By Jan Vermeiren
 LinkedIn is a very powerful tool that can support us when we want to get in touch with potential customers.
However many sales people tell us LinkedIn doesnt work for them. In this article we talk about the three most important misperceptions.
1. I have made a Profile, now potential customers will contact me one after the other.
- Though crafting a good Profile helps to be found by people who are looking for your expertise, products or services (via Linkedin or via Google or other search engines), this is not where the power of LinkedIn resides.
- LinkedIn is a very powerful tool for sales people who are proactive and dont wait till someone contacts them.
2. I have sent some potential customers an Invitation. However they dont accept the Invitation or dont respond to my messages to buy my products or services.
- LinkedIn is a NETWORK tool and not a SALES tool. LinkedIn helps to build relationships with people. If you use it like a cold calling machine the reaction of people will be the same as
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By Julio Martinez
 Just like in any organization even offline, the best way to make people interested in joining and to finally seal the deal is to come up with additional benefits they can avail of when they become members.
Doing business is not a simple matter, that's why it's understandable for novices to find difficulties in having a secure spot in the field. This is contrary to experts who already earned tons of experiences to learn or deviate from. For the novice, there is no easy way to become an expert unless there are professionals who can teach you right away. For the experts, they could continue to progress by exchanging referrals with one another or by creating partnerships. Entrepreneurs have developed a way to make both of these conditions possible. Through business networking novices can have contact with the experts for support while experts have an effective way to communicate with others who could be possible clients or partners.
Engaging in a business networking group brings your business to the understanding of other members. This gives birth to better free-flowing communication lines among members.
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By Agrawal Govind
 Dating and social networking are now going hand in hand. Both of them used to be different concepts but thanks to the blooming of the internet and thanks to the changing mentality of the people, this extreme concept of dating and social networking is working in tandem. Social networking is a great platform in which you will be able to meet many likeminded people and thus strike friendship with them. Friends are known to be assets and with the help of dating and social networking networks you will be able to increase the value of your life.
Meeting up a new person, whether man or woman, was tough during the older days. The only possibility of you ending up with another person is from your friends circle or from your office. But thanks to dating and social networking websites you can meet up people from across the state and if they are interesting enough you can make friendship with them. Almost all of the famous and well known dating and social networking websites are free to access. You just need to provide them
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By Julio Martinez
 Aside from securing you with effective business marketing online, entrepreneurs interested in joining networking groups also can receive perks as soon as they sign up in business networking sites.
A friend in college, after graduation, said that finally she feels the importance of belonging to a sorority. She said that in finding a job, she has it easier because her sorority sisters serve as her connections to companies they work in. Well, there is a concrete example of the perks one gets in being a part of a group aside from personally carrying your group's identity with you wherever you go. Of course, it would be better if your group actually has an established name. But that's another story.
Among business minded folks, there is a system which they term business networking. This web is a conglomeration of business owners who come together to share opportunities for enterprises and conduct business referrals to one another in a more personal manner through meetings they plan even outside their offices. Business minded individuals can have solid partnerships with each other which prove to be useful
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By Jan Vermeiren
You have made a Profile on LinkedIn, but never have given real thought what to write so potential customers or other people who might be interested in your Profile can find you? Or when they have found you that they are interested in contacting you and start a business relationship?
Then apply the first 6 tips in this article (the next 6 tips can be found in the next article).
1. Name: since LinkedIn is website for business networking, use your own name and not a nick name you would use on other websites.
2. Picture: use a professional picture and not a holiday picture of yourself in bikini or swimming trunks or with 10 cocktails in front of you. A recent headshot where you gently smile is perfect for LinkedIn. Firstly this helps people to recognize you when they meet you in person and secondly it shows you take networking on LinkedIn seriously.
3. Professional Headline: this is the most important part of your LinkedIn Profile. The reason? This is what
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