Sorry bout the overwrought headline – thought if I started with a ZDNet vibe you might be more likely to read. 🙂
LinkedIn’s Facebook Application
Since Facebook opened up its platform for third party applications, there has been a lot of activity. The latest major provider to launch a Facebook app is business-oriented social network LinkedIn. The new app is a “My Company’s Hiring” function. A profile link leads to a list of positions for which one’s firm is recruiting. A “more info” link can lead to a full job description, an application form, etc.
Things LinkedIn Can Learn From Digg
I came across an interesting article today on CNNMoney.com titled "LinkedIn Says It Will Own Business Networking".
LinkedIn Gets “HookedUp” With $13 Million
LinkedIn has been done pretty well for itself; over 9 million “experienced professionals” have joined the online network, and a value of about $250 million was placed on the company. It’s surprising, then, that LinkedIn recently went to the trouble of collecting $12.8 million more in a round of financing.
LinkedIn Selling Internet Ads Keyed to Your Profile
LinkedIn has been generating a signifigant amount of buzz in the last few weeks.
LinkedIn Profile Optimization
After reading Guy Kawasaki’s post on ‘Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn’, I realize that LinkedIn is catching on at a quick rate.
Not Using LinkedIn Is Unprofessional
“People with more than twenty connections are thirty-four times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than five,” writes former Apple evangelist and founder of Garage.com, Guy Kawasaki about the professional benefits of actively maintaining a LinkedIn profile.
LinkedIn Wants To Suggest A Plumber
Or a carpenter, or an attorney, or any professional tradesperson that members of the business social networking site LinkedIn could recommend to others.
Chatting With Konstantin Guericke CoFounder of LinkedIn
While at the Kelsey Group conference I got to chat it up a bit with Konstantin Guericke, the VP of Marketing and CoFounder of LinkedIn. We had a good conversation, but like all conversations at a conference, it went by way too fast.