Suggestion: IM For LinkedIn!
by Russell Shaw
Of late, I have been receiving numerous invitations to add specific people to my LinkedIn list. Business associates, publicists, former college classmates, a woman I used to date in a galaxy long ago and far away.
Sorry, I have been running behind. Yes, I know I need to catch up and add these people.
But you know something? When I looked at my LinkedIn list just a little while ago, I noticed something was missing.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to have an IM icon next to each listed name?
Here’s how it would work. When you register with LinkedIn, you add your IM or even email details. You go thru a Preferences menu in which you indicate if you wish to “publicly” list this info, keep it “private,” or reserve the option of providing messaging icons on a case by case basis.
Then, when I add you to my LinkedIn, or you add me, icon(s) for obne or more of the messaging services I specify comes up. Then, via my mobile or desktop device, I see your name on LinkedIn, and click one of the IM icons next to your name.
Then we’re really LinkedIn.
Do you think this is a good idea?
