Even though Linkedin is a business networking site I am always amazed by the number of people who just sign up and then do almost nothing else except occasionally accepting and invitation. So here are some quick and painless ways to be increase the effectiveness of you Linkedin Business network
Step 1: Sign up and Fill out your Profile.
The more complete your profile, the easier it will be for people to find you and more information you put in there the more likely people will begin to connect to you. Make sure to include your previous jobs, your education history and upload a photo of yourself.
Step 2: Find contacts who are already on LinkedIn.
Upload your contacts lists into Linkedin. This achieves two this firstly it allows you to see who from your Contacts are already on Linkedin, as well as those who aren’t so that you can invite them to join and connect with you.
Step 3: Give and solicit recommendations within your network.
The more recommendations you give the more likely it is that people with recommend you. Also ask clients to recommend you as well.
Step 4: Utilise the LinkedIn Answers section.
Again this area is a very useful way for you to get noticed, increase your connections and find answers to questions that you might have as well.
Step 5: Join or create LinkedIn Groups.
Create some groups, they can either based around your business or common interests or locations, again it make it more likely for you to be able to connect with others.
Step 6: LinkedIn Applications can further enhance you Profile.
The new Linkedin applications are fantastic and enable you to really take Linkedin to the next level in terms of networking. My two personal favourites are bloglink and Slideshare, both are incredibly useful for building connections both on Linkedin and outside of it.
In Conclusion
Remember the point behind Linkedin is networking and the more you put into networking the more you will get out of it.
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