Using LinkedIn answers to increase your connections
Everywhere you look online you will see internet marketing agencies promoting LinkedIn for social media marketing. LinkedIn is a professional social network and it is very different to the other popular social media channels. Once you create your profile on LinkedIn, what do you do on this network that everyone is talking about? The first thing you must understand about LinkedIn is that it is not very different from real-time face to face networking. At a network ev
read moreLinkedIn Company Follow Button
A couple of weeks ago LinkedIn released the LinkedIn Follow Company button that you can use on your website. This update was rolled out on 27 February 2012, but only a few days later an email was sent out about this new feature. If you haven’t integrated the button on your website yet, you are missing out on valuable opportunities to connect with people on LinkedIn. The new LinkedIn Follow Company button is an excellent way that you can use to interact with yo
read moreJust having a LinkedIn profile is not enough
Business networking, face to face or online is still networking. LinkedIn is a virtual form of professional networking. Usually people network because they want referrals. In order for this to work, you have to give to get. You also need to be active with your network on LinkedIn. Networking is all about building good relationships, trust, visibility, and likeability. You want to use the power and leverage digital technology. Your results will be multiplied when you
read moreUsing LinkedIn for business networking
LinkedIn is a professional social network that everyone in business who is growing their business should be using. LinkedIn is a social networking channel similar to Facebook and Google+, but still very different. What makes LinkedIn so different is that it has become the accepted channel for professional online networking. If you have a profile and it is not yet fully optimized, spend some time building up a complete profile. Your profile on LinkedIn is one of the
read moreLinkedIn Stats for South Africa – 2011
LinkedIn has now grown to over 135 million members worldwide since inception. We did some research on what the stats look like for South Africa and put together this infographic. If you were a sceptic about using LinkedIn before, do these stats change your mind at all?
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