Linkedin - business version of Facebook? Online communities, marketing, recruitment and job advertising. Social networking and relationship building. Conference keynote speaker

http://www.globalchange.com Linkedin future of business online community or just a phase?
Linkedin is the business version of FaceBook or MySpace and had 11 million executives signed up by June 2007. But does this business inline community really work? Most Linkedin users have less than 50 contacts and don't use it much. Recruitment, sales, marketing, promotion -- all possible but what will be the dominant purpose of Linkedin? Most contacts I've had are people wanting introductions -- to other people they don't seem to be able to get to any other way. Comment by Dr Patrick Dixon, futurist, leading authority on global trends and conference speaker.

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[pjvdixon]

LinkedIn is totally free unless you want premium features.

[jeffreymcneill]

And you claim to be a futurist ;D

[pjvdixon]

I do not really understand this comment.

[Samuella133]

I was able to find him on LinkedIn by having his name only, I found out what company he works for,position, pretty much everything about his work. I went to his company's website and in the directory found his phone number...too much information!I deleted my LinkedIn account immediately.

[pjvdixon]

I can understand that. Patrick

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[iamseeingyou]

Unlike Facebook (which is free), Linkedin appears to be quite costly for monthly use. Will the cost be reduced soon?