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It is important to keep in mind
that businesses can really benefit from a strong presence on the Linkedin community. You may have heard me say many times that Linkedin is one of the most powerful business platforms available to utilize right now, and when promoting over the internet it is important to give it proper attention.
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“If you’re attacking your market from multiple positions and your competition isn’t, you have all the advantage and it will show up in your increased success and income.” –Jay Abraham
This site and the network of connections that it makes available, provides a resource for you to get knowledge and information about your business.
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Participating in groups within this platform has a number of potential benefits for businesses in any type of industry as the members of the community are of a tremendous variety, and can be a source of a wealth of knowledge.
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Taking the time within the groups you join, enables you to engage with other business professionals, with like minds, absorbing information that they share is a good way to do research on your specific market. Begin discussions with others which can lead to positive feedback that could help grow and strengthen your business or company.
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Establishing groups on Linkedin is another great way to go about achieving all that you can from this vast business platform, and it is all right there at your fingertips.
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How are Linkedin groups helping you and your business? Share your experience about this platform or how groups have helped you in other social sites as well.
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To your Online Business Success!
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I am glad that you shared this information regarding LinkedIn. I recently signed up on this and i find it wonderful to join on groups and there are a lot of established businesses to choose from and that’s great!
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Glad you joined some groups on Linkedin Mika. Linkedin groups provides a valuable connection to other business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs. It is also a great way to source prospects, leads and to form joint partnerships or other cross promoting benefits. So good for you Mika!
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Yes. And i find it very useful. Thank you for telling me some valuable things there. I hop to see you there. have a nice day!
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I don’t use LinkedIn as offen as I should. Its hard to spend so much time on all these different social media sites and sometimes it’s overwhelming.
But I like the groups I am in and have found them helpful, when I do take the time to go to my account.
Thanks for sharing Lynn.
Cindy
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It does take time and effort as you say Cindy. I’m glad to hear that you are involved in some of the groups and you are finding them helpful. As I mentioned to Hajra below, even if you don’t have time to leave comments on discussions, you can just click in and hit that “like” button. Or ‘like’ one of the members responses. This will put your profile in the ‘Latest updates’ box. Gives you more visibility with little effort. Hmmm maybe a tip I should put on video!
Which would you say is topping out or having the most traffic… LinkedIn or Facebook? I don’t know if it’s just those I’m friends with, but Facebook heavy these days with business type of posts more than the personal.
I’ve been a part of LinkedIn longer than Facebook, and really want to make “in” my main access point. I’m nodding my head as I type these words: JUST DO IT!
It is always an interesting comparison to discuss. For me PeggyLee, Linkedin has provided my business much more viability, searchability and traffic. In fact, when you search Google for Lynn Brown, CA — my Linkedin profile is on the 1st page out of 16.4 million results.
While Facebook is still a major player for social interaction, I feel that Linkedin is all business. So I still put time into both platforms and will continue to find features and benefits too. But ultimately I am seeing better results from Linkedin. As you say PeggyLee, Just Do It, and see even after a few months if you don’t see an improvement and more results for your business, my best is that you will!
One thing I have found with some groups though is that they are so crowded or so dominated by some people as to not be useful. Other groups have pedantic anally challenged managers and some groups just fall over. And then there are other groups I really enjoy
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I here you Roberta. The one group I am in has over 200,000 members. Even though it is crowded, I was able to make and continue to make so many wonderful connections. And just the other day I removed myself from a group because there was only 3 of us contributing and really was not the best use of my time.
But that is what I love about Linkedin. The variety and features of groups can provide huge benefits for any business. Thank you for sharing your comments
I used Linkedin when I started blogging and that is where I started to meet some amazing bloggers. The discussions are very helpful and they have proved a great learning resource for me.
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I agree Hajra, the discussions can garnish really good information but I am finding many other benefits, for instance, every time you ‘like’ a discussion, it is yet another small way to bring more visibility to you and your profile. Thank you for Hajra for sharing your experience with Linkedin.
Another resource which I don’t properly use. But, this is great advice for those that do- and should! (like me…)
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Well I am glad Roy that you are supportive of Linkedin. So thank you for adding your positive feedback.
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