Comments on: Hey, What Is A KeyWord Anyway? http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/ Creating successful career marketing strategies for everyone! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:42:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Julie Walraven http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Julie Walraven Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:36:13 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=1286#comment-1432 Thank you, Karen! Interesting tip on the profile pic, I hadn't heard that one before. Thanks for stopping by! Thank you, Karen! Interesting tip on the profile pic, I hadn’t heard that one before. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Karen http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-1431 Karen Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:26:27 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=1286#comment-1431 Great post, Julie. :-) Love the example you presented here. Just last week I read about some tips on how keywords could also be incorporated in your Twitter account as well...the best tip I read was to also make your profile pic searchable just by changing the name of the file to the keyword you want to be classified under. I thought that was genius! (@DrivinMedia was behind that brilliant post). Karen, The Resume Chick (you can also find me on Google or Twitter) Great post, Julie. :-) Love the example you presented here. Just last week I read about some tips on how keywords could also be incorporated in your Twitter account as well…the best tip I read was to also make your profile pic searchable just by changing the name of the file to the keyword you want to be classified under. I thought that was genius! (@DrivinMedia was behind that brilliant post).

Karen, The Resume Chick (you can also find me on Google or Twitter)

]]> By: Julie Walraven http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Julie Walraven Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:24:38 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=1286#comment-1430 Excellent advice, Peter and I appreciate your comment! I add keywords to LinkedIn Profiles all the time for my clients but I have never searched LI using keywords. Nice to see you here. I saw your good work on Jason Alba's LinkedIn headline post last week. Hope you are also getting involved with #HireFriday, I bet Margo would appreciate your help with her effort too. Blessings! Excellent advice, Peter and I appreciate your comment! I add keywords to LinkedIn Profiles all the time for my clients but I have never searched LI using keywords. Nice to see you here. I saw your good work on Jason Alba’s LinkedIn headline post last week. Hope you are also getting involved with #HireFriday, I bet Margo would appreciate your help with her effort too.

Blessings!

]]> By: Peter Osborne http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Peter Osborne Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:16:59 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=1286#comment-1429 I apologize if this is a repeat submission. Computer is acting a bit jumpy this morning. Effectively using keywords is a great way for job seekers and consultants to raise their visibility with people who use the LinkedIn Search functionality. To see where you rank, plug your keyword in (preferably one at a time). The first person there is likely to be the person who uses the keyword the most. Pull up his or her profile and count the uses. Then scroll through the pages until you find yours. That will tell you what you need to do to move up. There are lots of places you can add your keyword (as long as it makes sense in context) -- Headline, Summary, Experience, Specialties. If you're asking people for Recommendations, you might also ask them to include your keywords. One additional tip: Think of yourself as the searcher. What words are they likely to use to find someone like you. This is a terrific, important topic and you did a great job on it, Julie. I'm also blogging all week on ways to strengthen your LinkedIn profile over on my site. Peter @consultantlaunc I apologize if this is a repeat submission. Computer is acting a bit jumpy this morning.

Effectively using keywords is a great way for job seekers and consultants to raise their visibility with people who use the LinkedIn Search functionality.

To see where you rank, plug your keyword in (preferably one at a time). The first person there is likely to be the person who uses the keyword the most. Pull up his or her profile and count the uses. Then scroll through the pages until you find yours. That will tell you what you need to do to move up. There are lots of places you can add your keyword (as long as it makes sense in context) — Headline, Summary, Experience, Specialties. If you’re asking people for Recommendations, you might also ask them to include your keywords.

One additional tip: Think of yourself as the searcher. What words are they likely to use to find someone like you.

This is a terrific, important topic and you did a great job on it, Julie. I’m also blogging all week on ways to strengthen your LinkedIn profile over on my site.

Peter
@consultantlaunc

]]> By: Julie Walraven http://designresumes.com/2010/02/hey-what-is-a-keyword-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 Julie Walraven Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:51:42 +0000 http://designresumes.com/?p=1286#comment-1428 Thanks, Ed! You came along a little late for this one. Now Melissa Cooley is the one who read my blog from the beginning to the end when she started blogging and surprised me totally. You are amazing me by the speed you are moving along all over social media. You GO, ED! :-) Thanks, Ed! You came along a little late for this one. Now Melissa Cooley is the one who read my blog from the beginning to the end when she started blogging and surprised me totally.

You are amazing me by the speed you are moving along all over social media. You GO, ED! :-)

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