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I am going to share with you how you can get “super-connected” quickly and easily on Linkedin. Why is this important? Well, just like in real life…sometimes it is all in who you know. Once you are connected with someone on LinkedIn you are able to view up to 3 levels down from them. For those that are in your first group you can send email and communicate with them more easily.

In the 2nd and 3rd levels, you will need an introduction from someone in your 1st level or let me give you two tricks of the trade:

Tip #1: Call the contact directly.

If someone is at the 2nd or 3rd level, you can still view their name, title, and company they work for. For example, if someone has Sally Smith, Director of Human Resources at ACME Company in their network. You can simply call them up by name and tell them who you are and that you wanted to introduce yourself. Also take a minute to brag about the company and that you would like to get your info to her and see if there are any potential opportunities.

Tip #2: Email the contact directly at work.

Most of the time an email address is not going to be visible to you. By doing a little research you can usually find out the email pattern of any company online. Do a quick Google search and you will find the pattern.
Here is a sample email script that I would send (you can always come up with your own as well).

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Rick Telberg of CPATrendlines recently caught up with Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA, CITP, Executive Editor of The Progressive Accountant and asked him about his thoughts on Social Media and Public Accounting. Hear what he had to say by clicking play below:

So, what are your thoughts? Is social media a valid medium or should we categorize it as a time waster? Keep in mind that it wasn’t too long ago that people were discounting email and the uses of it in the business world.

I remember when I first got into recruiting there were several occasions when Controllers that I was speaking with did not have a business email address for me to email my contact information to them. Even worse, the “Recruiting Gurus” were telling Recruiters at the time to not email resumes but to fax resumes and then talk through the resume with the client or just call the client and talk through the resume without them even being able to view it in front of them.

Those same industry guru’s are now telling there recruiters to use email blasts, newsletters and set up Linkedin accounts.

3 Tips for Using Any Social Media Site

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I am going to share with you my last 4 reasons why you should grow an online network. If you missed reasons 1-6 you can either download the entire 30+ page Free ebook in the window to the right or you can find Reasons 1-6 here:

Reasons 1-3

Reasons 4-6

7. You can stay in touch with former colleagues.

This concept is very powerful. As you get further and further into

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