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If your like me and sign up for just about every social network out there, you probably have a free membership at LinkedIn. I have described LinkedIn to friends and family as a sort of “MySpace for grownups” because it has a much more professional tone – but has all the social tools that you would ever need.
One good thing I have found about it is it makes it super simple to introduce yourself to other web hosting professionals out there. Here is my profile on LinkedIn to help you get started with the kissing hands and shaking babies.. no wait, that should be the other way around.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchkeeler
Once you get yourself a LinkedIn Account all you need to do is search for a person you want to meet inside the industry, a company you’d like to speak with or heck, typing in “web hosting” does the job too. After you have taken that leap – all you need to do is having one of your other LinkedIn Friends introduce you to the person you want to meet or send an invite to your person of interest directly to connect with you.
Would the same advice work with other social networks out there? Sure! I have noticed though that there are more hosting professionals on LinkedIn it seems than anywhere else out there.
