Comments on: Are LinkedIn’s New Applications Likely to Link You In?

By: Justin Seibert

Justin Seibert — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:23:59 +0000

Chris – great post with lots of good nuggets (including from all the folks in the comments section). I generally turn to LinkedIn first when reaching out to someone I’ve met, but up until recently I haven’t been all that interactive with it. I’m starting to use the groups more and have added the WP app, but have not and do not plan to use the status updates. Using an app that combines responses like the one I use for twitter / facebook would automatically add comments I don’t necessarily want in that sphere. And adding them separately for Linked In just doesn’t seem worth the time. I don’t read what other people update there, but maybe I’m the minority?

By: People You Should Know - John McCrea « Social Media Snippets

People You Should Know - John McCrea « Social Media Snippets — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:58:43 +0000

[...] You Should Know – John McCrea Last week, I posted about LinkedIn’s launch of a series of new applications for their site. Within my post, I referenced Plaxo and connected with John McCrea who currently [...]

By: Scott Meis

Scott Meis — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:18:08 +0000

Chris – great points all around and thanks for dropping by. That’s a great point about the utility of LinkedIn groups vs. Facebook groups and I really like the analogy of home vs. office with the two platforms.

Folks, if you have a chance, hop over to read Chris’ answer with the link provided – some great networking tips there.

By: Chris Grayson - GigantiCo

Chris Grayson - GigantiCo — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:39:03 +0000

Scott,

I probably spend more time on Facebook, but LinkedIN is much more valuable to me, professionally.

And I find that the groups on LinkedIN are much, much, much more active than any group I’ve ever observed on Facebook (where people tend to join groups never to return again). And the LinkedIN Q&A is very engaging.

I’m quite glad that LinkedIN has taken a careful approach to application development, watching the market, and learning from Facebook with apps they should NOT introduce. It would ruin the professionalism of the site if it suddenly allowed people to starting throwing sheep at each other.

I do, however, connect with many of the same people on LinkedIN and Facebook. LinkedIN in is like visiting their office, and Facebook is like visiting them at home.

I recently gave the Best Answer to a question about using LinkedIN for self marketing:
http://tinyurl.com/5cnf93

In a Bear market, I’m Bullish on LinkedIN.

cheers,
Chris

By: Scott Meis

Scott Meis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:40:53 +0000

Absolutely, I look forward to seeing how the platform develops and I will say that I enjoy the interface much, much more than LinkedIn and can see the vision you all are embracing. Nope, folks aren’t on Facebook but it has been a great channel for professional and personal connections.

By: therealmccrea

therealmccrea — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:37 +0000

Scott,

We’ve managed to combine the utility of an online address book with a personalized news stream, with the kind of granular control over what you share with whom that folks in our target demographic seek. We’re taking off in the 30 to 50 crowd, big time. We are not trying to replace LinkedIn or Facebook — or any other existing player. We’re focused on the big opportunity ahead as the industry completes the transition from the “walled garden” model of networking to an open “Social Web,” defined by interoperability and data portability. We think there’s a great place for Plaxo as a utility for staying connected with the people you care about and on top of what they’re creating and sharing all over the Web.

By the way, are you “friends” with your parents and other elders on Facebook? Are you looking forward to that with great enthusiasm or a little bit of dread?

John McCrea

By: Scott Meis

Scott Meis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:53:51 +0000

@Beth thanks for dropping by, I agree, I’m curious to see where it goes.

@therealmccrea “dead in the water” may of been a bit strong, but it’s been my experience based on professional network feedback that among my age range, people simply aren’t using Plaxo. Point to you all for active response though. What do you see as the primary reason someone would be drawn to use Plaxo over LinkedIn? Thanks for stopping by.

By: therealmccrea

therealmccrea — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:37:16 +0000

Scott, I head up marketing at Plaxo, so not surprisingly take some issue with your assertion that we are “dead in the water.” On what basis are you making that? We’re nearing 25 million members and are experiencing rapid growth in monthly unique visitors and pageviews.

By: Beth Bates

Beth Bates — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:24:16 +0000

Great post, Scott! Out of the gate, I had some techie issues with the new LinkedIn apps, but I think that they are def. a value add to LinkedIn’s offering. I’m sure that at some point, I’ll embrace the apps, but for me, the Q&A and Groups are really the meat and potatoes.

I never update my LinkedIn status. I guess I could use something like http://hellotxt.com/, but since I’m on Twitter anyway out of habit, I’m not going to jump around from site to site just to update my status.

Keep up the good work! =)