Many people find that the existing categories for LinkedIn relationships simply aren’t adequate to cover all cases. Here are a few ideas for some more:
Scott Allen is a social media pioneer, helping people turn virtual relationships into real business since 2002. He is coauthor of The Virtual Handshake and The Emergence of The Relationship Economy and contributor to over a dozen books on social media, business and personal development.
Thanks for sharing this – I’m glad you liked it! Still waiting to see those new categories show up on LI.
Rob Cottingham recently posted..Wi no Fi
I like these ideas. Humor or not, why does LI stick with the past and not innovate for the present?
Ari Herzog recently posted..Should Digital Sabbaticals Be Planned to End
Well, they have continued to develop (I don’t know about “innovate” — a lot of what they’ve implemented has already been done on other sites, but that doesn’t make it any less useful on LinkedIn), but I agree that there are some key areas in which they could use improvement that people have been talking about for a long time. Fortunately, there are some people working on it. Check out MyLinkPower.com. It’s in semi-stealth mode at the moment, but put your name on the list.
I’m loving it!