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LinkedIn Loses One of Its Strongest Evangelists

gse_multipart1788.jpgYesterday, Vincent Wright, founder of MyLinkedInPowerForum and dozens of related groups, announced yesterday that he will no longer be an active evangelist for LinkedIn, although he will remain a member and active user:

And though I will remain a user of Linkedin and perhaps even a paid-member of Linkedin, my days as a self-appointed Linkedin evangelist ended, yesterday.

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MyLinkedInPowerForum Picked Among Best of Yahoo! Groups

best_of_yg.gifThe MyLinkedInPowerForum Yahoo! Group, run by friend Vincent Wright, has been selected for the Best of Yahoo! Groups page. Now I’m not sure how often they rotate this page, but I think it’s weekly. Still, out of approximately 7 million Yahoo Groups, it’s quite an honor, and well deserved.

Vincent works his tail off on MLPF and the dozens of spin-off groups he has created (yes, he does have help from dozens of moderators, as well).

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Vincent Wright Shutting Down MyLinkedInPowerForum

UPDATE: I noticed the other day that this post is still attracting a lot of traffic. FYI, due to popular demand, Vincent changed his mind, and MLPF is still very much alive and well (as of April 2008).

mlpf.jpgVincent Wright, the founder of the MyLinkedInPowerForum Yahoo Group and 150 or so niche spin-offs, announced Monday that he will be shutting down MLPF:

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Win a Free LinkedIn Personal Plus Membership

In conjunction with MyLinkedInPowerForum (MLPF), a Yahoo Group for LinkedIn power users, LinkedIn will start giving away three Personal Plus memberships every month to members of the group based on the following criteria:

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