Georgia Writers Association

Georgia Writers Association members are Linked In.  Linked In is one of the fastest growing networking places online.  Linked In is a place to make connections, find a freelance writer, find a freelance job, find an editor, publisher, agent or publicist. Linked In can be described as MY SPACE for professionals without YOU TUBE.  Linked is growing in size and services and best of all -- it is free for GWA Members.  Once you receive an invitation to join the GWA LinkedIn Group, your profile will display the GWA logo. You have all the control to who sees your information.  You choose who you want to connect with and be in association with.



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Overview

What is LinkedIn Groups?

Many professionals advance their careers and business goals by counting on industry and professional groups, alumni organizations, industry conferences and corporate alumni groups to help them make vital new business contacts. LinkedIn Groups offers extra features to group-based organizations to help their members stay in touch with one another and discover powerful new business contacts within their groups and beyond. LinkedIn Groups allows event organizers and group organizations to extend their brand’s reach and strengthen the brand with existing users by providing additional value through LinkedIn’s features.

What types of groups use LinkedIn Groups?

Typically, groups are collegiate and professional school alumni associations, corporate alumni groups, professional organizations, networking groups, and event and tradeshow organizers. See some of the groups currently on LinkedIn.

How do I start a group on LinkedIn?

If you are the group leader or organizer, simply click “Create a Group” and submit your group for review by our customer service team.

If you are a member of a group that you think could benefit from being on LinkedIn, please contact your group’s administrator or organizers and let them know about LinkedIn Groups. Let us know if you have any further questions by sending an email to groups@linkedin.com.

Why should my group be on LinkedIn?

Once your group has a presence on LinkedIn, you’ll be able to search, find, and contact fellow group members in addition to the hundreds of thousands of users you can reach through your extended LinkedIn network. You can also limit your searches to fellow group members.

Can any group join LinkedIn?

LinkedIn Groups is designed for groups with an established affinity between its members. LinkedIn reserves the right to not accept applications from groups that do not have an existing member base or affinity, or that do not serve a business or professional purpose.

Can anyone join a group on LinkedIn?

No. The membership of the group is determined by the specific group’s manager. You must be approved by the group’s manager in order to join the group.

Group Members

How do I join my group?

Your group manager will send you instructions on how to join your group on LinkedIn. It is an easy, two-step process.

1. Receive your group invitation link in an email and click the link.
2. Click “Accept Invitation” on your group invitation page.

Contact your group manager if you are having problems. Your group manager will either have pre-approved you by email address for admission into the group, or will approve you after you have accepted the invitation. Make sure you add the email address to which you were invited to your LinkedIn account to allow the pre-approval to work; you do not have to make it your primary email address. If you cannot find your group manager, please email groups@linkedin.com for more information on how to join your group.

I tried to join my group, but it’s saying that my membership is pending upon the approval of the group manager?

This may be because you attempted to join the group with a different email address than the one used to send you an invitation. This is easy to solve, you can either register the email address you received the invitation with your current LinkedIn account or contact your group manager with a note that you would like to join the group with a different email address.

I’ve joined my group on LinkedIn, now what?

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