LinkedIn is one of the oldest social utilities out there with over 12 million users in 140+ industries.  There are ten key ways to utilize LinkedIn and increase your business and traffic.  If you utilize these features properly, this can become a good social network for you and your business.  Use LinkedIn to make connections, view profiles, and find out if you’re making the right or wrong decisions when choosing to use someones services for your business.  LinkedIn has good visibility through Google so by having an account and using it actively you increase your visibility when someones doing a search through a search engine.  Use LinkedIn to find out the credibility of someone or their company.