I think one of the biggest mistakes is treating LinkedIn like a place to constantly promote urself. People r more likely to engage with someone who shares useful insights, experiences, or lessons instead of only posting sales pitches. Building genuine connections first usually leads to better opportuniities in the long run.
what is the biggest mistake people make on linkedln?
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I feel that the worst thing people do with LinkedIn is use it as a billboard rather than for networking. Individiuals tend to share things only when they require something or for their own benefit without contributing anything for the other person.
giggleframe
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i think the biggest mistake is trying to look perfect instead of being genuine. People connect more with real experiences, lessons learned, and honest conversatiions than with constant self promotion. LinkedIn works best when u focus on building trust not just collecting views or connections.
From my experience, I believe that one of the greatest errors that many people make is considering LinkedIn as just a self-promoting platform. People can be more succeessful in getting what they want by building up their relationship and engaging other people before having anythg to offer.
ProxyLution
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The biggest mistake people make is failing to fully complete their profiles and focusing excessively on selling rather than building relationships
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Pitching their product/service before even making an effort to educate their customers in their business sector.
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biggest mistake is possibly over spamming and getting banned .