I use LinkedIn to promote my training activities and to find connections -- for example, I used it to find a connection to the CEO of GitLab which resulting in

I use LinkedIn to promote my training activities and to find connections -- for example, I used it to find a connection to the CEO of GitLab which resulting in a partnership that has already brought in additional training income (plus a really cool partner!!). I used to write recommendations and have gotten some nice recommendations back. But then LinkedIn changed their UI and buried the recommendations.