Using LinkedIn to full effect

LinkedIn is fun for personal use to start with, without all the gimics and ridiculous add-ins that come with Facebook.  But it has more serious and useful application for business.  On an individual level you keep on contact with suppliers, colleagues and customers, and use groups to keep up with what's going on.

You can specifically look for people to do business with by asking your contacts to put you in touch with their contacts, and by responding and helping people with queries in news groups.

And Google currently likes social media so it potentially increases your 'Google Juice', the amount of information that Google has to give you your ranking.

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