Overview

Bizwrk Answers is one of the best places on the web to share business knowledge:

• Ask your question and get fast, accurate answers from your network and other experts worldwide
• Showcase your knowledge, expertise, and interests by answering questions
• Stay up on the latest in your industry and functional area

Asking a Question

• Knowledge: How is property tax for commercial property evaluated in Texas?
• Experience: What are the best providers of hosted Exchange services?
• Opinion: What impact would a Microsoft/Yahoo! merger have on contextual advertising?

is quick and easy: enter your question and select the appropriate category to place it under. Additionally, you can then send your question by email to connections you think may be able to help so you can make sure they don’t miss it.

Answers is not intended to help you recruit, advertise, or announce your job search. These questions will be flagged and removed.

Your question will immediately appear:

• Listed under the Answers tab
• On your profile
• On the bizwrk homepage of your connections
• In email, if you sent your question to any specific connections

You can also ask your question privately. If you choose to do so, your question will not appear on the site, and is instead delivered as a message to the specific connections you chose. click here to get started and ask a question.

Answering Questions

Questions can be found in these places:

• When a connection asks a question, you’ll receive a Network Update on your home page
• Under the Answers tab
  • New questions from your network
  • By category (ex: Using bizwrk)
• Advanced answers search

Clicking on a question will bring up a new page with the question and any answers that have been submitted to date.

Your answers will appear:

• Under the question you answered
• As a network update on the homepages of your connections
• On your profile
• In an email to the person who asked the question.

You can also answer a question privately. If you do, your answer never appears anywhere on the site. It is sent by email to the asker of the question.

How can I earn expertise?
Expertise is a feedback measure from your fellow users. Every time the questioner picks your answer as the best, you gain a point of expertise in the category of the question. The best way you can gain expertise is to answer questions in the areas you know. Experts in each area are recognized on LinkedIn: the more points of expertise you gain, the higher you appear on lists of experts.