Be an expert on LinkedIn by Answering Questions
Linkedin.com is one of the few social networks that I think really is a necessity for business. No matter what you currently do, you should be working on your profile on linkedin because you never know when you might need it. Linkedin is a social network for professionals. You can post your experience, work history, resume, and of course , make connections. The nice thing about Linkedin is that it encourages contact because it opens the other person contacts up to you.
I ran across a social network a while back that was interesting. The premise was the degrees of separation. You would find a person you wanted to talk to, then the site would figure out who you knew and who they knew that could get you to the person you wanted to speak to. The idea is good, but uploading my address book is not going to happen, ever, and it also would require a lot of other big-time people doing the same, so its not going to go anywhere.
Back to linked in. There is a bar that shows how close you are to completing your profile, I have been sitting at 90% for about a year. I finally decided to get to 100%. In my research to find out what I was missing, I stumbled on part of linkedin that I had not paid much attention to up until recently: the answers section. Linkedin has a section where you can ask a question for any industry and other members will answer them. You can also place links with your answer (hint hint) and a private note to the person who asked the question. I started flipping through the questions and saw quite a few that I knew the answer to. So, I answered one. Then, I answered another. Pretty soon, 2 hours had gone by and I had answered 15 or so questions. I was reading the answers from other users and I was impressed by the knowledge and helpfulness of the community. Very nice people, smart, and helpful.
This morning I logged and and there were a bunch of messages in my inbox. Most of the people who had asked the questions that I answered had written me personal notes. I also got a couple requests to join their networks, which if you recall opens up their contacts to me. Good deal.
Once again, no one likes a know-it-all but it works in some places. Never miss an opportunity to get your name out there and links to your site. Confirming that you are one of the smartest people in the room doesn’t hurt either.
Make sure you add me as a connection!
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