LinkedIn. Are you?
Whether you like it or not, you can not get around all the social networks that our World Wide Web has to offer. When you think of a social network, the first sites that come in mind are probably the ones like Facebook or MySpace. The one that I want to talk about is LinkedIn. This is also a really familiar network, but more used in business rather than daily life.
LinkedIn is a network on which you can exchange information, ideas and opportunities. The difference between LinkedIn and other social networks is that it is a professional network that is set up to get in touch with colleagues and to do more networking with as many other business people as you can, and last but not least to get that job that you really want.
People can get to a job faster if they properly make use of this network. When you are signed up for LinkedIn you can make sure that others , your former boss for example, will give you recommendations. This way it will give other business people a good view of who you are as a (co)worker and therefore people will sooner add you in their networks and finally you will end up in the network of your new boss. Also for sales and marketing objectives, LinkedIn can be an outcome. People can make a whole new network of clients through this and it is also a way to distinguish yourself from others.
In short, social networks can have a real contribution towards business life. Not only to built up a good network of clients, but also for getting a new job or sell your products.
