LinkedIn is the most popular professional social networking site which earns its revenue from selling access to information of the professional users to sales professionals and recruiters. Being active in LinkedIn is very important for an e-business. LinkedIn gives you more exposure in the corporate world. There are many reasons behind this.
1 Connect with 433 million members
Towards the start of 2016, LinkedIn had 433 million members. You may be one among them. Connecting with more and more profiles always give you an advantage of being noted by employers. Your professional profile will get marketed with a greater pace than with other job sites. And if you are an employer, it is more beneficial. You will be recognized and followed by more and more members.
2 Profile Displays at the top of Search Pages.
Whenever your name is searched on Search Engines, your LinkedIn profile appears on top of the search results. Majority of users (more than 90%) will only check results in the first page and that too in the top of the page. Recruiters will also view your profile from there.
3 Most viewed connection
Connection with more profiles makes you more popular and this in turn increase your number of views. Your profile will be listed on the top of the most viewed connections.
4 More connection requests
You will get more connection requests daily. Thereby, your profile will get marketed easily. People tend to follow you and view your profile frequently. As a result all your posts and contents will get immediate responses and Shares.
5 Boost the website traffic
Having greater connections will benefit in higher traffic to your website. If you are engaged pretty well in posting contents in LinkedIn properly, you will get utmost four times better traffic than you had before.
6 Endorsements
Your co-workers, friends or family members can endorse you for certain skills and achievements. When a stranger or a recruiter goes through your profile, they can assess your skills overviewing the endorsements. You will get more endorsements if and only if you have more connections.
7 Business marketing
You can add details about your business and brand in your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn is an excellent platform that can be used for publicizing your business. Once you post good quality blogs and other posts in LinkedIn. You can see the magical increase in views and comments, and also the dramatic increase in your business.
8 Increased friend requests on other social networking sites.
Once people start recognizing you, they will certainly search for your profile in many other resources also. Your stronghold in LinkedIn leads you to a well connected personality in Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc.
9 The all in one social network
LinkedIn is an all in one social networking site which is highly beneficial to both professionals and non-professionals alike. Having a good profile in sites like these is an unavoidable part of life now. Be active in LinkedIn and get the supreme benefits they offer.
Source: Globalinfocloud
