I just learned I’ll be shipping the preorders for LinkedIn for Job Seekers, Second Edition, this week. I should have the DVDs tomorrow or Thursday. I’ve already put mailing labels on about 70 envelopes (thanks for the preorders!) and need to print out a document to include with each order.

Here’s the new sleeve for the second edition:

I think it’s really cool that Nick Corcodilos, Mr. Ask the Headhunter, let me use this quote on the sleeve.  Nick is a guy who tells it like it is and is a serious advocate for professionals and job seekers… what an honor

The preorder price changed and is now at full price, but we do have new bundles we’re offering:

With the LinkedIn for Job Seekers, Second Edition (at 49.95) you can add in one year of JibberJobber for another 49.95 (that is a 50% discount on the regular price) and throw in the book for another 19.95.

Thanks to the many hundreds of people who have supported this project!

I’m looking for some people with sales experience to sell some of my stuff to organizations (I have some B2B products).

This is commission only (I know, I know, but it’s a healthy commission and should be an easy sale) and I want to find the right people who aren’t afraid to pick up the phone.

I think my B2B products (specifically, a new one that is rolling out in the next 45 days) is really, really cool.  I’ve talked to dozens of prospects and they are all, without exception, excited about the offering.

They also think the pricing is reasonable.

I think it will be a relatively easy sale.  And the right people on board will help me take it to the level it should be at.

Today I went to LinkedIn and typed searched for “commission sales” and “outbound sales” and got some interesting profiles… but there was one simple change I made that took me to the people I want to talk to… look at this:

I want to talk to people who I don’t have to pry away from a current job… and there are plenty out there… just putting seeking OR looking in this field, and changing the drop down to just CURRENT, got me to a list of people I want to talk to.

In this situation this will help these people have meaningful discussions… is YOUR profile optimized so that people can find you?

If not, get my LinkedIn DVD.  Seriously…

Wednesday I finished recording the videos for the second edition of the LinkedIn DVD.  It’s now at the video editing shop. I hope to have my DVDs in hand when I go to to a conference at the end of April… and ship out all the pre-orders before I head out.

Here are the sections of the LinkedIn DVD:

• Introduction – including some concepts and terminology to help you get more out of the DVD and your LinkedIn strategy.
• Home Page – so easy to overlook but usually opportunity to get value. I show you how.
• Profile: Above the Fold – First impression? Are you findable?  Is your Profile turning people off?  This section is quite valuable.
• Profile: Summary – so many summaries are INSUFFICIENT or BORING.  I tell you how to fix that.
• Profile: Below the Fold – More opportunity to brand yourself and increase the chance of being found, but so many people miss the opportunities.
• Profile: Applications – More than the 2 I usually talk about – what Apps are important and why.
• Profile: Add a Video - Step-by-step visual of how to get a video on your Profile (like you can see on my profile, or on Walter Akana’s Profile – you have to be logged in and click on the FULL PROFILE to see the video).
• Companies – GOLD!  There’s GOLD in LinkedIn Companies.  Learn why.
• Groups – Groups are powerful but misleading… learn what the value is, what to do, and what NOT to do.
• Jobs - I wish there was more value here… nonetheless, LinkedIn Jobs still provides an opportunity you don’t get elsewhere.  Learn what’s important here.
• Advanced People Search – If you aren’t using the advanced people search you aren’t using LinkedIn.  Don’t just get an account, look for key contacts!
• Communicating with Others – once you find a key contact, how do you communicate with them?  Here are the mechanisms and my formula for what communications should include.
• Recommendations – How to get them, how to give them.  What makes Recommendations valuable.
• Answers: Asking Questions – DO THIS.  Regularly.  Learn how to do it the right way and not become NOISE to your network.
• Answers: Answering Questions – Less commitment but still valuable.  You should be expert in something – prove it.
• Manage Your Settings – There are a few settings and such in here that you should know about.
• Browse Connections – Have you used this feature to strategically find more key contacts?  If not, you need to.
• BONUS: Now, 10 Things to Do – now that you’ve watched the DVD here are 10 actionable things you can do TODAY.
• BONUS: 20 Questions – 20 frequently asked questions, in a speed-answering session.  This was fun to do
• BONUS: Export Contacts – You should export your contacts… read this if you don’t know why.
• BONUS: Cleaning the Export – once you export your contacts you should clean up the file because, well, it’s a mess.  Here’s what you do to clean it up.
• BONUS: Importing to JibberJobber – You are a job seeker – you should be on JibberJobber… here’s what you can do with the imported file.

Have you gotten yours yet? Get it here.

Yesterday I started recording video clips for the second edition of I’m on LinkedIn — Now What???  I recorded seven and will do at least seven more.  The first edition was about 2 hours long and barely fit onto one DVD.  This one will likely go over the limit and go on a “dual layer,” which means two DVDs stuck together.

I have preorders from dozens of people and hope to ship them out by the end of next month.  I still have a number of first edition DVDs here, too.

You can preorder (and see the bundle options) on this page.

I’m picking 5 LinkedIn profiles to critique – I asked my Twitter network for volunteers and got quite a few that I’ll sift through.

I’m also going over past emails for suggestions on what to include in this DVD – there are a lot of questions people have!

This is going to be an awesome DVD, of course, but I do have one weird concern: for some reason I’m more nervous recording this one than I was when I did the first one. Perhaps that’s because I know people will actually buy it and listen to it… while the feedback has been great it’s still quite nerve-racking!

Over on the JibberJobber blog you can learn how to get the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD for free (it’s just this week, and only one person will get it)… go see for yourself!