- In the lower-right corner of the post you want to share, click the Send symbol.
- In the New message pop-up window, type and choose the recipient’s name(s).
- You can also type a message in the “Write message” field.
- Send the message.
FAQs
The followers setting should be set to Everyone in your privacy settings, under Blocking and Hiding. Note that even if you’ve blocked a LinkedIn user, they may still be able to access Public posts that surface outside of the LinkedIn network.
You can use the share box at the top of the LinkedIn homepage to post and share material. Use To see more sharing choices, start a post from the primary share box on the LinkedIn desktop experience. Activate to see a bigger version of the image. To share a post, use Start a post.
Yes, leaving a comment takes considerably more effort than hitting the Share button, but it pays off handsomely. Because posts are ranked by what the LinkedIn algorithm considers to be the most relevant, adding useful, thought-provoking feedback can help the post rise to the top of the list.
Find the post you’d want to share and click the Share button in the bottom-right corner. Select Share now from the pop-up option if you want to share the post right away, or Share to News Feed if you want more control, including the chance to add descriptive language to the article you shared.
When you share something, you can see how many likes or comments it receives, but you won’t be able to see how many views it gets. For example, if your employees share content from your LinkedIn Page, you won’t be able to monitor how many people have seen it.
Although there is no one-size-fits-all approach, marketers have had success publishing on LinkedIn Tuesday through Thursday, often between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., depending on your time zone. Weekends and outside of business hours, which are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., are the worst times to post.
Share now (Friends): Publishes the post to your timeline without any additional text. Share to News Feed: This option opens the post in a new tab, allowing you to add more text to your message. Send in Messenger: Opens the post in a Messenger window, allowing you to share with a specific friend or group of friends.
When you change your post to include an external link, the saved version will show the link precisely as you inserted it. Great. But hold on a second. You’ll see that the link has been shortened to use LinkedIn’s short URL format, lnkd.in, if you return to the article a few minutes later.
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