A friend on twitter had asked me “I don’t understand what linkedin is for, care to explain?”. I gave him my answer in a short tweet. I am not happy with the answer that I gave him. So, I’ve decided to write a blog post with lots of stories on who uses LinkedIn and how.
Here we go. Hold your breath.
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Students use their LinkedIn profile as an online business card
Check out Rohan Sharma‘s profile to see how he uses LinkedIn to showcase his skills as a fresh grad. Here is a bonus presentation on LinkedIn for college students.
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Employees use LinkedIn for growing their network
Read the story of how Mitch Joel used LinkedIn to reconnect with his colleagues that he had not heard from years.
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Hiring mangers use LinkedIn for finding candidates
Steve Jenkins, an experienced recruiter with 23 years of experience uses LinkedIn to recruit IT programmers. He belongs to this group of recruiters on LinkedIn which has 1600+ members.
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Companies use LinkedIn for researching the market
Here is the story of how Perman Public Relations used LinkedIn to research a planned launch of high-end gaming system.
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Small businesses use LinkedIn for getting business
Watch this video to learn how Sasha Strauss, the Managing Director at Innovation Protocol, generated business using referrals in LinkedIn.
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Venture capitalists use LinkedIn for discovering potential startups
Read this interesting story of an Irish startup that raised $230,000 only using LinkedIn. Watch this video to learn how a Venture Capitalist, Mark Kvamme uses LinkedIn.
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Consultants use LinkedIn for getting new clients
Ron LaPedis was laid-off after 29 years of work in the industry. Read the rest of the story on how Ron setup a consulting business using LinkedIn tools and got a contract even before the ink was dry in his incorporation’s papers.
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Freelancers use LinkedIn for showcasing their work
Michele L. Tune, a freelance writer and blogger uses LinkedIn to accumulate testimonials. For more on this topic, read comments in this article “Freelancer guide to LinkedIn“.
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Entrepreneurs use LinkedIn for getting professional advice
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Profesionals use LinkedIn for building their brand
See how Mario Sundar and Guy Kawasaki have built their brand on LinkedIn. And did you know, even Barack Obama is on LinkedIn .
Wanna read more success stories using LinkedIn? Read these answers.
No matter who you are, what you do for a living, LinkedIn is a tool when properly used could open up a whole new world of opportunities. Start using LinkedIn from today!
Did you notice that I used the word LinkedIn a whopping 32 times! I didn’t want to, but couldn’t just avoid it.
About the Author: Sridhar Jammalamadaka is the Editor of Interview Mantra. He's a typically non-typical Software Engineer from Pune, India. He likes entrepreneurship, web technologies and Micro Controller programming. He enjoys playing cricket and piano (but rarely does these activities). Through this website, he wishes to gather a large community of aspiring engineers, entrepreneurs and professionals from all parts of the globe. You can connect with him on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/sridhar.j