LinkedIn for Business: The Ultimate Guide - Ahain Group | Small business news; tips; networking

Posted by nialldevitt under Social Media
From http://www.ahaingroup.com 4403 days ago
Made Hot by: ShawnHessinger on November 2, 2012 8:50 am

Tap into professional knowledge, insights and opportunities through growing your business network. LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network and a social platform to manage your professional identity and brand. Find out what you need to know to get started.

The business case for using Linkedin

There are more than 175 million members in over 200 countries and territories.
Professionals are signing up to join LinkedIn at a rate of approximately two new members per second.

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Written by lyceum
4394 days ago

Have you visualized your LinkedIn network yet? ;) I want to help small business owners to see the whole picture. LinkedIn's visual map is a great tool for that.

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Written by nialldevitt
4390 days ago

Yes I have and I agree, it's both cool and useful!

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Written by ShawnHessinger
4402 days ago

Hi Niall,

I've said it before and I'll say it again. One of the first businesses I started, a professional blogging and social media services company, was launched 100 percent with connections made through LinkedIn. It was the first of the latest generation of social networking sites I was actively involved in. (The first social sites I used to drive traffic to my Websites were the old MySpace and MyBlogLog, a very early proto-social site later bought and shut down by Yahoo!, but these were not truly networking sites.) I used LinkedIn groups to connect with my first clients and to launch my guest posting efforts on other blogs. LinkedIn has changed a lot since then but it remains a very robust network that I always recommend to anyone seriously interested in social networking. Thanks for the overview!

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Written by nialldevitt
4390 days ago

Hi Shawn, It's great to hear from people who have successfully used social media to successfully market and grow business. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience and insight.

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Written by bigmoneyweb
4403 days ago

I think I am missing a lot this days when it comes to LinkedIn because I have not been paying much attention all this while. I'm going to use your guides here which I believe will boost more of my linkedin. Thanks for sharing this useful post.

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Written by nialldevitt
4390 days ago

Delighted they helps and let me know how you get on!

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