Many professionals are asking “How affective can LinkedIn be for my business?” The answer is in most cases very effective. These are just some of the things you can accomplish using LinkedIn.
1. Secure Expert Advise- minus the initial consulting fees. This can be accomplished using LinkedIn’s Answer section by posting your questions within specific categories or subjects. When you post a good question you often get consultants and experts answering those questions at no cost.
2. Find new clients and customers- by joining target specific groups. The opportunities are countless to generate inbound leads.
3. Business Development Professionals- can really capitalize on this untapped decision maker database.
4. Recruiting- Recruiters are already sold on LinkedIn, if you are reading this and you or your firm does not use LinkedIn you are missing it, considering LinkedIn has members representing just about every industry known to man.
5. Growing marketing funnels- you have the opportunity to answer the needs and questions of your market through LinkedIn Answers, Groups, and Events driving them to your personal marketing funnel. Resulting in a funnel full of your target market.
These are just some of the things you can accomplish. What questions do you have or ideas of other things you can accomplish?
Great advise, Ed. I have met many people and received lots of great (free) advice like this post through LinkedIn Groups. You are right on!