How to Post a LinkedIn Status Update

Not sure what a #LinkedIn status update is, how to post a LinkedIn status update, or why you should post frequent (at least once a week) status updates? Watch this video.

If you prefer to read rather than watch the video, here are the instructions:

• Go to your home page. Simply click on that IN logo that's in the upper left hand corner.
• You're going to see right at the top it says, "Share an article, photo, video or idea." This is the area to post a status update. You can share with your network something that you're working on, an event that you've attended, an article that you've read, etc.

You can simply post something in that box, but there are other ways you can keep yourself at the top of your network list.

• Engage with content that's been shared on your homepage by your network connections. These interactions then appear in your homepage feed, the same way a status update would.
• By hitting "like," replying to add a comment of five words or more, or clicking to share, you're going to do a few things. One, you're helping to create some great engagement for your connections on their timelines. Two, your engagement serves as an alternative as a status update.

• On my LinkedIn homepage, I see a status update by Steve Grigorian who announces that he's taking the helm and the leadership role at the Detroit Economic Club. On this post, he has 147 likes and 51 comments. When someone comment with five words or more, it helps to keep those status updates at their top of their LinkedIn homepage.

In the video, I show you some recent status updates I've posted on my LinkedIn using a few other network engagement techniques. One way is by tagging other individuals on LinkedIn. Another is by sharing photos.

• In one status update, I tag networking superstar Terry Bean after he and I met in person. His advice to me was that "if you don't ask for the yes, there is nothing for them to say yes to." He's giving me some advice on getting in the field of consulting and he was giving me some advice about how to approach working with clients. To date, that post received 40 likes and 3 comments, and 3,093 views.

• In another post, I shared pictures from an event where I was on a panel as a guest of Jocelyn Giangrande, whom I tagged tagged in that post. I also tagged Deborah Young and MiVida Burrus, who also appeared in photos at the event. To date, I've received 1,400 views, 41 likes, and 7 comments.

THE RESULTS

In the last 90 or so days, I've had about 1,500 views of my profile. My last post had about 170 views, and I've appeared in search results, in 256 searches in the past week.

So you can see that posting status updates, keeping top of mind for your network, and/or tagging individuals, and posting videos in a post are all going to help with your LinkedIn success.

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Check out these and other related LinkedIn blogs:

• Your LinkedIn Dashboard https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/your-linkedin-dashboard-what-does-mean-why-should-you-brenda/
• How to Use LinkedIn for Marketing / Advertising https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-use-linkedin-marketing-advertising-brenda-meller-zawacki-/
• How to Create a Company Page on LinkedIn https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/how-create-company-page-linkedin-brenda-meller-zawacki-/

Need some help understanding how to expand the use of LinkedIn for your organization? Contact me. I love helping professionals and organizations, through LinkedIn coaching, project work, and team training. You can also visit Meller Marketing on LinkedIn or www.mellermarketing.com to learn more.