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posted by on Jan. 23, 2007
LinkedIN, EAcademy, MySpace.com, Xing, Facebook, Orkut, Ryze, tribe.net, ecademy.com, spoke.com, jigsaw.com yes we've heard it all.
 
I am an advocate of LinkedIN, well actually I used to be an advocate of LinkedIN until I needed customer service. In 2003, I was hesitant to get on the bandwagon of LinkedIN because at the time I started a networking application in 2002 (http://www.60secondNetworking.com) ? see (http://www.seattle24x7.com/people/dakotta.htm) anyhow, I didn?t get the proper funding and well it is on life support still, which basically got me started on LinkedIN.

 On my LinkedIN adventure I ended up meeting a great person (Vincent Wright). You don?t know LinkedIN if you don?t know Vincent Wright. I personally feel he?s a pillar which helped LinkedIN gain its membership because he runs hundreds of helpful LinkedIN specialty groups like LinkedIN Recruiting (which I moderate).

 Well years go by and here I am in 2007, LinkedIN and the direct competition LinkedIN and the competition (Ecademy, Xing, Ryze) so what is it about LinkedIN that has be writing this blurb? Customer Service. It seems that users could be restricted due to anything that linkedIN views as excessive, what is this excessiveness and why does it take so long to respond? Could customer service be the doom for LinkedIN?

I started checking out alternative networking nodes and something that has caught my eyes is ZoomInfo and it?s been converting it?s collected data into a community now by allowing users to ?Create your own Web Summary?. Could ZoomInfo be the next LinkedIN?
 
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  • 1 point 2 years ago

    You travel in some great circles. Vincent Wright taught me a great deal about successful networking, and I think he is a brilliant and interesting person I ONLY would have met through LinkedIn.

    It was LinkedIn that helped thousands of my colleagues who lost work after 091101 to find jobs... It was LinkedIn and the smart people I have met along the path that helped give my business form..

    Linked In is the tool, the people give it form and value. As social networks go, there are probably many that do interesting compelling things. I have checked out a few that did not fit my personality as well..

    I would like to see Social Networking Service Providers learn to PARTNER more with their consumers to deliver real value!

    Dawn http://linkedin.com/in/dmular

  • 1 point 2 years ago

    Something to think about there, Dakotta. Thanks for the insight! Brenda bl934@msn.com