A box of books arrived at my door – my copies of the new Second Edition of LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers. All of the work on a book project finally seems real and tangible when you get the box of books and hold one in your hands.
Allison Shields and I wrote the original LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers about a year-and-a-half ago. Then we wrote Facebook in One Hour for Lawyers, which debuted about a year ago. We didn’t expect that we’d be writing a second edition so soon, but the massive interface and layout changes and feature updates at LinkedIn and the overwhelmingly positive response we got to the book pushed up our target for preparing a new edition.
LinkedIn’s changes continued all through the writing of the new book this summer and took a lot more work than we expected just to keep up with the changes. We also had the chance to incorporate some of our new ideas on LinkedIn, materials from articles and presentations we’ve given, practical tips and techniques Allison uses when she does training on LinkedIn, and discussion of new features.
In other words, the Second Edition of LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers is a major update and we’re proud of the new version.
Among other things, you’ll find:
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All new illustrations, reflection the major interface changes.
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Discussion of new features like Endorsements and a reconsideration of the use of Premium Accounts.
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Updated material on Company Pages, Ethics, Ads, Mobile Apps and Privacy Settings.
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Our best new practical ideas and tips for using LinkedIn in effective ways.
The book continues to focus on ten “lessons,” provides more detail on some advanced topics like ethics, and includes a generous helping of our favorite 60 LinkedIn tips.
Here’s the description of the new edition from the ABA’s Web Store:
Since the first edition of LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers was published, LinkedIn has added almost 100 million users, and more and more lawyers are using the platform on a regular basis. Now, this bestselling ABA book has been fully revised and updated to reflect significant changes to LinkedIn’s layout and functionality made through 2013. LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers, Second Edition, will help lawyers make the most of their online professional networking. In just one hour, you will learn to:
Set up a LinkedIn account
Create a robust, dynamic profile–and take advantage of new multimedia options
Build your connections
Get up to speed on new features such as Endorsements, Influencers, Contacts, and Channels
Enhance your Company Page with new functionality
Use search tools to enhance your network
Monitor your network with ease
Optimize your settings for privacy concerns
Use LinkedIn effectively in the hiring process
Develop a LinkedIn strategy to grow your legal network
As I write this, the book is still available with a 15% pre-order discount. Since we’ve received our author copies already, I’m going to suggest that you act quickly on the pre-order discount. There was a lot of interest in using the first edition in connection with training classes for lawyers in large firms and corporate law departments and we had that in mind when writing the second edition. If interested in that, please inquire about bulk discounts.
The order page is here.
Watch for news coming soon about a second book project.
On October 17, Allison and I will presenting a webinar called LinkedIn for Lawyers Reloaded, co-sponsored by ALI CLE and the ABA’s Law Practice Division.
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LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers (Second Edition), the new book from Allison Shields and me, is now available. Our previous book, Facebook in One Hour for Lawyers, is also available (iBook version here). Also still available, The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell.