How to Write Awesome LinkedIn Recommendations

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Chris Brogan, recommends you give as much as you can, to receive. It is a two way street. Never be afraid to ask, from people that have seen your presentations or projects or likewise. What I have found that works is by writing intelligent LinkedIn recommendations I will receive them back.

I compare writing a LinkedIn recommendation to crafting an Amazon product review. As a consumer, I use it to research whether the product is reliable and the delivery of its promises. I want to know specifics like how long you have had russia phone number library it for and, how it helped alleviate some of their daily chores. I pay no credence to reviews that say “It is great, would recommend” or “it was cheap.” To compare, this is equivalent to saying “Hardworking, nice coworker”. That does not tell me anything about you.

Here are three steps to writing an awesome LinkedIn recommendation:

1) Be specific. The more specific you are the more credibility your review would have. It is all in the little details. Details build context and trust.

IE: First saw Chris’s presentation on Generational Motivational Differences in the Workplace at CMS Summit 2012. Since then, he has been a feature presenter at some of the biggest conference like….

2) Focus on the results. Were they effective on delivering what they promised?

IE Effective presenter that can clearly translate what otherwise would be a very technical and boring topic to being fully engaging. He delivered different viewpoints that I would not have otherwise have thought of.