Identifying the right prospects on LinkedIn is critical to receiving introductions with real potential. Your connections have hundreds of connections, making introduction possibilities seem endless.

Good salespeople will tell you they never need to make cold calls, because everyone they know knows someone else, and if they have a good reputation, their colleagues are usually willing to introduce ...

With the LinkedIn business networking site, you can create a network of contacts by adding coworkers, employers and business partners to your LinkedIn Connections list. LinkedIn also lets you contact ...

I have not made a cold call in over half a decade. Not one. I use LinkedIn as my connector to take the cold out of a call and make it warm. One way I have managed to eliminate cold calls from my ...

One of the limitations of LinkedIn introductions is that you are at the mercy of the person doing the introducing. You have no control over how quickly your contact introduces you and you have no ...

Some executives turn to LinkedIn to screen job candidates. Others rely on the professional social network to generate sales leads. And still others use it -- or some of its 225 million members--to ...

Whether you’re looking for a new job or trying to expand your network, career experts and job hunters agree: You need LinkedIn. The currency – and power – of the site are connections, especially those ...

Let’s imagine you just received a message from one of your friends (let’s call her Anna) who saw you were connected to someone she wants an introduction to (let’s call him Bob). Anna may really want ...

“I’ve been trying to find a way to use Facebook in a more professional manner and I’ve found it — it’s called LinkedIn.” Inevitably many users have an “aha” moment when, after spending a quiet ...

We get a lot of questions in our office about the appropriate use of LinkedIn. That's a good thing! LinkedIn is an insanely powerful engine not just for networking, but for collaboration and personal ...