Bill Waterhouse is a regional director for Technical Innovation, a company that provides audiovisual products, streaming media, videoconferencing and other services. He has a sales background and was the first person at his company to use LinkedIn. Shortly after he began using his email contact database to grow his LinkedIn connections, Bill was messaged by someone on LinkedIn-someone he had tried (and failed!) to get business from before-inviting him to respond to a new RFP (request for proposal) that led to a $450,000 contract! In his latest book,LinkedIn for Business, Brian Carter reveals some compelling facts (from Quantcast) about LinkedIn...
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