Comments on: Why Use LinkedIn?

By: Best of Linked Intelligence 2007

Best of Linked Intelligence 2007 — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:51:16 +0000

[...] Why Use LinkedIn? David Pogue of the New York Times posed this question. And while the list above provides some extensive specific examples, I thought I’d boil it down to the three basic capabilities that LinkedIn provides far more effectively than any other tool I know of. [...]

By: Career Tips Around The Business Channel

Career Tips Around The Business Channel — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:59:51 +0000

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By: Social networking beyond the Dunbar number of 150 « The GlocalReach Blog

Social networking beyond the Dunbar number of 150 « The GlocalReach Blog — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:36:59 +0000

[...] sites and somewhat older social tools such as the address book in your mobile phone does a pretty good job of managing these 150 people. With GlocalReach, we’re trying to build the tools [...]

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:46:14 +0000

Rika — no question that the Answers section is an extremely valuable part of LinkedIn. But I didn’t overlook it — I deliberately left out, because I was looking for things that make LinkedIn significantly different from other social networking services. One could argue that the “keeping in touch” aspect is available with other services, but for the most part (not making an absolute blanket statement), not with the same level of robustness at the free membership level and with widespread general usage (key for that purpose). On the other hand, I have been getting good quality answers to questions on Ryze, Xing, Ecademy and numerous Yahoo! Groups for a very long time.

By: Rika

Rika — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:48:20 +0000

With the launch of LinkedIn Answers, there is a 4th compelling reason: the ability to tap on or grow the collective knowledge and expertise in your network.

This is assuming you’ve linked up to people you know or trust to be reliable, of course. Then, even if your immediate contact does not know the answer, their contacts down the trust chain may or can refer to people who can help you.

By: Vanina

Vanina — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:29:15 +0000

I wrote a post about “how to improve linkedin”. I think it is a great tool and there is still some room of improvement. http://vaninadelobelle.com/How-to-improve-LinkedIn-functionalities-_a739.html

By: My LinkedIn Connection Policy

My LinkedIn Connection Policy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:13:39 +0000

[...] — a connection — implies a willingness to make business referrals, since that is the unique value of LinkedIn compared to other tools. On many other sites, I accept friend and contact requests openly, but [...]

By: Business MetaBlog » Blog Archive » Why use LinkedIn

Business MetaBlog » Blog Archive » Why use LinkedIn — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:50:40 +0000

[...] Linked Intelligence, a blog dedicated to the online business networking site, LinkedIn, gives us three good reasons to start using LinkedIn. [...]