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How to promote LinkedIn group?

Groups have become the major asset for social media users. From LinkedIn to Facebook, MySpace to FriendFeed, users can create and manager groups of their choices. Through groups, users can communicate with thousands of other members at one go to promote their business or services.

Today, we're going to talk about how to promote your LinkedIn group. LinkedIn allows its users to create and manage group of their own choices. Once you create your own group, it is very essential to promote that group and add new members to it.

Let us go through some tips that will allow you to take your groups not only to other LinkedIn users but also enable you to share it on the platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

1) Find groups similar to your group
2) Join these groups (some groups are open to join and some require approval from the group moderator or manager)
3) Share your group with the members of group you have joined. You can directly past your group URL in the discussion tab
4) You can share your group URL on the other platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Follow this path to get your group URL Goto groups>>Manage>>Send Invitations. At the left bottom of the page, you will find your group URL to share.
5) Use bit.ly to customize your group URL: You can customize your group URL by copy pasting it in the bit.ly. You will get a short URL, which can be customized as per your choice. You can hae=ve your group name as a part of your URL. This makes sharing of your group more specific and precise, as this will allow other users to identify your group's identity.
6) Share your group as an network update: You can also share your group with other LinkedIn members as an network update. You can attach your group link to this update, making other members find it easily.
7) Use precise group information: While creating a LinkedIn group, make sure you are entering a very precise and specific information about its interests and objectives. This makes other LinkedIn members find it easily while searching for the groups of their interests on LinkedIn.
8) Use Attractive logo: LinkedIn allows its users to add logo to their groups. This helps groups establish their own identity amongst other LinkedIn groups.

There's lot more to come on LinkedIn.

Till then, stay connected!

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