LinkedIn is always slightly different from other social media due to its business nature. And knows some useful features that you may not have known existed. Several good options for LinkedIn have recently been added, which you can also reap the benefits of with a free account. Did you already know this one?
Let us know how you pronounce your name
In addition to the approach (i.e. he/him, she/her, you/them or some other form), LinkedIn has added a speech tool to the mobile app, which allows you to speak your name. This way you make it easier for people to address you in the right way.
The feature is not available in the desktop version, but if you go to your profile in the app and tap edit, you can Add pronunciation name allow the app to access your microphone and speak your name. This is displayed with a small icon next to your name so that people can hear what they might call you at a job interview or at a networking event, for example.
Merging multiple profiles
Maybe in your spare time you started with photography and therefore you had a photography profile and a profile for your daily work. However, if at some point shooting has taken over, then you may just want to continue with that profile. It is possible on almost no other social medium, but LinkedIn allows you to merge profiles. That way you don’t have to throw away your profile and followers.
This function can be found when you are in your own profile, tap the gear at the top right and then below Account management taps Merge accounts†Keep in mind that endorsements, skills and posts don’t move with you.
Create a post containing a poll
Some business questions really don’t fit on other social media, making it a late addition, but a welcome one. For example, you can ask questions about hybrid working, but also what, according to your followers, should be included in a vacancy. Salary? Something personal from the team members? These are all things that you can well ask with the help of a poll.
The nice thing is that people who complete the poll can also see how the standings are, so that others can also learn from it. In Dutch this option is called Odraw up poll and you will find it under the plus of new post add.
Start a live video
One of the most successful launches of recent times is LinkedIn’s live videos. At the same time, it is typical of a trend that we see more often in social media: there is a lot of copying. You can also go ‘live’ on (including) Instagram, where you are immediately live and where followers can ask questions and respond to what you say. It may not be original, but LinkedIn scores enormously with it.
The live videos make it easier for marketing teams to engage with the community. Where these kinds of live sessions on many other social media disappear automatically, a recording of your live video remains on your profile. You can choose to remove it, but as long as you do not choose this, it will be in a fairly prominent place on your profile.
Save interesting posts
Don’t have much time left and see a post you’d like to read? You can now easily save them by tapping the three dots at the top right of a post. It is then possible to save a post. You can then find that post under Saved Posts and remove them again if necessary. If the author of the post deletes it, he will no longer be found in the saved items.
This can also be used, for example, by keeping track of certain innovations of your employer.
Stories only for Premium
At the moment, the biggest new – but copied – possibility within the social medium is that you can create Stories such as on Snapchat and Instagram. This allows you to update your followers and create a post exactly like in Instagram Stories. However, this option is currently only available to people with LinkedIn Premium, the paid subscription form of the business social medium, so we do not mention this above.
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