Thursday, October 1, 2009

Search tip: LinkedIn

One purpose of this blog is to help you search more effectively. Today's search tip: a quick way to search for a LinkedIn profile without taking the time to sign in to LinkedIn.

When you read an article by a desulfurization expert and you would like to contact the author for more information, the first step, of course, is to see if there is contact information within the article.

Occasionally, contact information is absent. In that case, you need to do a little research to find a way to contact the author.

Here is a search tip … if you Google® using LinkedIn as a keyword, followed by the author’s name, you will be able to determine quickly if the author has a LinkedIn profile, which gets you a step closer to contact information.

For example, if you did not have contact information for me, you could use the following search string …

Linkedin “jean steinhardt”

The result would be …

Jean Steinhardt - LinkedInView Jean Steinhardt's professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Jean Steinhardt ...
www.linkedin.com/pub/jean-steinhardt/12/421/870

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