Ten top websites for LinkedIn that will enhance and collaborate with Social Media

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2. Terrific Ten: LinkedIn
LinkedIn's business directory goes live
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9900383-36.html
“Professional networking site LinkedIn has launched the
beta version of its business directory, called LinkedIn
Company Profiles, with data provided by BusinessWeek and Capital IQ
supplementing LinkedIn's member information. Over 150,000 companies and
organizations are indexed in the directory, working it into a Hoovers-esque
database that ties into LinkedIn's social features.”
LinkedIn’s Blog Link
http://www.linkedin.com/opensocialInstallation/
preview?_ch_panel_id=1&_applicationId=1500
“With Blog Link, you can get the most of your LinkedIn relationships by
connecting your blog to your LinkedIn profile. Blog Link helps you, and your
professional network, stay connected.”
LinkedIn Add-on for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1512
The Firefox Companion brings you immediate access to your LinkedIn
network as you browse and read email. Key features include: seeing LinkedIn
profiles for anyone sending you Web email; searching your LinkedIn network
from any web site; bookmarking profiles and searches for easy access; finding
a job by seeing who in your network can connect you to hiring managers
while you browse major on line job websites.
What is LinkedIn? (Common Craft In Plain English series)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT3JVUGUzM
From the outstanding video series from Common Craft, this is a video
overview explaining what LinkedIn is and how it works.
SlideShare on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/opensocialInstallation/
preview?_ch_panel_id=1&_applicationId=1200
SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations. You
can: share presentations with your LinkedIn network; upload your portfolio,
slide resume, work samples, conference talks, etc.; display them on your
LinkedIn public profile; embed YouTube videos inside your presentation.
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3. Top 10 Mistakes People Make on LinkedIn
http://www.lawmarketing.com/pages/
articles.asp?Action=Article&ArticleCategoryID=13&ArticleID=836
Identifies the top ten mistakes many people make which mean they don't
fully utilize LinkedIn to its potential.
100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn
http://www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin/
“No matter how much I know about using LinkedIn, 10 million users (or some
subset thereof) are collectively going to know a whole lot more about it than I
do. In May 2007, I kicked off a group writing project called “Smart Ways to
Use LinkedIn.” What follows are the results of that project, plus some writings
of my own, plus various blog posts and a couple of articles that fit the intent
of this collection.”
LinkedIn Learning Center
http://learn.linkedin.com/
Includes Overviews, Site Features, and User Guides for dozens of
LinkedIn features. New User Guide on this page is a great place to
begin for anyone new.
How to Use LinkedIn to Find an Expert
http://www.screencast.com/users/Tony.Karrer/
A three-minute screencast by Tony Karrer on how to use LinkedIn’s
Advanced Search and Introductions features to find and contact an
expert.
LinkedIn Featured Applications
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=application_directory
“LinkedIn Applications enable you to enrich your profile, share and
collaborate with your network, and get the key insights that help you be more
effective. Applications are added to your homepage and profile enabling you
to control who gets access to what information.”
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