by Kathy Bernard
If you’ve ever started a great conversation with a prospect through LinkedIn messaging, you’ll love LinkedIn’s new video meeting link feature that will let you take such a message to the next level.
Through the new feature available on desktop or mobile, you can instantly generate a free video meeting link either directly on LinkedIn or through Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
To create and share a video meeting link through a LinkedIn message:
* Click the Messaging icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
* Click on an existing conversation or start a new conversation.
* Click the Video meeting icon at the top of the messaging window. From the pop-up, select Send instant meeting link to start an immediate session, or Schedule meeting for later.
* Select LinkedIn, Microsoft Teams or Zoom to create a video meeting link. If you select Zoom or Microsoft Teams, sign into their site or create an account. Once you’re linked to a third-party app, you shouldn’t have to sign into that site again for future messages.
* If you select Schedule meeting for later, select the date, duration and time zone you want.
While group meetings will be added later in LinkedIn, you can only host an individual meeting with one other member right now. But even if it’s just video chatting with one person, this new tool might just be the best way to close the deal with your new prospect on LinkedIn!
Kathy Bernard (kathy@wiseru.com), CEO of WiserU.com, is a St. Louis-based LinkedIn expert/trainer who equips businesses to maximize LinkedIn for sales, marketing, or fundraising.
Submitted 3 years 87 days ago