LinkedIn :: Useful Tool
I’ve decided to start a new category called “useful tools” blog about tools that I’ve found to be helpful for… whatever. Anyway, one such tool is LinkedIn (www.LinkedIn.com).
By connecting to other people that you know, LinkedIn’s free service allows you to build a huge network of “links”. Then, when you need advice, or a reference, or a job (to give a couple of examples), you can contact key people through your friends. It eliminates the need to “cold call” anyone. Networks build quickly (I have over 200,000 people in mine). So if you haven’t signed up for LinkedIn yet, do it - then link to me!