10 Reasons to Join Linkedin

I am sure many of you have heard of Linkedin. I’ve known about it for a while now but it took an invitation from a college friend to actually get me to join. I figured it was just another profile, on just another social networking site. Like there aren’t enough of them out there?? But either way, I joined and boy am I glad I did! Here are a few good reasons you should give it a try too.

1. It only takes 10 minutes to create a profile!

2. You can post links to all your websites, including your e-commerce site, blog or even other profiles such as Facebook and Twitter. This is great for SEO. 

3. You can add your blog feed to your Linkedin profile. Now all your connections can read your blog from there too! 

4. Once you’re on, Linkedin allows you to import all your contacts from your gmail, hotmail or yahoo account and invite them to join your network.

5. It allows you to connect to your friend’s connections – for example, as of today, I have 18 connections. The 18 of theml have 1,100 connections and their connections have a total of 91,200! It’s all about 6 degrees of separation. 

6. It’s great for everyone, whether you’re an entrepreneur, an employee of a major company, a person looking for a job and even someone looking for business partners for her next venture. 

7. If you’re into bookclubs, Linkedin has an application for that too! “The Reading List” allows you to share books you’re reading with other members. 

8. You can create your own group and promote your business just as you would with Facebook.

9. You can introduce one friend to another through an “inMail introduction.

10. It’s a great place to collect testimonials and recommendations! If anyone recommends you, it’ll show up front and center on your profile. 

So go ahead, join Likedin and then add me to your connections! Like I said, it only takes 10 minutes. 

This social networking stuff is really addicting, isn’t it??