Isabella M.
Program Manager, Rehabilitation and Recovery at Canadian Mental Health Association, Vancouver / Burnaby Branch
I'm working on a project about LinkedIn for a social media mega project (http://tinyurl.com/32z7lw). What are your favourite LinkedIn stories?
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Thomas C.
B2B Content Marketing Copywriter | Fueling sales pipelines with quality leads so more prospects engage with you.
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Hi Isabella!
I have an amazing story...for me, anyways.
I did an advanced search a month ago and found my first college professor who taught my television class in 1975.
Do the math...that's 32 years ago! We haven't seen each other since then.
Until last week. We connected on LinkedIn and decided to meet at a coffee shop! 32 years seems life a lifetime ago.
We re-connected because of LinkedIn. Cool!
On top of that, our networks will help each other's business.
Good luck with your project :-)
Thomas R. Clifford
---Corporate Filmmaker
"Making it easy for you and your company's story to jump off the screen and into your customer's heart."
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Terrence S.
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I guess my story would be that, since I've become such an avid user of LinkedIn Answers, people say things to me like,
"Hey, I saw you on LinkedIn." and "See you on LinkedIn."
I still don't know what to say in reply yet. I smile. And I'm happy that they noticed.
Terry
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You might find some useful info at the following blogs from Linked In users
http://how-i-started-on-linkedin.blogspot.com/2007/10/power-of-linkedin-2.html
How I started on LinkedIn
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html
Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn
http://www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin
100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn
http://www.techgazing.com/?p=37
Ten ways to get LinkedIn to work for you
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LinkedIn serves different functions for me. It is the best networking tool that I tried. LinkedIn respects the privacy boundaries and enables some attractive community functions. LinkedIn facilitates great tools to let the net work for you.
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Clarification added January 20, 2008:
I found out that LinkedIn truly crosses the borders and once was contacted by a recruiter in London. The community function of asking questions within your network serves its purpose. Compared to other social networking sites I like it that you can choose to reveal your contacts or not to. Positiv is also that LinkedIn protects your emailaddress and gives you full control about the provided features..
Isabella, I think I'm too new and green to give you a full blown story, but I will say this: people have come out of the woodwork to say hello, people from my past that I'd wished to find again. And still others who connect because of a common dot. I think the thing I'm liking best is connecting others to others--seeing something in someone that I know someone else would love to be part of.
What a great way to deepen your project. Can't wait to hear more.
