People often ask me. How do you get in the top 1% viewed profile with more than 5000 valuable contacts? You must spend a lot of time?

I spend only few minutes a day to achieve that! Even if my 10 secrets were and are still on my profile, I am sharing 'em with you on that post.







Here is how you can do it :



1-Always send a invitation when somebody visit your profile;

Some people, like me, are using widgets are any other tools to visit people that have interest alike. These widgets, will sometimes send invitations to 2nd level contacts but will only visits the 3rd level contacts. If you check who has visited your profile, you can benefit from that and believe me, that is far from being uncommon...



2-Add several keywords in the interest section (e.g. BigData, Data science, Data mining, etc.);

Indeed, people, like me, are often searching their prospects are future contacts with hashtags keywords.

For instance, I make sure, to check people' profile that have either contacts or knowledge regarding Big Data and data science.



3-Add your interest to be part in a networking group in your title (e.g. All invites, Lion, open networking,etc.)

In my title, I mention : MBA e-commerce, Master degree in IT management, Ph.D (candidate). I also mention my website, that I am interested to be part of lions and open networking groups. All invites simply means that I never refuse a contact. I believe in networking and I know the power of it. For instance, depending of my needs, I filter my contacts to search the right people. CEOs, lawyers, accountants, Lion open networkers, plumbers, etc....Name them, I have all of them and within a minute, I can get in touch with them.



4-Be part of very active group (those that have several post per day)

Some groups, even if they are very interesting, are not very active. I visit them but I only add to my limited 50 groups criteria, only very active groups in witch, I can participate. I do not find any interest personally to add a famous group, if I cannot be interactive with it. I'll rather receive their RSS threads...







5-Always send a “thank you email” after e new contact (your network will keep in touch with you)

Show your recognition to your contacts. I always send an introduction email after a “thank you for having me in your network” email. I also make sure, on my daily routine, that I look for birthdays. It takes seconds and shows to your valuable contacts, that you care about them. We all need recognition, love, appreciation, etc. Do not take for granted that people with high position will not be touched by a birthday email. Believe me, I receive almost every day nice feedbacks from CEOs regarding that...



6-Visit 2nd and 3rd contacts of your contacts (those that have endorsed you)

This is how I do it. I go in my endorsements section, click on any on my valuable contacts and visit their profile. Then, in her or his endorsements section, I click on any of her or his 2nd and 3rd contacts. (this is, of course assuming that this contact will be interesting for me.). Some on, so forth.

Again, some people use widgets to do that, but I prefer to look personally to profiles. It takes only few minutes and I make sure that this person and I, share something in common...









7-Share and participate on a regular basis on your groups.

It you are not visible on any social media, you will not get attention. Using the update menu in LinkedIn, you can in a minute repost your blogs, Pulse, advertisings, etc.



8-Share or even better, post on Pulse publications showing your interest, skills, etc.

Like this very post, for instance. (｡◕‿◕｡)

Or any other of my previous ones : https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/1074448









9-Post the publications of your best contacts (those witch whom you exchange on a regular basis)

This will show your contacts, that you again care about them but moreover, you agree on a certain point of view regarding her or his post. Most of the times, by retargeting their publications, they will reciprocate that favor. Again, you're gonna get more views...



10-Change your profile often (Your posts, your blog, add picture of your work, etc.)

Make sure that people get something by visiting your profile regularly. Some people change their picture. I personally, add stuff to my sections on my profile. In all cases, there must be a plus-value going to check your profile. I am undoubtedly convinced, that some people only come to my profile to check my contacts to expand their network. Fare enough for me...

Dominique Loyer