How to Make Better Connections on LinkedIn

LinkedIn can help you increase your professional contacts.

LinkedIn is a popular social networking website that allows you to connect with other professionals in your industry from around the world. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn was designed specifically for business professionals to connect with other professionals or potential business prospects within their industry. The LinkedIn website allows you to connect with people you already know while collaborating and exchanging ideas with new connections that you meet through LinkedIn's groups, or through introductions.

Instructions

1. Complete your LinkedIn profile. A fully completed profile will allow potential connections to read more about you, your interests and work history.

2. Email your existing professional contacts, and ask them to connect with you on LinkedIn.

3. Join several groups on LinkedIn that discuss a topic that is of interest to you. Groups can help you connect with new people, expand your range of knowledge on a given topic, and increase your exposure.

4. Locate, friend and follow your LinkedIn connections on Twitter and Facebook.

5. Look over and add some of the connections that are recommended by LinkedIn. These connections are often people that are in the same industry or are people that you already know. These listings are located under the "Connections to Follow" heading on the left side of the "Overview" section.