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Linkedin自己的工作人员描述其四个作用
(a) take control of my online identity - prior to my own blog, my LinkedIn profile was the first result on searches, (b) find a dream job, (c) maintain & foster relationships with colleagues (past, present & future), fellow bloggers, peers I meet at events & speaking engagements, etc… (d) provide value to my professional network by recommending peers, answering their questions (LinkedIn Answers), etc…
全文见http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2007/09/why-linkedin-yo.html

Linkedin用户的反馈摘录：
1、当你想联系某个人却不好直接打电话、发邮件的时候，找到彼此都认识的人引荐或者作为自我介绍的开始，Linkedin这样的商务SNS能够告诉你哪些人能够成为这种桥梁。
全文见http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2007/09/why-linkedin-yo.html

2、对于各种需要树立个人品牌的专业服务人员（例如心理医生、健身教练、律师），Linkedin这样的商务SNS帮助其树立个人品牌。（Linkedin的SEO做得不错）
全文见http://blog.linkedin.com/blog/2007/09/why-linkedin-yo.html

3、LinkedIn does itself become a database of your contacts, a ‘back-up’ of your business contacts and useful in that respect. But it is far more. What it really is, is a door to opening your opportunity to meet those people of influence in the lives of the people with whom you already share a connection, and a set of tools to enable you to access the collective wisdom of this super-extended network.
全文见http://actionbites.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-you-should-be-on-linkedin.html
4、think the beauty of linkedin is the ability to find the people that the “people you trust” trust without having to bother the people you trust about every such incident.

全文见http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/linkedinwhy/

最后这个链接有100个反馈，值得关注商务SNS的人一读。

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