The next step in creating a LinkedIn login is optional. You can start building your LinkedIn network by importing contacts from your email address book.
In order to start building contacts, you have the option to import email addresses during the LinkedIn login setup process. If you choose to take this optional step, LinkedIn will check to see if any of the email addresses in your address book belong to existing LinkedIn members. If they do, you'll have the option of inviting them to join your LinkedIn network. Doing this can give you a head start, but it's not required.
After you've finished providing your employment status and location information from the previous step in creating your loging, the See Who You Already Know on LinkedIn window displays.
The purpose of this window is to import contacts from your email address contacts to see if any of the email address you have stored match LinkedIn members. You can choose from:
If you chose Other a selection list becomes available in which you can select from many other email services for your contacts. In all cases, you'll need to log in to your email account so LinkedIn can fetch your stored email addresses from your address book.
Keep in mind:
Once you've either gone through the email address or skipped over it, a confirmation screen displays to let you know that a confirmation email has been sent to the email account you just registered with LinkedIn. If LinkedIn recognized your email provider, a button will be available that you can click to go directly to your (Webmail) email provider, where you can log in and receive the confirmation message sent by LinkedIn.
You may receive LinkedIn's confirmation immediately or it could take several minutes. Once you receive the message, all you need to do is:
This article is part of The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn.
In order to start building contacts, you have the option to import email addresses during the LinkedIn login setup process. If you choose to take this optional step, LinkedIn will check to see if any of the email addresses in your address book belong to existing LinkedIn members. If they do, you'll have the option of inviting them to join your LinkedIn network. Doing this can give you a head start, but it's not required.
After you've finished providing your employment status and location information from the previous step in creating your loging, the See Who You Already Know on LinkedIn window displays.
The purpose of this window is to import contacts from your email address contacts to see if any of the email address you have stored match LinkedIn members. You can choose from:
- Yahoo mail
- Hotmail
- Gmail
- AOL
- Other
If you chose Other a selection list becomes available in which you can select from many other email services for your contacts. In all cases, you'll need to log in to your email account so LinkedIn can fetch your stored email addresses from your address book.
Keep in mind:
- This step is optional. If you don't want to use this feature, click the Skip this step link near the bottom of the screen.
- Just because LinkedIn isn't able to match up a LinkedIn account with an email address in your address book, doesn't mean that person isn't on LinkedIn. It's possible that they signed up with a different email account.
Once you've either gone through the email address or skipped over it, a confirmation screen displays to let you know that a confirmation email has been sent to the email account you just registered with LinkedIn. If LinkedIn recognized your email provider, a button will be available that you can click to go directly to your (Webmail) email provider, where you can log in and receive the confirmation message sent by LinkedIn.
You may receive LinkedIn's confirmation immediately or it could take several minutes. Once you receive the message, all you need to do is:
- Click the link in LinkedIn's confirmation message.
- Log in to LinkedIn with the login you just created.
- Start using LinkedIn!
This article is part of The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn.