How to use LinkedIn

For many business people, social networking is still a relatively new concept, and that means top business advice and best practices are hard to come by. Even though it’s a new field, making mistakes with it will still quickly kill off your chances for success.

In this business TV show, we talk more with two of the web’s top with social networking experts Penny Power, founder of Ecademy, and Rob Hecht Senior Management Consultant at IMC Strategies, as they tell you about the most common social networking mistakes, and how you can avoid making them.

From the best ways to approach social network profiles through to ways to avoid spreading yourself too thin, these experts reveal the methods that they themselves have used to become experts in their field.

Watch this show right now, or see more shows packed with expert advice at http://www.yourbusinesschannel.com

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A practical example of how LinkedIn works.

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A sneak peak at the fantastic new Music Professional Learning Network website! http://musicpln.org

The Music PLN is gonna be big! It will be THE place online for music teachers, music education undergrads, music composers, music publishers, and music industry members to meet, collaborate, and learn from one another.

PLN membership is totally free. It is by far the most flexible, feature-rich, and integrated social networking site I’ve ever seen.

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Drew Grdina hosted a meet up for Clevelanders who use the social networking platform LinkedIn and 1,000 people showed up at the Shaker Heights Country Club to talk business

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Business TV Reveals: How expert networkers overcome the fear of strangers
When it comes to networking, a lot of people are afraid of approaching strangers. To help overcome that inhibition, Business Networking Strategist Andy Lopata appears in this business TV show in which he explains how to get over the fear.
See this show for great business networking tips on how to deal with networking events where more people are linking in than out, and how to overcome any fears you may have when it comes to meeting new people. Find out:

– Why, when most people go to the events with fear, they’ll stick in their comfort zone
– How to rationalise that fear
– Why you must move away from the people that you came with
– Why you should look for people on their own, and learn who to avoid
– How to approach easy to engage groups and join on their terms

See more business news television shows and get even more of the best expert networking tips from Andy Lopata at http://www.yourbusinesschannel.com

Find out more about the very latest show releases, as well as other yourBusinessChannel news by visiting our blog at http://www.yourbusinesschannel.com/blog.aspx

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Learn how to search and find your real-world friends, colleagues and business contacts and extending a request to link up on LinkedIn is a great way to network. A Internet tutorial by butterscotch.com

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Example of how not to approach business networking events.

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LinkedIn Groups, CNBC, revenue and a future IPOI had a chance to sit down with Reid Hoffman, CEO and LinkedIn at the TiE Conference this weekend, where Hoffman was a keynote interview. The professional network is one of the early pioneers of social networks, even though LinkedIn has always been a “business” or professional network, and not a place to throw sheep. It’s been around since launching in 2003, and after $100 million in venture funding raised, it’s reached 40 million registered users from around the world.  LinkedIn is profitable, and its last valuation was $1 billion. Hoffman’s goal is to get every professional in the world to be on LinkedIn.In this segment,  Hoffman talks about LinkedIn’s major initiatives, such as creating groups for companies, universities and … [http://vator.tv/n/871 read more]

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Michelle Unplugged for the Week ending 2/12/10

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http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/903-business-networking-part-ii-how

This lesson is part of a 4-lesson series in which Thom Singer covers why to network, how to meet people, how to build and cultivate relationships,and how to stand out from the crowd. In this lesson, he discusses how to meet people in order to expand your professional network. Additionally, he talks about pitfalls to avoid and networking myths you should not believe.

Lesson Overview:
1. The biggest networking mistakes
2. How to connect with people – 6 easy first steps
3. The most egregious Networking Myths

Other lessons in this series include:
Business Networking: Why? (http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/902)
Business Networking: After We’ve Met (http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/904)
Business Networking: Standing Out (http://www.mindbites.com/lesson/905)

Thom Singer is an expert in social networking and developing a personal brand. He has worked in sales and marketing capacities at several Fortune 100 companies and regularly speaks to corporate audiences about the power of business relationships. Additionally, he has authored several books about professional networking and developed The Networking Quotient Quiz, an interactive survey that helps professionals measure and compare their networking skills with their peers.

To learn more about Thom Singer or his books on networking, networking for women, and networking with LinkedIn, check out http://www.thomsinger.com.

Thom Singer has more than 18 years of sales and marketing experience with firms such as RR Donnelley, Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP, Andrews Kurth LLP, Marsh, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank. He is an expert in branding, positioning and networking, and has trained thousands of professionals in the art of building professional contacts that lead to increased business.

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