I was walking around Buckingham Palace in London the other night and it made me think of Kings and Queens.  Today, I thought about which social networking site would be ranked as the “King” of social networking, and I came to the conclusion it would be LinkedIn (surprise, surprise).

For a few years now I have been preaching about LinkedIn, and it’s metaphorical holiness.

Yes, LinkedIn has a number of bugs and issues that many users dislike.  They are also constantly changing and updating their platform which upsets even more professionals trying to figure out the site.  Sometimes you think you know how to use something within the system, and the next day you can’t do the same thing.  Sound familiar?  (Those who own or manage groups know exactly what I am talking about)

Over the next few months I will be writing more about LinkedIn, and why in my mind it is the best social networking site on the planet, and how it is better than the holy Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube knights.

It is true, there can only be one King, and that King (at least in the social networking world) is LinkedIn…. for now.

I will break down LinkedIn in many ways, the good and bad, and share with you some things you probably weren’t aware of with LinkedIn, or how you can use it to build your business and achieve your professional goals.  My ultimate goal is to make you believe that LinkedIn is the sexiest social networking site, even though you may think it is just a glorified resume.

I hope LinkedIn learns to be more “kingly” as Chris Brogan puts it best, and takes the criticism from some of it’s users over 2010.  I sense LinkedIn making a number of changes to improve and update it’s platform to keep up with some of the other social media knights.  Bear in mind, that with change always comes criticism.  As long as LinkedIn continues to keep the users best interest in mind, and not their own, the site will ultimately rise to the top, and even Facebook and Twitter advocates will start to see why the number one business social networking site will be your most useful online tool in the coming years.

More points to come soon, until then, all hail to LinkedIn, the social media King!

The Cleveland LinkedIn networking event last week was a huge success.  Over 400 people attended throughout the night and we added our first ever speed networking portion to spice up things during the night.

Many of you said the speed networking part was extremely fun because you were able to meet so many people in such a quick amount of time.  Some of you said that it was good because you could figure out who you wanted to connect with right after the event.

Check out the slide show below to see what was going on during the upstairs portion of the event (sorry I didn’t take many pictures of the action downstairs this time) and also watch the quick video to see what speed networking is all about.

Want to learn about how to get the most out of LinkedIn to find a job, generate new business, make more money, find an investor, or build your credibility?  If so, make sure to watch this video where I give away my top LinkedIn tips.