World’s Largest Location Based LinkedIn Group Launches New Website

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We're so pleased to offer our members the opportunity to promote themselves and their businesses on our new optimized site. We're focused on local discovery and relationship building.

Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) October 09, 2012

As LiNC has exploded in size, resources have become increasingly difficult to locate on the group page. Members often mention that it is challenging to quickly access information regarding Chicago event locations and promotions. While discussions on the LiNC group page are lively and interactive, a navigable centralized hub of information is lacking.

To create a better experience for LiNC members, founder Mary McFarlin decided to extend the group to a new website dedicated to disbursing events, promotions, tips, and resources. The website is located at linchicago.com.

“We're so pleased to offer our members the opportunity to promote themselves and their businesses on our new optimized site. We're focused on local discovery and relationship building. It's a fact that there is 'strength in numbers.' If we all help one another just a little bit, we can create a huge movement in improving our local economic situation. It's our city, let's own it!” - Mary McFarlin, Founded Linked N Chicago.

Linked N Chicago teamed up with Chicago website development agency, BlueBolt Solutions, to build a content-centric website for the world’s largest LinkedIn group.

“BlueBolt was very excited to take on the challenge of the Linked 'N Chicago website in order to show how rapidly we could deploy a full-featured membership organization website. In just a couple of weeks we were able to produce an original design and build a site with robust capabilities for displaying events, galleries, videos, and more,” said Jason Lichon, Found Partner BlueBolt Solutions.

BlueBolt Solutions built the website on the DotNetNuke (DNN) content management platform with the PackFlash Constellation Module Suite, making publishing and managing content such as blog posts, videos, images and event calendars incredibly easy.

The homepage features a calendar of upcoming Chicago events, making it easy for visitors to access the information needed most. A deal of the day is featured alongside image galleries, video galleries, and blog posts, providing discounts, promotions, and valuable resources for members and visitors alike. The BlueBolt Solutions “Digital Marketing Tip of the Week” will be featured on the homepage, offering a new piece of marketing advice each week. Linked N Chicago members can easily navigate through the events calendar, blog posts, image and video galleries, sponsors, deals and contact information on the top navigation bar that intuitively guides visitors through the website content.

Members will also notice a sleek new logo design for Linked N Chicago. The LiNC website launched Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at linchicago.com.

About Linked N Chicago

Linked N Chicago (LiNC) was founded in 2007 by creator Mary McFarlin. The group has grown steadily over the past 5 years to reach a following of more than 67,000 active members. LiNC connects Chicago businesses and professionals by providing networking events, discussions, job postings, resources and more.

About BlueBolt Solutions

BlueBolt Solutions is a digital agency in Chicago focused on client empowerment. Founded in 2005, BlueBolt has had the privilege of serving hundreds of clients in a host of different ways. They are a functionality and technology centric agency, committed to providing clients three things: a solution that elegantly meets business needs, a solution that the client can intuitively manage, and fair and accurate project scoping.

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