me to victory!

If any negative thoughts of self-doubt threaten to slow my momentum, I simply replace them with a positive affirmation and keep right on going.

My challenges are met with a firm confidence that enables me to overcome them with ease.

Today, I intend to plan my work and work my plan, building momentum toward my success.

Self-Reflection Questions:

1. What is my plan of action steps for reaching my goal?
2. Have I scheduled time each day to work toward my goal?
3. Do I let challenges stop me?

When I want to build momentum toward achieving a goal, I know it all boils down to a single concept: “Plan my work and work my plan.” When I focus on this one thing, I can build unstoppable momentum!

The first step in the process is to take the time to make a plan that assures my success. When I know ahead of time that I will succeed, it lets me anticipate my success with joy.

How can I make a foolproof plan? I divide my goal into many small tasks that I know I can achieve. Each task is one step on my successful journey toward my goal. Then I schedule time in my planner to work toward my goal every day.

In order to build momentum quickly, I schedule some of the easy steps for the beginning of my day. This enables me to jump right in and achieve some successes almost immediately.

As I finish each step, I congratulate myself on this success. I let myself feel all the good feelings that success can bring, like happiness and the pride of accomplishment. I like to keep these good feelings coming, so I forge ahead excitedly to the next step.

One success leads to another and another, until I build a relentless momentum that brings me to victory!

If any negative thoughts of self-doubt threaten to slow my momentum, I simply replace them with a positive affirmation and keep right on going.

My challenges are met with a firm confidence that enables me to overcome them with ease.

Today, I intend to plan my work and work my plan, building momentum toward my success.

Self-Reflection Questions:

1. What is my plan of action steps for reaching my goal?

2. Have I scheduled time each day to work toward my goal?

3. Do I let challenges stop me?

I keep myself moving forward.

I keep myself moving forward.

I have many tools in my toolbox that I can use to keep myself heading toward my goals. The ones I use most often are my action plan success strategy, affirmations, self-reflection, and time management.

My action plan success strategy sets me up for victory. I take the time to divide my goals into small steps that I know will get me to my destination. In my plan, each task that I complete brings me one step closer toward the achievement of my goals.

Part of my strategy that keeps me motivated is that I celebrate every success, no matter how small. Every time I complete a task in my action plan, I reward myself. I allow myself to feel good about it and I look forward to completing the next task to continue my success.

Positive affirmations help keep me focused on my goals and banish thoughts of self-doubt. I repeat affirmations to myself at least twice each day and again each time I need a boost to my confidence.

Self-reflection also helps me move forward. When I reflect, I visualize living my dreams as if it’s happening in the present. I experience it with all my senses and feel the wonderful emotions of being there. It motivates me to make my dreams a priority.

Lastly, my time management skills bring everything together. I consciously put time in my schedule for making my action plan, working on my tasks every day, and reflecting about myself. Everything works together seamlessly with good time management!

Today, I plan to use my time effectively to keep myself moving forward toward my goal, allowing time for goal planning, completing action steps, and self-reflection.

Self-Reflection Questions:

1. Have I taken the time to create my plan of action steps?

2. Do I do something to work toward my goals every day?

3. What motivates me to do what is necessary to achieve my dreams?