Signing Up...
Posted by rivalblogger on January 25, 2010
I am just reading a story on TBI about an Irish start-up called Goshido which used social networking site LinkedIn to raise $230000 in financing for their small business.
I have been meaning to blog about LinkedIn for a while and this story jumped out at me as a good one to look at LinkedIn.
Truth be told – until January this year I haven’t really used LinkedIn as a networking tool. As much as I despise a lot of these social media tools, I’ve been keen to use things like Twitter, Facebook and Skype to communicate without necessarily building my online LinkedIn presence.
I’m starting to get into it now and beginning to make some nice contacts on the platform which I wouldn’t make through the other tools. The main takeaway for me is that LinkedIn seems to offer more professional credibility.
What are your thoughts on using LinkedIn to grow your professional network?