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Denise Baer
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How to add blog RSS feed to LinkedIn
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That's the route I took. I used the "WP LinkedIn Auto Publish" plugin. It works pretty well, although it doesn't carry HTML formatting over. In case you use that one and it happens to help, I set my default share message as follows:From my blog: [POST_TITLE]
(Read the full, properly formatted post at [POST_LINK].)
[POST_CONTENT]
This seems to give a fairly good look that (with luck) directs people back to my blog. See, for example, this post.
Did you get any errors during the setup? I did because, it turned out, I hadn't saved the application settings on LinkedIn. But once that was done, the feed started working. Oh, and after setup, if you want your existing posts to cross-feed, you have to go to the list of posts in WP and click the "Share Now" link at the right side of any posts you want to share. I'd do just one first and see how it looks. You can re-share if you need to tweak the feed layout.
You're quite welcome. I didn't choose Company, so I don't know how that differs, but glad you got it working!
When I saw your question, I thought, "If I'm not already doing this, I should be." So I looked into it.
Oh boy.
Why LinkedIn doesn't have a built-in mechanism for importing an RSS feed anymore is beyond me. It looks like they used to, but ditched it. There are mechanisms, but they are all third-party, which means it's a bit of a headache to set them up. I've found two ways of doing it:
1. If you use WordPress, there are some plugins available to cross-feed your WP posts into your LinkedIn profile.
2. If you don't want to use a WP plugin, or if you use something other than WP for blogging, there are third-party sites where you can set up a free account and then create a cross-feed between your blog and LinkedIn.
For WP users, this page offers three suggestions, two being plugins and one being a third-party site called IFTTT. Scroll down to "3. Cross-Publish Content Between WordPress and LinkedIn." The "More Information" links on each method take you to the relevant pages to get started.
For non-WP users or those who don't want to mess with a plugin, IFTTT can be used, or another service called dlvr.it ("deliver it," presumably). There may be others out there as well.
I hope this helps. Sorry it couldn't be simpler...