LinkedIn can be a great source of clients. This 14-page special report gives you some do’s and don’ts for using LinkedIn for prospecting sales. 

Sections include: 

• Target Your Perfect Client on LinkedIn
  
• Finding Clients on LinkedIn
  
• Networking Tips: How to Find Leads on LinkedIn Naturally 
  
• Five Things You Won’t See Me Do on LinkedIn 
  
• Five Ways to Increase Your Credibility on LinkedIn and Attract Potential Leads 
  
• Publishing the Right Content on LinkedIn 
  
• Make the Right First Impression on LinkedIn 
  
• What To Do on a Daily Basis to Attract New Clients on LinkedIn 
  
• How to Still Get Results from LinkedIn, Even When Prospects Say “No” 
  
• Six Small But Powerful Ways to get Noticed By Prospects on LinkedIn 
  

Get to know other resume writers in our community with our “10 Questions” series! Our twelfth profile focuses on Angela Jones, owner of Nebraska-based Haute Resume & Career Services LLC. 

Jones founded Haute Resume & Career Services in 2006 when she set out to leverage her experience and expertise as a certified professional resume writer to help executives and highly skilled professionals land the job they want and the $100K salaries they deserve. 

“I am entrepreneurial and had always wanted to own my own business,” says Jones. “When I was laid off, I was given an unexpected opportunity to take the leap into self-employment. I chose working for myself versus working for others as an employee.” 

>> Click Here to Read the Full “10 Questions With Angela Jones” Feature on the Resume Writers' Digest Blog! 

No service (or product) is perfect — even yours! And sometimes, even when your service (and the resume you produce) IS perfect, clients will still have an issue. No one likes cranky customers — but cranky clients can actually benefit your career services business in a variety of ways. This 16-page special report provides specific examples of how these cranky clients can help improve your services and products and even lead to more revenue and profits! 

Check out the Calming Cranky Clients Special Report in our online store. 

The media is hungry for careers industry information their readers and viewers will want to consume. Feed them with this Pass-Along Materials package featuring five news releases. The package includes templates for the following news releases: 

• Received a Certification
  
• Joined a Professional Association 
  
• Selected to Speak at a Career Industry Conference 
  
• Reacting to Unemployment Statistics in Your Area/Niche 
  
• Trends for New Graduates 
  

Get to know other resume writers in our community with our “10 Questions” series! Our eleventh profile focuses on writer/coach Georgia Adamson, owner of Massachusetts-based A Successful Career. 

Adamson has been a professional resume writer since 1993. Before becoming a resume writer, Adamson was an executive assistant with a technology company in Silicon Valley, California.

“I began to feel I wasn’t using all my capabilities in that role and started a business support service on the side,” says Adamson. “When we had a layoff and I lost my job, I decided to see if I could run my business full-time.” 

>> Click Here to Read the Full “10 Questions With Georgia Adamson” Feature on the Resume Writers' Digest Blog! 

This 7-page special report has the potential to transform your business. The special report outlines a three-step process that will help you take control of your time and keep your income the same — or even increase it — while working fewer hours. The hours you work have nothing to do with how much you earn. Learn how to take control of your time while making more. 

Check out the Do The Stuff That Makes Money First Special Report in our online store. 

This brainstorming worksheet can help your clients identify the people in their network, and then prioritize who they should contact first. Includes space to brainstorm personal contacts, business contacts, third-party contacts, educational contacts, and community contacts, with prompts for each category. Can be used as a standalone exercise or with the newly updated “Jobseekers Guide to Networking Your Way To Your Next Job” (both documents are included with your purchase, and both are included for Bronze members.) There are two versions of the brainstorming worksheet included, including a more “designed” version that is still in Microsoft Word format. 

Check out the Who Do You Know? Your Network Brainstorming Worksheet Pass-Along Materials Content in our online store. 

One common piece of advice for resume writers who are looking to connect with prospects and new clients is to post on social media. Sounds easy! But using social media to attract prospects and clients requires more than just posting content — it requires engagement. 

This 11-page special report is designed to give you specific ideas to use copywriting techniques to improve your social media engagement. The report covers: 

• Why Social Media Engagement Matters
  
• Ways to Use Copywriting to Increase Engagement 
  
• How to Write Better Headlines Using Copywriting Secrets and Techniques 
  
• Fine-Tune Your Approach and Get It Right Technically  

Indeed calls itself “the #1 job site in the world.” Your clients should add it to their job search toolbox as one strategy in their job search. This 18-page illustrated guide will walk them, step-by-step, through setting up their account, using Indeed’s search function to identify job opportunities, apply for positions, and save jobs to apply to later. It also covers Indeed’s Advanced Job Search function. The guide will also walk the user through setting up job alerts on Indeed (great for passive jobseekers). The guide provides an overview of Indeed Company Pages and using Indeed for salary research. 

Check out the Using Indeed In Your Job Search Pass-Along Materials Content in our online store. 

Do you find it difficult to determine what to charge your clients for resume writing and LinkedIn development services? Stop guessing what to charge. 

Pricing your resume writing/career services is one of the most common questions I get — from new resume writers to veterans alike. It’s consistently one of the top “challenges” listed in the Resume Writers’ Digest Annual Industry Survey. 

My new course Pricing Right: Price Your Career Services with Confidence can help. 

Small changes in pricing can produce dramatic results. You may be losing revenue you could be earning if you under-charge for your services. Alternatively, you could be losing customers and sales by charging too much. Pricing is the factor that has the largest impact on sales and profits. 

Pricing Right is built around everything I’ve learned about pricing in my 25 years in the career services business PLUS input from colleagues about what works to get clients to pay what you charge. 

This course is a must for all self-employed resume writers. For the past three years, I’ve taught a bootcamp session on pricing your services for entrepreneurs. Now, I’ve expanded that session into a nine-module course with these lessons:

• Do You Have a Pricing Problem?
• First Establish Your Value, Then Communicate Your Pricing 
  
• The Right Price for Your Clients
  
• Pricing Modules
  
• The Formula for Pricing Your Services 
  
• Pricing Data 
  
• Common Mistakes in Pricing 
  
• Raising Your Prices 
  
• What to Do Now — and What to Do Next