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The volatile economic situation in the USA has been up, front and center in the news these past few weeks throughout the globe. It’s of particular significance to small business owners in this part of the globe given the political climate. Just ask Joe, the Plumber.

Today’s featured question comes from Bill Dunkelberg, Chief Economist, NFIB, National Federation of Independent Business. Bill asks small business owners what they are doing “to keep customers happy and coming back during these difficult economic times.”

In July this year, we announced LinkedIn Groups’ searchable directory to make it easier for you to find the groups you’ll derive the most benefit from. In August, we turned on the discussions feature and just last month Monica Rogati blogged about “Groups you might Like” that makes it easier for you to stumble upon – (yes, you guessed right) – groups you might like!

I’m glad to be back with more Groups enhancements, which provide you ways to share, customize and organize the groups that you’ve now become a part of.

As many of you know, the Profile page is one of the most important pages on LinkedIn. It is how you present your professional background and identity to other LinkedIn members and it is what you look at first when you consider contacting or connecting with someone on LinkedIn.

Well starting today, the Profile page will have a new look. All the information & tools you’ve come to expect are still there, but the page now has a cleaner look with subtle enhancements.

Darrel Rhea was a LinkedIn user who wasn’t sure how to leverage his professional network on LinkedIn effectively. A quick 10 minutes that he spent importing his Outlook contacts to LinkedIn yielded a chance encounter with a former client. One thing led to the other, yada, yada, yada and before he knew it he had signed off on a $1M project with his client.

Within the first week, a former client responded and we connected. Out of that came a $1 million consulting contract, just because we were able to connect and remember each others’ competencies and what each other were doing.