LinkedIn and Microsoft have launched a new service allowing LinkedIn members to bring their professional network right into their Outlook Inbox. The new tool, called the LinkedIn Outlook Connector, can be accessed by LinkedIn in three steps to begin using their professional network within Outlook. As soon as LinkedIn and Outlook are connected, Outlook will […]
LinkedIn and Microsoft have launched a new service allowing LinkedIn members to bring their professional network right into their Outlook Inbox. The new tool, called the LinkedIn Outlook Connector, can be accessed by LinkedIn in three steps to begin using their professional network within Outlook.
As soon as LinkedIn and Outlook are connected, Outlook will begin feeding in information about their LinkedIn network. Profile photos and LinkedIn activity for any connection that emails the member will start to appear. Members can see the latest activity for any LinkedIn connection who emails them right at the bottom of that email. See who they are connecting with, the articles they are reading and sharing, and the questions they are asking and answering.
18/02/2010
Get the latest contact information from their professional connections: email addresses, profile details, and photos from LinkedIn connections will start appearing in an Outlook Contacts folder named “LinkedIn” – so now they’ll always have the latest contact information from LinkedIn close at hand. Members will also be able to e-mail their LinkedIn connections by just typing their name into the Outlook “To:” box and letting Outlook fill-in the rest
Growing the LinkedIn network with ease: By clicking the green “Add” icon next to any email sender, members can easily invite them to join their professional network on LinkedIn
This functionality will bring some of the benefits of LinkedIn to where professionals spend a majority of their workdays – their Microsoft Outlook inbox.
LinkedIn Blog: http://blog.linkedin.com/2010/02/17/linkedin-microsoft-outlook/
