I had heard that LinkedIn was good for business, good for networking, but had not directly experienced the effects of it. Unlike many of you perhaps “veteran” online marketers, I’ve only been actively online with my business for about two years. I’m still learning A LOT about social networking, HTML, etc. But a powerful tool like LinkedIn has proven to be invaluable. I mean, just imagine someone finding you via an online contact source and wanting to engage your services based solely on what they read. Cool.

LinkedIn is a powerful resource tool that the members can use to connect and stay abreast of marketplace trends, corporate news and changes and even find college classmates or former co-workers. A lot of us (bloggers) here at b5 are on LinkedIn and frequently help each other out by giving recommendations to each other. It has really been good for me, to say the least. The client and I are still in negotiations about the terms of the contract, but it does look promising and rewarding. I’ll keep you posted.

Sign up to try LinkedIn and see if it can work for you and your business. If nothing else, you’ll make new business contact friends, establish yourself and stay on top of the business world “happenings.” You will never know until you try.

Oh, by the way, my LinkedIn profile is: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bridgetwright

What’s yours?

© Content by Bridget Wright – 2008

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