Excellent list of value tips. I think point #11 is the best topic to raise because most people don't know how to interact with the community at large.
LinkedIn's product, LinkedIn Answers, aims to enable this online. The product allows you to broadcast your business-related questions to both your network and the greater LinkedIn network. The premise is that you will get more high-value responses from the people in your network than more open forums. For example, here are some questions an entrepreneur might ask when the associates of a venture capital firm come up blank:
1. 'Who's a good, fast, and cheap patent lawyer?'
2. 'What should we pay a vp of biz dev?'
3. 'Is going to Demo worth it?'
4. 'How much traffic does a TechCrunch plug generate?'
"LinkedIn's product, LinkedIn Answers, aims to enable this online. The product allows you to broadcast your business-related questions to both your network and the greater LinkedIn network. The premise is that you will get more high-value responses from the people in your network than more open forums. For example, here are some questions an entrepreneur might ask when the associates of a venture capital firm come up blank: 'Who's a good, fast, and cheap patent lawyer?' 'What should we pay a vp of biz dev?' 'Is going to Demo worth it?' 'How much traffic does a TechCrunch plug generate?'"
- 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn by Guy Kawasaki (view on Google Sidewiki)
