LinkedIn has been a great business media for networking for me over the past six month's.  if you have never had a chance to check it out, I recommend that you do so if you are in the people business and depend on referrals to build your business.

I was connected the other day to an avid blogger and business owner Kathie M. Thomas (nominee for the Australian of the Year Awards 2008). The neat thing is I was her 1000th connection. The other neat thing is the very same day I connected with Pat Gillespie, Gillespie Group as my 500th connection. Granted, nobody won any prizes or bells and whistles did not ring, however the power of networking was moved one more step toward what's called the six degree's. Regardless if I travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan, Orlando, Florida or Sidney, Australia, I have the connections with LinkedIn. Some great ideas flow in the question and answer section of this site and the mastermind concept helps everybody. I always make it a point to include my LinkedIn Profile button on all my emails and websites and also my Blogs for contact reasons in my real estate business in and around the greater Lansing area. "Expect the Best" Mike