Linkedin the “Professional” Facebook

June 29, 2009 - PRLog -- LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site mainly used for professional networking. It was founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003  As of May 2009, it had more than 40 million registered users,spanning 170 industries.

Linkedin is booming around the world. In fact, a new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S.  Every Executive from all Fortune 500 companies are also LinkedIn members.

When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form enduring connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a vast number of qualified professionals and experts.

Through your network you can manage the information that’s publicly available about you as professional  and even Create and collaborate on projects, gather data, share files and solve problems. The opportunities are endless.

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I am a senior at Michigan State University and am majoring in advertisng and publiv relations. I am writing this post as a an assignment for my New Media Drivers License Course. I hope you enjoy it.