Social Media Etiquettes for Professionals : 5 Do’s & Don’ts
Being Employed have you ever wondered what are the Do’s and Don’ts of your social Media Presence?
Most often professionals are afraid of taking advantage of Business networks available in social Media.
This article can help you to demystify the use of social media to your career advantage.
1. How to handle connection Requests?
Be very specific in adding connections and whenever you get a connection request revert back with a personalised message to the requester.this will help you to move out of people hitting SPAM buttons.
2.Profile Picture
The way you see yourself is what the world sees you,being a professional avoid posting cranky pictures as your profile pictures and build a decent /needed profile .
Most business networks expect people to behave professionally all the time.
When you decide to change your profile now turn off notifications as your contacts may get irritated on frequent changes.
3.Build Relationships
- Social media is a great place to network,use the same effectively by frequent interactions and be bold to write to contacts who are on the upper ladder of your list.
- Open your contact list for others for easy and effective networking.
4.Way to Respond/Write Messages
- Do not send any spam messages and avoid forwarding unnecessary content in social media.
- Whenever you get messages be responsive and be prompt in replying to all the messages.
- Stay away from commenting or criticizing negatively about people.
5.Stay Truly Professional
- When you are professionally networking do not ask people to like your personnel post in Facebook or Twitter. You need to treat your professional pages like LinkedIn truly professional.
- Do not ask recommendations or reviews from people who you do not know, make proper networking.
This tips will enable you to get the most of being present in social media and can build your career quickly.
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Useful tips. And a must for those who are active in social media…