4 Practical Ways to Increase Your Network

by Jan Kennemer 03/18/2019

LinkedIn is a social media that brings professionals together. Instead of Facebook and Instagram that do pictures and other social captions, LinkedIn is focused more on helping professionals interact in a formal environment. You can use it to build your career profile or even enhance your business network. Another way LinkedIn is useful is that you can use it to get clients for your business. Being part of a corporate network is beneficial to both your personal and corporate life.

Here are some ways that you can use LinkedIn to increase your corporate network:

1. Post blogs. LinkedIn Pulse allows you to write your thoughts and share with your network. This content can be in the form of an editorial, thought leadership opinion or a tutorial. LinkedIn blogs help people to learn more about you your business acumen and activities.

2. Join LinkedIn Groups. Joining LinkedIn Groups help you to meet professionals in the same field as you. LinkedIn Groups have both new and old professionals of different experiences and jobs who share knowledge and keep information flowing among each other. You can find new connections in these groups that will add value to your LinkedIn network both online and offline.

3. Use the LinkedIn App. The LinkedIn Connect app is a cool way to get information about your network contacts like anniversaries, birthdays and other important dates. It also helps you to stay in touch with updates, notifications and other things that come around on the network. Being on the app keeps you in tune with all the recent happenings on LinkedIn so that you can quickly react where opportunities arise.

4. Share your LinkedIn posts on other social media. LinkedIn is for professionals, but you can also take the link to your posts and share them on other social media like Facebook and Instagram. By doing so, you can reach people that are not on LinkedIn but are still essential to have as connections in your social network. Sharing your link to other social networks also helps you to expand your reach up to a level where you can leverage on.

A better reach on LinkedIn can help take you to the next level of your business development and career, so it is definitely worth the effort. Network building is a great way to find new clients for your business. If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile, ask a social media person to help you create a profile.

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Jan Kennemer

Jan will show you how you can live close to Washington, DC – by public transit and/or highway – and still enjoy all the many amenities and friendliness of a quiet community. Jan is a life-long resident of Arlington, Va. So, she is very familiar with northern Virginia …Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria and close-in Fairfax. She knows where to find those little out-of the-way places where you will still get excellent value and a home that meets your needs. As a Realtor® for over 20 years, Jan has developed a customized system for marketing and selling properties which includes the latest technologies combined with tried and true practices. She has received special training in working with first time buyers, repeat buyers and seniors. She is a certified VHDA trainer and is certified as a Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES©). Jan is also a certified e-Pro. She gets results you want – the best price in the shortest time. Jan is dedicated to helping clients satisfy their needs and wants while providing them with a strong investment for the future. She is readily available to provide explanations and information. She won’t push you into making an uncomfortable choice. Jan helps you to fully understand the transaction, so that you can always make an informed decision based on facts and figures.