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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 The New Way to Market Jul 19, 2009
By Sharon Drew Morgen
"Sales Visionary"
Jan's book was very, very helpful to me in my own book launch. I did what he told me to do, and within 2 weeks went from 136 Linked In connections to almost 1000; I got a speaking engagement, 2 prospects, and several conversations with potential partners. And I haven't even finished contacting my new 'friends' who wrote me notes.
This book is an important addition to the field. Sure, it could have used a bit of editing. But the information is so powerful, so simple, so 'spot on' that I can easily overlook any imperfections. This is a must read for everyone who plans on using social networking for business.
Sharon Drew Morgen, author NYTimes Bestseller "Selling with Integrity"
27 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Good guide, overly repetitive Sep 10, 2009
By Business Reader
"John"
Jan Vermeiren offers numerous good tips for more effectively using LinkedIn. I was disappointed that none of these tips seemed all that extraordinary, even for a relative new user like me. What disappointed me most were the "Advanced Strategies" for different scenarios. At least four times (almost verbatim) he repeats essentially the same strategies: join groups, increase recommendations, create alerts etc. I also agree with an earlier reviewer that Mr. Vermeiren needed a better editor to improve the book's readability.
24 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Best Advanced LinkedIn Book Todate May 02, 2009
By Dave Carpenter
"Peak Performance Scholar"
I am a huge fan of LinkedIn and believe it is an awesome business tool. As a result, I devour every book published on the subject. Author Jan Vermeiren's new book goes to the top of my list of most useful books on LinkedIn.
As the author points out, his book is not intended to be a primer. It is purposely void of the step-by-step instructions on how to build one's profile. Instead the book is focused on ways that users can leverage the power of LinkedIn.
Although the focus of the book is advanced techniques, I was pleased to see that the author started with the fundamentals of effective networking or connecting. And, I loved that his fundamentals emphasized giving before receiving, a concept that I have long believed is critical to effective networking but is so often overlooked by so many.
I especially liked that the author has set up free tools for staying current with the rapid pace of change with LinkedIn.
Proof of the value of the book, at least for me, is that I got an implementable idea -- for a new group program I am launching -- directly from a recommendation made by the author. And, the idea is huge for my business.
Jan Vermeiren, I now owe you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Good tips for networking on LinkedIn Apr 27, 2009
By A. Foltz
This book is about what you would expect. It gives a good overview of the functions and how-to for LinkedIn if you are unexperienced, but then further gives strategies for experienced users to grow your connections. It has some good networking tips that would be useful not just on LinkedIn. It's pretty brief, I read the whole thing on a plane in about 4 hours, and you can kind of skim it and refer back to it as needed when you are sitting in front of your computer. Overall, I'd say it was worth the cost.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
A very important book Jul 31, 2009
By Reg Nordman
"(K)nights on the Road"
www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com The author has done a very very good job with this book. I have used LinkedIn for several years and felt pretty competent with it, but this chap has identified so many tools and tips on using it I feel like a newby all over. Such tips as keeping up with one tool for all your social networks (Hellotxt), using LinkedIn as a steroid fueled people finder, job finder, to increase networking, locating new suppliers or partners, he pretty well covers them all. His comments on using Groups is worht the price of the book alone. I installed the LinkedIN Outlook toolbar and was amazed at the capabilities now in the tool, (especially good in keeping Outlook contact data up to date, goodby Plaxo!) The firefox toolbar also has some hidden gems wrto extracting contact info from websites. If you job/career requires maintaining a good network, this is a must read and implement book. Google finds information, LinkeIn finds people.
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