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LinkedIn Is The #1 Way To Hire Passive Candidates

"It beats having to cold call, it saves me so much time, and it's non-intrusive.  I love LinkedIn!"  -- Sangeeta Narayan, Google Talent Scout, Executive Leadership & Engineering

LinkedIn Launches Philanthropic Initiative

LinkedIn Corporation, a professional network, has announced LinkedIn for Good, a philanthropic initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for nonprofit organizations around the world. The initiative gives each non-profit a platform to leverage LinkedIn’s international network of 11 million professionals and virally spread the word about their organization. The LinkedIn for Good launch features Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), an independent international medical humanitarian organization and winner of the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. Joining the effort is British rockstar, James Blunt who is endorsing Doctors Without Borders on their LinkedIn for Good page. In early beta-testing, the organization has raised over $23,000 from donors via LinkedIn.

LinkedIn "Answers" Opens Doors

You can ask a question that is broadcast to LinkedIn users, and the feedback can be outstanding and virtually immediate.  Try it and you will realize that you have access to stellar expertise. 

Recently, I asked, "If you have self-published a book, please share your experience. In particular, how did you take it to market? What were your lessons?"

Within 12-hours answer came from publishers, authors and marketers from around the world -- all useful, all free.  Remarkable.  I hope that you will give it a try.

" Two thirds of employees use social nets for business"

The United States Institute For Corporate Productivity reports that 65% of business people use tools like LinkedIn.

Challenge to Find The Biggest Celebrity Using LinkedIn

Hi Lee,

 

If you remember an interview I did with Cameron Reilly from the PodCast Network a few weeks ago, http://tinyurl.com/33fv79, he set me a challenge - use LinkedIn to find the biggest Celebrity Guest I could find to appear on the show. This was a real test of the quality & depth of the LinkedIn network, as well as the willingness of the LinkedIn community to help with introductions.

 

I'm pleased to report that none other than Vint Cerf, (co-inventor of the Internet) was a Guest on today's G'Day World PodCast, as a result.

You can catch the PodCast here: http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/05/31/gday-world-242-vint-cerf/and view Vint Cerf's profile here: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/66/473 

 

A very special thanks to my LinkedIn connections, Christian Mayaud http://www.linkedin.com/in/cmayaud and Cynthia de Lorenzi http://www.linkedin.com/in/successinthecity , who helped make this happen.

 

Regards

 

Stan Relihan http://linkedin.com/in/stanrelihan

What Is Mobile Social Networking?

Exactly what is mobile social networking?

This question is not as easy to answer as it might seem. Social networking is pretty well defined on the desktop. From LinkedIn to MySpace to Facebook, the object of all social networking sites is pretty much the same: Build a list of your friends then use that list to meet new people and expand your network. In short, social networking is about finding new people.

MySpace top social site; others growing faster

LinkedIn has a more traditional setup, hosting profiles set up by individuals for business networking purposes, but ZoomInfo, which had 2.8 million unique visitors in April, employs a different and, so far, more trafficked model. Using algorithms and information integration technology, the site looks at pages throughout the Web and automatically creates searchable profiles for professionals that link back to the sites where their name is mentioned.

Engineers wanted! Will pay very well

From early 2006 to this spring, corporate networking site LinkedIn tracked a 128 percent increase in Web 2.0-oriented job ads. Among traditional software companies, including IBM, postings asking for Web 2.0 developers grew 30 percent, according to LinkedIn's data.