6 tips for getting more out of LinkedIn

[jappie10]

Yesterday I've posted an business advice article (http://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/knowledge/articles/2010/02/2010-02-03-6-tips-for-getting-more-out-of-LinkedIn/) with tips to get more out of LinkedIn. I already got some feedback with more tips. These tips are used for a second article.

What are your tips to use LinkedIn effectively?

[zigojacko]

Participation in group discussions opens up incredible opportunities to expand your network.

[jane p]

i have found ours to be quiet, only a few replies etc!

[zigojacko]

i have found ours to be quiet, only a few replies etc!

Your LinkedIn group? What is your group about?

[jane p]

what do you mean about?

You can introduce yourself, have discussions etc. I think they have a meeting that sort of thing.

[zigojacko]

what do you mean about?

You can introduce yourself, have discussions etc. I think they have a meeting that sort of thing.

You can set up your company on Linked In and associate all your employees to it. This comes with it's own discussion/news/bulletin boards.

You can set up a group about any subject and anyone can request to join if they have an interest in that subject, these too, will contain a discussion/news boards for any member to contribute to.

I was just simply asking what subject your group is about if that is what you were referring to when you stated "i have found ours to be quiet, only a few replies etc"

[jappie10]

I think it's a big challenge to create a LinkedIn group for your company and come up with a the reason why you have a group.

I think it's better to participate in current discussion groups and built your network first. Second step would be your own business group.

[RBS]

i have found ours to be quiet, only a few replies etc!

The same for me. Quite +lot of spam and advertising.

[zigojacko]

The same for me. Quite +lot of spam and advertising.


I specialise in social media marketing at the agency I work for so am happy to advise if you wanted to discuss any possible areas for improvementon your Linked In profile. :)

[RBS]

I specialise in social media marketing at the agency I work for so am happy to advise if you wanted to discuss any possible areas for improvementon your Linked In profile. :)

I just wanted to join discussion groups where people actively chat about security products, but found them to be dead quite +too much people advertising their products, companies. In short - crap :D

[zigojacko]

The same for me. Quite +lot of spam and advertising.

I just wanted to join discussion groups where people actively chat about security products, but found them to be dead quite +too much people advertising their products, companies. In short - crap :D

Yeah I find with some industries/topics this will be the case.

Are you a member of this one?
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1790216
Over 3,000 members so any topics posted will be seen by a lot of members.

Always try to contribute to/create topics about something you know people will want to hear (as obvious as it sounds), put yourself in the readers position. Be the first to review a new product on the market, offer great industry news, tips, installation/instruction/tutorials maybe? As long as there is value in the topics, there is someone out there that will be interested.

Do you have a website selling CCTV equipment? :)

[RBS]

Do you have a website selling CCTV equipment? :)

No, I dont sell.

[idtheftuk]

I just wanted to join discussion groups where people actively chat about security products, but found them to be dead quite +too much people advertising their products, companies. In short - crap :D

I agree with this, most of the groups that have relevence are either dead or just spammed the hell out of

[sstiles]

I think it does depend on the groups that you are in. I've found the ones I'm in to either be quiet or to have good sensible discussions without spam.

[jappie10]

It's anoying if you have a discussion and a post just turns up that's completely off topic. I've found some LinkedIn groups with some strict group owners.

But even on this forum you'll find a lot of social media spammer. It's something that eventually will disappear when people know how to deal with it.

[webpromoterservice]

i would be interested to know how successful some of you guys here have been on linkedin.I created a profile last year and did a little networking,but i didn't see much benefit from it.
Is my lack of success on linkedin due to the fact that i have not put much time into it,or is it because there are millions of other people there offering the same services that i offer?

[jappie10]

In my article I discuss some steps.
For me, creating a 100% profile AND participate in discussions proofed to be successful.

However, it helps if you can produce content were people are interested in. Fortunately we have a team at Simply Business but I can imagine it's hard to produce content yourself without such a backup.

If you can produce content, you can easily post it in suitable groups on LinkedIn. If you can measure the amount of clicks to your website from these posts + the number of people participating in your discussions, you can measure your success.

[zigojacko]

i would be interested to know how successful some of you guys here have been on linkedin.I created a profile last year and did a little networking,but i didn't see much benefit from it.
Is my lack of success on linkedin due to the fact that i have not put much time into it,or is it because there are millions of other people there offering the same services that i offer?

What are you trying to achieve on LinkedIn? I find it to be very useful and successful for networking and expanding. Establish what your goals are.

If you are trying to promote your SEO/PPC services then this market is saturated on LinkedIn and if I'm honest, looking at your homepage, at first impressions, it comes across very amateurish and dated.