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Most people in my workshops have either not heard of Google+ or do nothing after signing up. They feel this way because like 850 million other people, they invested heavily in Facebook profiles Google’s new social network arrived. They lament, not another social network, another profile to update. Does anyone even remember Orkut?
Google+ launched in June 2011, 7 years after Facebook, and 8 years after LinkedIn opened their doors. Read More → 
John Wilson wrote a great little rebuttel for joining Konnects, a new business social network. He aptly calls it a poor LinkedIn clone. After ignoring previous requests I had to write about this because the person who invited me to join I hold in high esteem: Stan Relihan. In the past I have praised The Connections Show podcast hosted by Stan Relihan here because of the high quality of the guests interviewed and how Read More → 
LinkedIn has recently upgraded it's home page and functionality to be more inline with the competition like Facebook. However, I've never really perceived Facebook as direct competition for LinkedIn because they focus on different markets completely. As you may know Facebook is more of a student hangout and LinkedIn has always been a place for business people.
So recently Bill Gates created a profile on LinkedIn and also posted the following question on the fantastic LinkedIn Answers service: How can we do more to Read More → 
The Connections Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Stan Relihan, one of Australia's most connected LinkedIn users, and a professional recruiter based in Sydney. This is one of the most practically useful business podcasts I've discovered on the Web. And it's a real surprise that it comes from Australia, not America like most of the other podcasts I subscribe to using Apple iTunes. So far there's been 23 shows and I listen to them religiously. One of the motivations is that Read More → 
LinkedIn in allows you to create a Public Profile with a unique Read More → 
I've just broken through the 500 connections on LinkedIn and wanted to share a great new article by Guy Kawasaki, someone I have great respect for, discussing this amazingly useful website. Guy Kawasaki was the Chief Evangelist at Apple Computer for a long time and came from the Jewellery industry. You must read his excellent blog post: Ten Ways To Use LinkedIn.
And next to that I highly, highly recommend you watch (download) this 40 minute video where Guy delivers one of the most brilliant Read More → 