1. By A-Team Steven Chen Chris Hoffman Rebecca Serna David Younessi

2.  Look up contacts  Find gigs  Sell products  Expand your business network  Grow your business  Recruit top employees  Get ideas from business minds  Gain free publicity in one easy to use technology.

3.  It is a business-oriented social networking site.  Large database of professionals  Launched in 2003  More than 85 million users worldwide

4.  To be the leading site for online business networking  While also providing productivity tools used by professionals

5. Strengths  Unique identity  Strong brand image  Professional membership Weakness  Paid subscription expensive Opportunities  Overseas markets  Mobile markets  Language capacities Threats  SNS providers  PNS providers

6. PPeople who use LinkedIn include: PProfessionals JJob seekers JJob recruiters CCollege graduates BBusinessmen

7.  40% of top Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn for corporate recruiting solutions  Some companies that use LinkedIn for example include:  Kraft (Consumer Products)  Lockheed Martin (aerospace)  EMC (technology)  Intuit (Software)  Allstate (insurance)  ConAgra (Food & Beverage)

8.  Provides individuals a professionally social network  Have access to more than 30+ million professional profiles and expanding  Electronically network with others who share valuable knowledge & connections to future employers  Professionally search for jobs, post resumes, & search companies  More corporate recruiters are searching LinkedIn seeking candidates through references and recommendations  People can “link” together, therefore sharing valuable knowledge quickly and efficiently

9.  LinkedIn Answers??? – A service that provides professional business-related advice  It is free and allows ten questions per month  More than 9+ million users can quickly and efficiently obtain industry specific answers to their business questions  Thus Individuals & Professionals build upon their professional reputation and expertise  Questions and answers are tied to professional and knowledgeable profiles  By sharing valuable knowledge, experts receive expertise credentials which becomes part of their profile  As a result, LinkedIn informs other users that the individual is an expert on that topic  Consequently building a greater social capital in the business world