What is LinkedIn?

What is LinkedIn? I must confess I didn’t know what LinkedIn was until about 4 or 5 months ago. We actually have a blog here at B5media, Business Channel, exclusively writing about LinkedIn. Scott Allen is the author of LinkedIntelligence and I would say he is an expert.

So why in the world am I even attempting to touch this topic in the month of September? Well, right now, that is a secret. I will share more about my reasons for writing about LinkedIn over the next couple of days. You will have to stay tuned to get the full details.

But what I am willing to say to all of my readers here at Interview Chatter is get yourself over to the home page of LinkedIn and set up your account and get to working on your profile.

I want to take a journey this month and understand this online social networking tool. I want to understand how job seekers can use this tool to network themselves into a new job opportunity or business venture. I am looking for some readers to take the journey with me. If you are willing to learn with me, please let me know.

I went out tonight and registered a new account, created my profile (about 90% complete) and connected to some people I know that are already out on LinkedIn. It took me about an hour and a half. I was committed to getting the profile up and published prior to Monday. I want to measure my journey. So I invite you to come along with me this month and discover the value of LinkedIn.

Oh, I almost forgot… I didn’t answer my question – What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a social networking tool open to the whosoevers that are interested in networking with business professionals around the world. That is the simplest definition I can give for now. See you tomorrow!