LinkedIn Steps Up Social News Sharing Strategies
April 26, 2010 in Marketing Tags: ,

LinkedIn Steps Up Social News Sharing Strategies

By Barbara Rozgonyi

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Facebook users know all about profile updates. LinkedIn users, not so much. That’s all about to change with LinkedIn’s enhanced sharing features. Here’s a video that walks you through what’s new.

These new features make it even easier to stand out and be sought as an expert. Check out 10 New Ways to Share News on LinkedIn, including

Privacy controls to limit or expand sharing.

Images and excerpt options to customize your displays.

Click and re-share articles with someone or everyone.

Share directly from popular news sites

Post shared items on your profile and become a news source.

From the post:

We hope these features will make it easier for you to share and consume news as well as helping your connections find the info they need.

Looking for more LinkedIn how-to videos? Check out the LinkedIn YouTube Channel.

What kind of news do you share on LinkedIn?

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The Green Manalishi moderator
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It's great to see LinkedIn evolving. It was great before, but now it'll be even more interesting. .-= The Green Manalishi´s last blog ..Beware of survey scams! =-.

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jason moderator
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great post - I kind of abandoned Linkedin for a long time - I'm just starting to use it again

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Barbara Rozgonyi moderator
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Hi Norah - LinkedIn is making it very easy to become a publisher, which is what we encourage our clients to do. Distributing news you find informative or entertaining is a good way to connect with your online community.

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Wei (Norah) Tang moderator
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Thanks, Barbara! Just realized this new feature. Will think of utilizing it! Very useful.

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