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[Ed. note: This is part of our success story series where users share their tips and tricks on using LinkedIn more effectively. Today's user experience comes from Dan Gellert, a Grammy award winning audio mixer, engineer and producer. He's also the co-founder of Jitterbug.tv that he started with his partner recently, a venture that LinkedIn helped them greatly with]

The more I have enabled LinkedIn to infiltrate my online movements, the more it has shown itself to be a tool with great power and reach. My partner and I recently launched a website for kids music, Jitterbug.tv, a place for parents and young kids to listen to great, independent, hand-picked kids music and videos (that won’t irritate adults!). Well, every step of the way, LinkedIn was a resource that kept giving.

Building the technical backbone of the site, I asked the LinkedIn community to comment on best practices for streaming media, advantages of different media players, budgeting bandwidth costs, etc. Taking advantage of the eyeballs and expertise on LinkedIn, the answers enabled me to understand the average mode of operation; and more importantly, gave me the vocabulary and right questions to ask moving forward on a variety of topics.