Your LinkedIn Settings – Getting Familiar with Them

GETTNG FAMILIAR WITH YOUR LINKEDIN SETTINGS
When Getting familiar with your settings will definitely pay off.  They are located in the top right hand cornder of your LinkedIn profile under your picture
Here is what you will see :

Donna Willon Member since: January 3, 2004 (can you belive it – 2004)

  • PRIMARY EMAIL Change
    donna@focusednetworking.com
    donna@focusednetworking.com
  • PASSWORD Change — This is the area where you can change your password

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    Show more items Show fewer items Profile – Privacy Controls who can see what information, change your photo and visibility – uncheck the box when you go to upgrade Settings manage twitting settings and manager recommendations Email Preferences — frequencies.- choose how frequently you receive Groups, Companies & Applications Account Profile
    PRIVACY CONTROLS Turn on/off your activity broadcasts uncheck the box when you make changes so peope don’t see them all Select who can see your activity feed Select what others see when you’ve viewed their profile Select who can see your connections Change your profile photo & visibility » Show/hide “Viewers of this profile also viewed” box
    SETTINGS Manage your Twitter settings
    HELPFUL LINKS Edit your name, location & industry » Edit your profile » Edit your public profile » Manage your recommendations »
    Email Preferences
    EMAILS Select the types of messages you’re willing to receive Set the frequency of emails Select who can send you invitations Set the frequency of group digest emails
    LINKEDIN COMMUNICATIONS Turn on/off LinkedIn announcements Turn on/off invitations to participate in research Turn on/off partner InMail Groups, Companies & Applications
    GROUPS Select your group display order » View your groups » Set the frequency of group digest emails how often do you want group updates/emails Turn on/off group invitations
    COMPANIES
    View companies you’re following »
    APPLICATIONS View your applications » Add applications »
    PRIVACY CONTROLS Turn on/off data sharing with 3rd party applications Manage settings for LinkedIn plugins on third-party sites Account
    PRIVACY CONTROLS Manage Advertising Preferences
    SETTINGS Change your profile photo & visibility » do you have a good professional photo up – first impressions count. Show/hide profile photos of other members Customize the updates you see on your home page Select your language
    EMAIL & PASSWORD Add & change email addresses add your additional emails incase you have a duplicate account – you can access it then and delete it. Change password
    HELPFUL LINKS Upgrade your account » Close your account » Get LinkedIn content in an RSS feed »
    Review your Settings it will pay off and save you agrivation of too many emails as well as make it easy to up-date the various areas
    If you need help with your LinkedIn profile or how to use it more effectily I train on this one on one – computer to computer as well as for companies.
    Contact me if you would like some help
    Donna Willon
    Focused Networking
    604-328-2290
    donna@focusednetworking.com
    www.focusednetworking.com

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