Making the Most of LinkedIn Groups
By Jennifer Henderson When I began contributing blog posts to Clear Message Media, I decided it would be good to join a few social media marketing groups on LinkedIn. While LinkedIn groups have helped keep me up-to-date on the developments in social media, I have had a hard time keeping up with all of the information. It can be a bit overwhelming. For instance, one of the groups I joined—Social Media Marketing—has over 595,000 members. Over the past month, group members posted over 7,000 discussions. PR Newswire says the Social Media Marketing group on LinkedIn is the third largest and fastest growing group on the networking site. Marketing experts agree that LinkedIn groups are a great way to make contacts, grow businesses, and keep on top of the latest news and trends…