Everyone is missing the BIG picture with LinkedIn

Lakshmi SEO

12 years ago

Can we get clients through linkedln?

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KyGunator 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Lakshmi SEO

Can we get clients through linkedln?

of course.

I hadn't thought about starting my own group, sounds like a really great idea. Will try it out!
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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Lakshmi SEO

Can we get clients through linkedln?

YES! I saw a fact - Seven out of every ten LinkedIn members earn over $60,000/year!

That means more money to spend on your products and services
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massiveray

12 years ago

Pretty sure somebody started another thread about this a few days ago, I immediately went out and started a group, the advice was then to add 100 contacts to your group each day from groups that you had joined previously.

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Jon Martin

12 years ago

This is actually an intriguing concept. Something I am going to look into for sure.

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alanis Morissette

This is actually an intriguing concept. Something I am going to look into for sure.

Great, let us know how it goes...and let me know if you need any help
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Jason Kanigan

12 years ago

OK so I've had a group for over a year, and it's done nothing for me. I posted interesting things and dumped those into my status updates...nothing. What would you suggest I change?

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Jason Kanigan

OK so I've had a group for over a year, and it's done nothing for me. I posted interesting things and dumped those into my status updates...nothing. What would you suggest I change?

Jason,

Please post a link to your group.

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Jason Kanigan 12 years ago

Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup

Jason,

Please post a link to your group.

I can't; that would be self-promotion. Really gotta watch those WF rules. I'll PM you.
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- imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jason Kanigan
  
  I can't; that would be self-promotion. Really gotta watch those WF rules. I'll PM you.
  
  Just PMed you back with some basic ideas...but I'm sure you will see the incredible value
  
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- outNabout 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Jason Kanigan
  
  I can't; that would be self-promotion. Really gotta watch those WF rules. I'll PM you.
  
  PM me too, i would really appreciate i got a dormant group
  
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ADukes81

12 years ago

I agree with Eric. I just started one last week and have 290 members (with the help of Eric and about 4 or 5 other WSOs). I have received 5 leads (2 fell thru and I am in talks with 3) and 2 JV ops (although one was trying to reel me into his business "opportunity" aka MLM)

I love how MLM "marketers" market. SMH

I am offering an accountant 5 leads I gathered for him doing a survey. He needs a new website/SEO and hope they pass along my information to his connections.

I see a gold mine. I was sick of hearing of all the success stories so I went out and learned how to do everything. I like what I see so far.

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SydMichael 12 years ago

MLM is funny!
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Rus Sells

12 years ago

I think the big picture is using LinkedIn to build your brand and nothing else.

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Brian Lim

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rus Sells

I think the big picture is using LinkedIn to build your brand and nothing else.

Yo Rus,
I believe when you say brand, you are actually referring to connection, right?

You can't simply build brand on linkedin if without having lot of connection first.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Brian Lim

Yo Rus,
I believe when you say brand, you are actually referring to connection, right?

You can't simply build brand on linkedin if without having lot of connection first.

Above is a false statement. To build your brand on LinkedIn you need to build a group and a company page. Connections don't matter with branding!

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Brian Lim 12 years ago

@imsoluionsgroup: different people has different view, i guess.
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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Agreed, Rus!

What do you think is the best way to do that on LinkedIn?

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msu

12 years ago

Don't forget the Q&A sections of LinkedIn too - full of people looking for solutions you can provide

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CollegeCEO

12 years ago

With all the recent talk about Linkedin, it is going to be over run with Warriors in the next couple of months

Originally Posted by msu

Don't forget the Q&A sections of LinkedIn too - full of people looking for solutions you can provide

This is something that I've been trying to do more of and it seems to work well.

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hometutor

12 years ago

Originally Posted by OmegaContent

With all the recent talk about Linkedin, it is going to be over run with Warriors in the next couple of months

This is something that I've been trying to do more of and it seems to work well.

Since I love yahoo answers I will be checking out questions and answers from linkedin as well.

Thank you for that reminder,

Rick

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GforceSage

12 years ago

Start a group for people in need of something. We are providers, remember?

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Baldpilot

12 years ago

Great post! Linkedin, like any other form of networking/advertising/communicating with others is a great way to find new leads/customers. The one common theme with success stories throughout this entire forum is ACTION! Nothing works if you just read about it.

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mjbmedia

12 years ago

the question with all groups is how to ensure theyre full of genuine specific group industry people and not a load of marketers broadcasting every few days , for that I choose the option that they have to be approved to join, so I keep out the riff raff, the real industry people respect and appreciate that, theres no spamming only quality helpful discussions .

You go to many of these generic groups, look at the members and 50% of them (at least) will be marketers with 80% of the posts attempted (failed) self promotion, very few genuine industry specific pain point discussions started, the groups we are setting up steer clear of this, yes it may be harder to grow them , but quality over quantity any day, 95% industry specific members and a few true experts in marketing /supplies etc.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by mjbmedia

the question with all groups is how to ensure theyre full of genuine specific group industry people and not a load of marketers broadcasting every few days , for that I choose the option that they have to be approved to join, so I keep out the riff raff, the real industry people respect and appreciate that, theres no spamming only quality helpful discussions .

You go to many of these generic groups, look at the members and 50% of them (at least) will be marketers with 80% of the posts attempted (failed) self promotion, very few genuine industry specific pain point discussions started, the groups we are setting up steer clear of this, yes it may be harder to grow them , but quality over quantity any day, 95% industry specific members and a few true experts in marketing /supplies etc.

Agreed, 100%! You need to monitor your group on a daily basis to weed out all the promotions.

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mjbmedia

12 years ago

or just not let those people in in the first place by approving them before they join, in your case as you target marketers of course that wouldnt work, but if Im targeting restaurant owners for instance, then id only let restaurant owners into the group

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by mjbmedia

or just not let those people in in the first place by approving them before they join, in your case as you target marketers of course that wouldnt work, but if Im targeting restaurant owners for instance, then id only let restaurant owners into the group

That's true too...but I always think the more members the better! Higher up in the search feature.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Did you guys know that when someone joins your LinkedIn group, you can instantly send out an autoresponder directly to their email just like you would if they signed up for your email list! The best part is, you know their LinkedIn email is an active email address of theirs since they need to confirm their email with LinkedIn!

Just 1 reason why you should be running your own group

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Mike Roncone

12 years ago

I have been brainstorming ideas all week for group ideas that would attract members.

Way to totally give away my plan

But definitely, if you see some of these groups and how many members they have... these are professional connections without having to worry about trying to add them. Solid leads! and they found you!

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Roncone

I have been brainstorming ideas all week for group ideas that would attract members.

Way to totally give away my plan

But definitely, if you see some of these groups and how many members they have... these are professional connections without having to worry about trying to add them. Solid leads! and they found you!

Best,
-Mike

Lol, sorry

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Daniel LaRusso

12 years ago

Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup

Did you guys know that when someone joins your LinkedIn group, you can instantly send out an autoresponder directly to their email just like you would if they signed up for your email list! The best part is, you know their LinkedIn email is an active email address of theirs since they need to confirm their email with LinkedIn!

Just 1 reason why you should be running your own group

How do you do this? Do you do this within your LinkedIn group settings? This is brilliant!

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Daniel LaRusso

How do you do this? Do you do this within your LinkedIn group settings? This is brilliant!

Sign up for my FREE WSO which shows you how to do this plus what else you need to do to properly setup a LinkedIn group - http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...uaranteed.html
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  Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup
  
  Sign up for my FREE WSO which shows you how to do this plus what else you need to do to properly setup a LinkedIn group
  
  Thank you for your contribution, but please don't use the thread to promote your WSO, free or paid. Many good threads are being removed because of mistakes like this. We all loose. Thanks!
  
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Gary Zaydman

12 years ago

Good tip. Creating a community is always a fun way to help people.

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stamford 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Gary Zaydman

Good tip. Creating a community is always a fun way to help people.

Just added one of your profiles on fb
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ADukes81

12 years ago

Building a community is the new list building. Or the future of list building.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Did you know you can also send out a broadcast email to your entire group 1X per week! Imagine if you had 10,000 LinkedIn members in your group and you could send them any email you want once a week, for free...what would that do for your business/income!?

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FormerWageSlave

12 years ago

What are you guys naming your groups? Anyone test out names, see what works best?

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by FormerWageSlave

What are you guys naming your groups? Anyone test out names, see what works best?

Decide on a target audience that you want to build a group for and name it something that would intrigue that audience to join.

For example, if you are targeting restaurant owners...you can name you group something like "Ideas for Successful Restaurant Owners". Make sense?
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Sander Zaydman

12 years ago

Just like any other social media platform. The key is to provide value and then get people to come to you.

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Jerry Williamson

12 years ago

You are spot on buddy. Having your own group provides so many opportunities....but the best opportunity is that is puts you in the position of authority!

Jerry

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Jerry Williamson

You are spot on buddy. Having your own group provides so many opportunities....but the best opportunity is that is puts you in the position of authority!

Jerry

Exactly!!!!

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ambrown31

12 years ago

Linkedin is a great site & will have to look into trying that. Always great to meet new ''like" minded people.

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ambrown31

12 years ago

Great post from jace. Seems like a great way to meet leads & turn your business proposel into a personal connection.

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Kung Fu Backlinks

12 years ago

I appreciate this thread very much. You have given me some great ideas for using Linkedin. Thanks!

EDIT: I should also say thanks for the free course! I'm in and everything looks really good.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kung Fu Backlinks

I appreciate this thread very much. You have given me some great ideas for using Linkedin. Thanks!

EDIT: I should also say thanks for the free course! I'm in and everything looks really good.

You're welcome, Kung Fu. Let the thread know how everything goes with the group

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Lulu Chil

12 years ago

Thanks for the share. But, how do yo go about promoting the group for people to join? What about joining the big groups and adding value, does that help with leads?

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Lulu Chil

Thanks for the share. But, how do yo go about promoting the group for people to join? What about joining the big groups and adding value, does that help with leads?

The best/fastest way is to invite people to the group by sending them an invitation to join. Send these invitations to LinkedIn members of other groups that you are targeting

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gordongecko

12 years ago

Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup

The best/fastest way is to invite people to the group by sending them an invitation to join. Send these invitations to LinkedIn members of other groups that you are targeting

I didn't knew that you could do that. Will this not become a big SPAM-Party? I fear that Warriors will flood LI with a gazillion new groups and that direct inviting will only last so long (like FB restricts adding people that you don't know). I think that LI wants to keep High quality connections, real connections between people.

What do you think?

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Irish Intuition

12 years ago

Linkedin has been GREAT for me. I have almost 1000 targeted contacts
and just went over 430 members to my linkedin group

Every new contact I make I send a 'nice to connect with you' message
that ends with my website and some info. Then I send an invite to join my
group.

Joining other groups and participating works well too... I notice my profile
gets viewed a lot more when I do it. It's not hard to become an expert, if
you do it right and with finesse.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul McQuillan

Linkedin has been GREAT for me. I have almost 1000 targeted contacts
and just went over 430 members to my linkedin group

Every new contact I make I send a 'nice to connect with you' message
that ends with my website and some info. Then I send an invite to join my
group.

Joining other groups and participating works well too... I notice my profile
gets viewed a lot more when I do it. It's not hard to become an expert, if
you do it right and with finesse.

Great, going Paul! Nice work with the group!!!

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

How is everyone's LinkedIn group coming along?

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Just wanted to update everyone...

A couple days ago I reached 20,000 group members for one of my groups inside of LinkedIn. Well, I just checked today and it's still at 20,000!

I knew something had to be up so I checked the LinkedIN FAQs and found out this "How many members can be in a given group? 20,000 (maximum default)."

But, I knew that other groups on LinkedIn had more than 20,000 members so I sent them a support ticket. They responded saying that this is setup by default and all you have to do is message them once you are around 20,000 members and they will increase the limit.

So, hopefully when you guys start coming close to that 20,000 mark you now know you have to message them here - Contact Us | LinkedIn Help Center to increase the limit.

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rbecklund

12 years ago

Holy Sh*t! You got a group with 20k in it? That is awesome. Gives me something to shoot for...

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by rbecklund

Holy Sh*t! You got a group with 20k in it? That is awesome. Gives me something to shoot for...

Just stick with it and you will get there!
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Jay Jeremiah

12 years ago

Interesting idea, I'll have to look into that. Recently heard from another source what a goldmine LinkedIn is - guess it's time to check out! Also, congrats on the 20K - impressive work.

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ambrking

12 years ago

I find it irritating to join a group in LinkedIn and see that most of the discussions are spam. Agree with you that creating a group of your own is one way of building network and gaining clients too.

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Rob28x

12 years ago

Guess I need to spend more time on LinkedIn, seems like every time I get on it, I find it confusing and just leave.

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rob28x

Guess I need to spend more time on LinkedIn, seems like every time I get on it, I find it confusing and just leave.

What are you having a hard time with?
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MichaelHiles

12 years ago

Running a group is a very different mission and goal vs. generating leads and making sales. I've done quite well over the past several years simply engaging directly with people in groups that I interact.

I think the difference lies in the mentality of wanting to just sit back and cast a wide net, hoping that somoene will respond. Versus, making an effort to proactively engage with a qualified, targeted prospect on a 1:1 basis. Of course, on the outside looking in, this could appear to be more work than not to some - which could affect motives.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelHiles

Running a group is a very different mission and goal vs. generating leads and making sales. I've done quite well over the past several years simply engaging directly with people in groups that I interact.

I think the difference lies in the mentality of wanting to just sit back and cast a wide net, hoping that somoene will respond. Versus, making an effort to proactively engage with a qualified, targeted prospect on a 1:1 basis. Of course, on the outside looking in, this could appear to be more work than not to some - which could affect motives.

When you run a group you become the "go to expert" in your group...

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MichaelHiles

12 years ago

Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup

When you run a group you become the "go to expert" in your group...

Not necessarily. Allen Says isn't the "go to expert" in internet marketing. He just runs the group.

They're two, very different missions with very different intentions.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelHiles

Not necessarily. Allen Says isn't the "go to expert" in internet marketing. He just runs the group.

They're two, very different missions with very different intentions.

You're thinking as a competitor...not as someone who is trying to learn from what you have to offer.

Of course if you don't know what you're talking about, any educated person will see through that BS. But, if you create a group on a topic that you have knowledge in...anyone who is "learning" will come to you as their trusted expert if you gain their trust with quality information.

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MichaelHiles

12 years ago

No, I am not thinking about the competitive factor at all. There's a sheer reality that Allen Says doesn't enter into the equasion as an "internet marketing go-to-guy" even though he runs one of the bigger forums. I think the real BS factor is when someone starts a group with the obvious intent to position themselves as the "go to guy". I've started and run some very, very large communities - and that's what they are. Communities. A healthy community isn't a town that's run by the mayor sheriff who positions himself as the "go to guy" vs. being the facilitator helping others connect with other "go to folks". These are very different callings and strategies - and someone doesn't have to start a community to leverage the existing opportunities in well-established communities. If your goal is to make money as a "go to guy", then make money as that person, but don't confuse the two. Of course, if your real mission is to sell some product based on convincing people to start a community so they're the go to person, you did cover things like... supply and demand, wherein yet another social media or entrepreneurship/founder group isn't going to have a big audience because there's well-entrenched players. Additionally, an underwater basket weaving group might find a tough road with the audience there. Just saying... traditional marketing principles still actually do apply on the web.

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You're thinking as a competitor...not as someone who is trying to learn from what you have to offer.

Of course if you don't know what you're talking about, any educated person will see through that BS. But, if you create a group on a topic that you have knowledge in...anyone who is "learning" will come to you as their trusted expert if you gain their trust with quality information.

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imsolutionsgroup

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MichaelHiles

No, I am not thinking about the competitive factor at all. There's a sheer reality that Allen Says doesn't enter into the equasion as an "internet marketing go-to-guy" even though he runs one of the bigger forums. I think the real BS factor is when someone starts a group with the obvious intent to position themselves as the "go to guy". I've started and run some very, very large communities - and that's what they are. Communities. A healthy community isn't a town that's run by the mayor sheriff who positions himself as the "go to guy" vs. being the facilitator helping others connect with other "go to folks". These are very different callings and strategies - and someone doesn't have to start a community to leverage the existing opportunities in well-established communities. If your goal is to make money as a "go to guy", then make money as that person, but don't confuse the two. Of course, if your real mission is to sell some product based on convincing people to start a community so they're the go to person, you did cover things like... supply and demand, wherein yet another social media or entrepreneurship/founder group isn't going to have a big audience because there's well-entrenched players. Additionally, an underwater basket weaving group might find a tough road with the audience there. Just saying... traditional marketing principles still actually do apply on the web.

I guess you just like to argue...

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MichaelHiles 12 years ago

Originally Posted by imsolutionsgroup

I guess you just like to argue...

I guess you just like to sell theory.
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- DABK 11 years ago
  
  Don't you position yourself as the go-to expert by providing great quality information. If you start your own group and don't do that, you're not the go-to person.
  
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300SMG

12 years ago

We have just recently started to utilize LinkedIn and its beginning to take hod. We make contacts and participate in discussions that we have knowledge of. This all in the hopes of being able to make offers from a 'friendly' familiar name. I think LI is a very underused avenue for marketing B2B and your services.

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DoubleOhDave

12 years ago

Out of interest - when you form a group - how do you engage the members?

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imsolutionsgroup 12 years ago

Originally Posted by DoubleOhDave

Out of interest - when you form a group - how do you engage the members?

You can post engaging questions, post polls, weekly emails and on-topic blog posts.

Hope that helps!
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bonniecolvin

12 years ago

I think this is a very good idea! I often search for potential clients on LinkedIn, and I browse through my web design nice groups to do it. A lot of the groups on there have a lot of spammy posts, but there are some DEFINITE leads there.