LinkedIn: An analysis ...

Over the past little while I've become a regular user of LinkedIn, especially during my unemployed period. In that time I looked for people working in my location in my area of expertise. I also looked for groups discussing issues, new ideas, etc in my area of expertise/interest. The groups I joined have been of great interest and benefit to me in developing my personal knowledge management/network learning.

While my new job didn't come through LinkedIn the possibility is there.

The following Infographic provides a really good overview of what LinkedIn offers to its users.

Do you use LinkedIn? What have you found particularly useful?

How LinkedIn can Help Your Business ...

By the way, have you wondered how LinkedIn can help your business? Thanks to Jennifer Bishop a member of How to make social media work for you (managed my Leila Henderson) I read this and I am excited at how useful this information is for my business.


The stand-out for me was how Groups have been a wonderful source of discussion, learning, connecting and sharing.


Do you feel the same? Do you think you'll do anything with this information? Let me know in the comments - I'll respond.

How many Social Networks is enough? & which one to use?

19/4/2012 Update: Mashable have a link to a wonderful infographic on which social network should you use? Covers Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+.

So, now I need to decide which social network to use for which purpose. I've been finding lately that I want to move away from Facebook as a business tool. I'm preferring Facebook for personal use although I do have a Facebook page (Office Administration Worker - used primarily for training and assessment of business administration trainees); Twitter and LinkedIn have been fantastic sources professional development, connecting with experts in my fields of interest.

What's your favoured social network and why?


7/4/2012
I just read that Pinterest is now the No. 3 Social Network in the US behind Facebook and Twitter. This caused me to wonder how many social networks do we need or want to use?

Currently I use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Picasa, Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, WordPress, Social Learning Centre, Mighty Bell and LinkedIn. I'm not necessarily a regular on all of these networks but I am an everyday user of Facebook, Blogger and Twitter.

I found this website: Entrepreneur which doesn't provide a definitive answer. It does say that managing your social networks is key. So depending on what, where, when, how and why will see one using some social networks over others.

I also found on Wikipedia a list of social networks - a bit mind boggling

Just counted: 11 social networks ....