Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The advantages of using Linkedin.com to network


Why do people use Linkedin and why should you use Linkedin?
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003. LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 120 million members. Like all other top social networking sites it is growing at a rapid pace.
There are lot of benefits of using Linkedin-
1. It provides you online identity. When people Google you they can find your Linkedin profile on Google at the first page.
2. You can find world class and great answers from world class experts at zero cost. You can learn a lot from these answer and you can use these answers on your blog.
3. For better online identity, discussion and for branding you can create a group on this site.
4. To get opinion on various issues you can create a poll.
5. You can find past and present colleague and professional on Linkedin.
6. You can find a great job with the help of this site.
7. You can share and get advice from industry experts.
8. Linkedin is the only website where you can find depth in profile.
9. Linkedin is used for career management by many professionals.
10. Some people use LinkedIn to “get to someone” in order to make a sale.
11. You can track start ups and your competitors.
12. You can be updated with current trends of industry with this great site.
13. Professional organizations post their jobs and find the good talent on Linkedin.
14. There are lot of applications available on Linkedin that can be used for various purposes. For example to collaborate your projects you can use behance. To promote books you can use amazon reading list, share your documents with box net. Link you blog and use huddle for communication, where are you travelling that can be shared via Tripit. Share your presentation with slide share. All these great application are available on a only a single site and that is only Linkedin.
15. You can get recommendations and at the same time you can recommend others on Linkedin.
16. The best thing about this site that all these features are provided free but you can create a premium account for greater benefits and for using in mails.
17. You can sell products.
18.You can generate leads.
19. It is very good for your online identity and for Google presence.
20. And last but not least, you can drive massive traffic to your blog.
Above advantages tell the great importance of Linkedin.

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