Chapter 3: What Goes Around: Giving and Getting Recommendations

 

 

 

Your profile is your work of art, your Mona Lisa, your David statue, your Sistine Chapel ceiling. Everything on it has been placed there by you to build your brand as the go-to person in your field, the expert unequaled in the modern world.

Everything was created by you, except one important section that can help determine your success on LinkedIn: Recommendations.

Recommendations are proof that you are as good as you say you are in your profile. Fortunately, LinkedIn gives you the chance to get recommendations from a wide variety of people, so you’ll never be at a loss for testimonials to add to your profile to create what has become so crucial in today’s transparent Internet ...

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