Linkedin A social network for business

What is Linkedin? World’s largest social network for professionals with more than 200 million users. most powerful concept behind LinkedIn is that it finds the right people AND the connections you have with them.

It’s all about connections

How Could LinkedIn Benefit You? Roles that might benefit in the very short term are: - Sales people - Recruiters and HR managers - People looking for a new job, or internship

7 ways LinkedIn can benefit you: 1.Finding and identifying the right people 2.Discovering information that can help in a conversation, meeting or network event by reading their LinkedIn Profile beforehand. 3.Maintaining relationships 4.Getting Recommendations 5.Receiving introductions and referrals 6.Discovering the relationships between people 7.Raising your visibility, reputation, personal brand, and company brand

Extra benefits For sales: Getting notifications via Network Updates when your customers link with sales representatives from a company that offers the same products or services as yours. This might be a time to contact your customers again. For job seekers: LinkedIn offers extra tools to help. For example, you can respond easily and quickly to job postings, and use an extra job tool in your browser when surfing any website. For recruiters: LinkedIn offers extra tools to help you, too. For example posting a job on LinkedIn and doing a search for references.

High level goals of your profile 1.Create Authenticity –Be true to yourself 2.Create Attention-grabbing Headline –Focus on successes. 3.Be personal, but professional