Facebook has become a NO1 websites in social networking but when it comes to business we feel that LinkedIn is a best place to start.  “Business networking is the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other business people and potential clients and/or customers”. (Definition by about.com)

Here are some basic steps of business networking.  As per Alexa ranking LinkedIn is listed in top 30 websites.

Here is very interesting video about How & Why To Use LinkedIn.com.

Linkedin Contacts Detail

There are around 360 million white collar professional people are in world (at least according to the latest International Department of Labor numbers) & around 10% are already on Linkedin which is really great.

1. LinkedIn has over 60 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the world.
2. Approximately in every second a new member joins LinkedIn.
3. Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members.

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Top 8 features LinkedIn does have that you should take advantage of:

1. Q&A
2. Recommendations
3. Background checks
4. See what your competition is up to
5. Introductions
6. Open Networking
7. Group creation
8. Submitt your news articles

Top reviews for LinkedIn

Linkedin traffic details

Average of business contacts

LinkedIn Traffic comparison with other business networking websites like ryze.com, xing.com, focus.com and plaxo.com

Recent changes to LinkedIn for user friendly interface.

1. LinkedIn for iPhone 3.1: Better, Stronger, Faster.
2. Inside Look: Designing LinkedIn Faceted Search.
3. Tungle.me integrates with LinkedIn to make scheduling meetings even easier.
4. Now Available: Your Professional Network within Microsoft Outlook.
5. A better way to browse your LinkedIn connections.

All above mentioned points are based on our own research which clearly shows that LinkedIn is a No1 platform for business networking. We know some of us use Facebook & Twitter for both business & social networking. It might be possible that some of you not be agreed with our decision so we have created a poll to identify a best business networking website. Please support us with your votes.

Poll Link

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This is Sachin Bhutani & i am not a full time blogger. Once i found any problems, solutions or great tips i always share it on my blog.