LinkedIn Link-Love

There’s a lot going on out there about LinkedIn, the check-your-personality-at-the-door social networking site for business-types.
Here’s a few key take-aways for you:

The New York Times today speaks about LinkedIn’s recent influx of capital, and the benefits the site has in being a decidedly-stuffy site for networking among professionals:
“LinkedIn gives professionals, even the most [...]

Calendar: Personal Branding Summit - Free Nov. 8 2007

Got a phone?
Get registered for an incredible Personal Branding teleconference happening Thursday (two days from when I am writing this) and includes an incredible lineup of speakers from all over the world.
This conference is FREE, but you must register, and then get on the phone during the section you want to learn.
From the website:
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How to Use LinkedIN

Jason Alba, who created the Jibber Jobber Career Toolset, recently wrote a book, “I’m on LinkedIN –Now What??“. Well, I just bought my copy and noticed you can get yours on Amazon… if you want.
Review pending… as soon as I consume and digest all of Jason’s delectable networking knowledge.

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Come one, Come all to Facebook… except you… and you… and…

Yeah, I know this is old news, but when Facebook puts up a tool asking you to import your Gmail contacts, and then BANS YOU for doing exactly that… something’s gotta be said.
Harry Joiner, the Marketing Headhunter, was banned for doing just what Facebook said. Maybe it’s because he’s a “recruiter” (boo, hiss) and [...]

Facebook Opens Doors - Privacy Concern?

We’ll see how this shakes out.
Jesse Stay pointed me (via twitter) to Om Malik’s report of Facebook opening itself to publicly-available people searches.
Tonight, Facebook launches a “public listing search� which allows anyone to search for a specific person. The company says that the information being revealed through these listings is minimal and much less than [...]

LinkedIN: ‘I’m Gonna Have to Block You’

Asking people to join your network may be hazardous to your (network’s) health.
Recently, LinkedIn, the granddaddy of all business social networkins sites, added some good features, trying to help people get and keep connected.  I am strongly in favor of LinkedIn, and I am glad they made some changes to keep up with the pack… [...]

Network With Meaning

Dave Slusher of Evil Genius Chronicles has had enough with the newest, shiniest social networks clamoring for his attention:
People invite me to services all the time. They want to connect to me on LinkedIn, Twitter, FaceBook. I appreciate that anyone cares and I get a little warmth from the sentiment. I’m not joining anything that [...]

LinkedIn Listening?

Look, I am not saying I started this, but according to what Mashable’s saying, the marketplace is moving fast enough away from LinkedIn and closed-wall applications in-general, that it appears they may be actually implementing some of the stuff I complained about 18 months ago.
(Via Mashable): LinkedIn is feeling the heat from Facebook’s platform strategy: [...]

Twitter Me This - Why Hyper Connected People *Need* Twitter

Last week, I had a rather enjoyable lunch with Jeff Barr, Chief Evangelist for Amazon Web Services (aws blog). He mentioned twitter as his way of “broadcasting” updates to his colleagues and acquaintances about what he’s up to.
It’s a one-to-many way to broadcast what’s up in your life, and keep people informed about you [...]

Why Facebook Gets My Lovin’

I have a new desktop, and it’s NOT from google. Of all things, it’s a social networking site that actually delivers on the promise of what that means–a simple, fun way to keep tabs on people you know and people you care about.

Yep, it’s Facebook.
In the last few weeks, I’ve been so passionate about Facebook [...]