Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn – Meetings and Market Research

6/15 by Scott Allen

A couple of more smart ways to use LinkedIn from the blogosphere:

Using LinkedIn for Market Research

Weblogs, Inc. co-founder Jason Calacanis is using LinkedIn Answers as a great source for market research for his new human-edited search project, Mahalo. Jason posed the following question(s) on LinkedIn Answers:

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Targeting and Natural Human Relationship Building

6/12 by Scott Allen

I wrote last week about following up with inside connections in response to the following question from Chris Morton:

I applied for a job I found on Dice yesterday (sent to “jobs@…”) and have now identified about a dozen 2nd and 3rd degree contacts at that company who are in my network.

To … »

LinkedIn Connections 6-6-2007

6/6 by Scott Allen

Time for another irregular roundup of blog posts and articles about LinkedIn from around the web.

Online networking now used by 65% of professionals

Hat tip to Community Stew for this one.

The Institute for Corporate Productivity reports that nearly 2/3 of professionals are now using social networking web sites, with LinkedIn the … »

Using LinkedIn to Enhance Your Travels

6/3 by Scott Allen

My uncle once told me, “If necessity is the mother of invention, laziness is its father.” So when a friend of mine from Europe contacted me to help him fill out his upcoming business trip to Los Angeles, of course I wanted to help, but I was thinking how I could go about the … »

Following Up on Inside Connections at Potential Employers

6/3 by Scott Allen

One of LinkedIn’s many cool features is the ability to identify inside connections into potential employers. But once you’ve found them, what to do you do with them? Over on LinkedInnovators, Chris Morton poses the question:

I applied for a job I found on Dice yesterday (sent to “jobs@…”) and have now identified … »

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