A practical starting point for LinkedIn

Find relevant people, explain your work and build a routine you can sustain.

1. Check whether the audience fits

List the organisations and roles you want to know. Check whether those people are active and whether there is a useful reason to connect. LinkedIn is one channel alongside referrals, events, search and existing relationships.

2. Make the profile useful

Explain your role, the work you deliver and where you operate. Add a relevant project and a clear contact route. Keep your company page accurate too; decide which profiles and pages to prioritise around the audience and who can contribute.

Use the profile checklist

3. Share useful experience

Start with a project constraint, a technical question or a lesson from work you actually delivered. Explain your contribution. Use approved facts and images; a simple useful explanation is better than an impressive invented outcome.

4. Build familiarity

Read relevant posts and add something specific when you have experience to contribute. Introduce yourself with context. Do not assume every connection is a lead or every reply means someone has a live requirement.

5. Keep track of the next step

Record relevant replies and actions. Follow up when the context makes it useful and respect a lack of interest. Keep enquiries, tender invitations and work won separate from visibility measures.

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