I read somewhere recently that LinkedIn is the "Big Daddy" of social media for business. If that's true, I wonder why so many business people and companies fail to get much benefit from LinkedIn. After all, there are about 170 million users with one or two new…

Marni Vyn is the owner of Chosen Resumes. She has had a profile on LinkedIn for at least three years, and has been a member of the LinkedUp Grand Rapids group since 2011. Vyn joined because she was launching her new business. She wanted to network and make connections with people in the community in order to build her business and learn about starting a business from other members.

When asked why she became a Platinum member…

Chris Atwater is the President of Michigan Commercial Space Advisors, and is a member of the International Tenant Representative Alliance. Basically, he helps people find commercial space to lease. According to Chris, there are 400 commercial real estate advisers in the area he serves of which he is the only one between Detroit and Chicago that exclusively represents the tenant.

Chris has been a…

In case you or someone you know is looking for a job opportunity, there are plenty of them in the Jobs section of our group. Currently there are 178 listed under "jobs" and 35 listed under "job discussions."



Okay, so you might be asking what's the difference between "jobs" and "job discussions?" I'm glad you asked!



LinkedUp Grand Rapids (all groups on LinkedIn have this) has two…