Top 8 Reasons to Use LinkedIn

1. Build your Social Reputation. LinkedIn is a great tool for people to outline their experience, accomplishment, organizations and network.

2. Find Qualified Employees. Looking for an employee? Use your connections to search out qualified candidates. LinkedIn also has a job posting board, for a fee.

3. Make New Connections. Use LinkedIn and do a search for people in your niche or area of business. LinkedIn has an introductions tool that you can use to give you a written introduction for a person you want to connect with.

4. Increase your Google Ranking. Well-written LinkedIn profiles typically earn a high rank on the front page of Google. The more information you have such as LinkedIn (or Blog articles), the higher your Google ranking.

5. Check out Competition, Customers, Partners. LinkedIn is a great tool for research and to see what groups your customers and potential customers belong to.

6. Groups. Groups are a great way to network. Use groups to make connections with others within the group.

7. Recommendations. LinkedIn has a recommendation system where you and your contacts can recommend individuals and other companies, and in turn, they can recommend you.

8. Use it on your smart phone/tablet. Log in just about anywhere to post an entry, make a recommendation or find a new contact.