In our last blog post we shared 3 advantages of Online Marketing and how it can actually benefit you. Feel free to view it here .  Our Blog Post to you will always be information that you can actually use to improve your business or career.

Today, we will touch a little bit on social media platforms and explain in some details how you can really grow your network and increase your influence. You must have heard of online business directories and that’s basically where businesses signs up or pay certain fee to have their information listed so they can be accessible on the web but that is just a medium and not a social medium. Social Media Platforms are technologies that help communication and sharing of information.  

Social Media allows you to share information with your network and beyond, a Social Media Platform is always referred to as a country because people register with their real identities and information even though there might be the weirdos who puts up fake identities, nonetheless the purpose for the platforms can be attributed to Sharing and Communication.

We will be looking at a platform that actually allows businesses and Individuals to be listed free of cost and also give you the opportunity to network freely with businesses as well as professionals from all over the world and of course the platforms offer premium services. Our Social Media Platform for today is LinkedIn

If you own a business or work as an employee and you HAVE not heard about LinkedIn then you surely must be living in a cave; please come out quickly and catch up with the world. Linkedin is a free platform for professionals & organizations. Do you want to network with different people around the world, build your influence, find international business partners or get a JOB? Oh yes getting a Job will definitely get the attention of 50% of my readers. Well this really; is the ultimate professional platform for you.

LinkedIn is a business & employment oriented platform and it shrinks the world of business to a very small size. The platform has been available since 2002, that’s about 15 years ago and it is largely used by huge corporations and organizations. You can build your profile, either for your career or business to stand amongst top organization in the world today.

Just like any other product you buy, it is important you know how to use it properly; social media platforms are widely misunderstood because many people never took the time to study and understand the real purpose of the each system and their purpose.   Most of the social media platforms are free to use and some have premium features just like LinkedIn .  People jump right into the system and make a blunder of their businesses even before starting out.

Have you noticed over the recent years how things go completely viral on Social Media Platforms, a man slips off a staircase and falls flat on his face and this video goes viral in seconds causing people all around the world to laugh or feel sorry. It is just as important for your business or career; you want to know exactly how to use the system so you can avoid pitfalls and blunders made by other businesses that have destroyed their brand by using social media.

IN CONCLUSION, Linkedin is the number one Social Media Platform to network with organisations and professionals from all over the world. It is also an avenue to showcase your brand or skills, promoting your profile to the world. Whether you are reading about linkedin for the first time or you are already using the platform, it is a necessity for you to maximize the use of the platform to your advantage. Today, we bring you a training product designed to help you grow your network and increase your influence using LinkedIn; To get you started, Subscribe with the box below in order to access your training document.