There is no debate that LinkedIn is an incredible resource for networking, career transitions, and prospecting, great group forums and following your favorite company. But it has a very powerful feature that I find to be more valuable than any other – “Q&A”.
Under the “More” tab in the tool bar, the first category that appears is “Answers”, click on it. Here’s the Gold Mine. About three times a week, I come to this page to contribute. I browse the “categories” section on the right and pay it forward as best I can. Finding a question you can answer for someone else is usually easy to do. Combing the answers that others have provided is equally valuable and I’ve learned a tremendous amount from others commentary on a topic that I thought I knew well. Providing answers is helpful for others and helps establish your presence on LinkedIn and increases your visibility.
For social network geeks like me, clicking on the “Ask a Question” tab is where turbo power of LinkedIn begins. Have you ever had a question about new (or old) technology, travel tips, IT issues, best practices, leadership, sales, healthcare, apps, etc.? This is the place to ask it. You’ll get a response from people around the world or around the block. Chances are you will get more than one incredibly useful answer and will start building relationships, and your network, in the process.
Recent questions that I’ve tossed out to the LinkedIn answer gurus include topics on webinars, video conferencing, alternative names for social media, the effectiveness of QR codes, whiteboards business apps and so on. The responses are timely, incredibly useful, and always provide additional tips and tricks that coincide with their answer(s).
If knowledge is power and information is valuable, LinkedIn’s Q&A section is your Gold Mine. It’s a tremendous resource of experienced professionals willing to share best practices to anyone who asks on almost any topic you might have. And, it’s a great way for us to pay it forward on a topic or solution we know well and that can be useful to others.
So what question do you have for LinkedIn today? Post it and let the power of 120+ Million LinkedIn users help you solve your problem (oh, and it’s free).
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