Add applications to LinkedIn to enhance your profile
Posted on November 10, 2008 at 5:46 am
I logged into LinkedIn today, the largest professional oriented social network, and was delighted to find out that you can add applications to enhance your public profile, collaborate and share with colleagues, and even monitor and track company news.
Applications for LinkedIn are just like applications that you can add and use in your Facebook profile. If you have a LinkedIn account, log into your account and visit the application directory here. There are not a ton of applications, but it’s a start.
Here is a quick overview of the applications currently available via LinkedIn application directory:
Just about every professional reads books that are related to their profession. As an IT Analyst, I am always reading books relating to new Internet technologies, Windows products, etc. Now you can share your favorite books and follow what others are reading by using the Reading List by Amazon application! Perfect for anyone who likes to read a lot!
You’ve probably heard of Box.net before, but if not, it’s basically a free online storage service that you can use to upload up to 2GB of data for free. Adding it to your LinkedIn account, you can now upload important files and show them on your profile or share them with friends and colleagues. They can also collaborate on the files with you!
SlideShare Presentations, Google Presentation
Anyone who has ever worked in the corporate field probably has created at least ONE Powerpoint presentation in their lives! If you’re like me, you’ve probably created a bunch. Now you can showcase your best presentations by using with Google Presentation or Slideshare to upload your presentations and share them on your profile. You can view others also.
Company Buzz is a great LinkedIn application because it lets you track and monitor what people are saying about your company. Basically, it searches through Twitter and finds all activity related to your company. You can view trends, tweets, and top keywords. You can also share all of this with your co-workers!
This is probably my favorite application since I also run several Wordpress blogs. Using the Wordpress LinkedIn application, you can sync your Wordpress blog posts with your LinkedIn profile so that every time you post, it will be reflected on your profile automatically. Great for bloggers or anyone who runs a blog related to their profession.
Now this is a great application for anyone who travels a lot. I personally don’t, but consultants or executives would love this! Basically, you share all of your upcoming trips, current location, and travel stats with colleagues and then you can find out when other people in your network will be in the same city. Perfect for meeting up with old buddies or getting face time with people.
So that’s about it! Those are just about all of the LinkedIn apps currently, but they can greatly enhance your profile if you start using them! With so many people already on the network, you’re bound to wonder how you ever used LinkedIn without them! Enjoy!
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