If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for reading.

Well over 26,000,000 million people and businesses are using Linkedin.  If Linkedin is a place to be “found” or find people”, wouldn’t it be interesting to know how some of them are using it?  Here is a quick list of 7.  There are many, many, more ways which we’ll cover in future posts, but let’s start with our first seven.

1. Find industry news or follow “thought leaders” – focus on your particular industry or for some general “gurus”
2. Increase your credibility – use it like reality tv – have people follow your significant business moves through the “what are you working on now function”
3. Increase your web traffic – use Linkedin to drive traffic to your blogs, web sites, etc
4. Idea Generator – use Linkedin Answers to get ideas for articles and posts to your own blog
5. Informal Advisory Board – use Linkedin Answers to get with a variety of expertise to answer your questions for free
6. Enhance your brand – it’s about giving more than you are getting
7. Competitive intelligence – follow your competition, learn what they and/or others in your market are focused on

We’ll be adding more, but in the interim, feel free to let us know how you are using it.