Social networking is creating an exciting clamor of instantly accessible information, opinions, news, and visuals for any topic and drawing new relationships between people. In this atmosphere, chambers of commerce have a truly excellent chance to establish their own virtual as a way to harness all the benefits of social media to the advantage of their members. A much more reputeable and desirable option is LinkedIn. Unlike other social networking sites, its focus is entirely on establishing business connections by having people recognize their links to each other, and then find further business contacts by following the links.
With its page, the Richardson Chamber of Commerce opts to take advantage of the growing acceptance of social media to provide a new set of social networking resources to its members. These resources include:
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To provide reliable and convenient updates and announcements from the Chamber
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The ability to find professional services or stores within its community and to give and receive feedback and references
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To provide calm, low-pressure ways to meet and chat with people outside of Chamber functions
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To provide opportunities to market one's business and expertise directly through advertising and indirectly through message boards
Moreover, this will become a way for the Chamber to better understand its community. The advantages of LinkedIn—the feedback, comments, the topics which generate interest, the kind of users who participate—all help measure the needs of the Richardson area, what interests and concerns local business people, and their relative engagement to the Chamber.
LinkedIn helps you take advantage of your professional network by helping you make better use of your contacts in providing faster access to insight and resources you can trust and by helping you help them in return.
To find us on LinkedIn, click here.
LinkedIn Training Session
In response to the mounting membership in our official LinkedIn Group Page, The Richardson Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce that it will host a second free LinkedIn training session open to anyone who wishes to learn more about how to use LinkedIn. We invite you to join us on May 27, 2009 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM in the Board Room located within the Chamber. Please come and learn how you can use LinkedIn to expand your professional network and get involved with the Chamber. To register for this free event, click here.