LinkedIn has been a good tool for people who are trying to connect with corporate targets. It’s never been very creative-friendly, however. Until now. Behance network has partnered with LinkedIn to display creative portfolios, directly on LinkedIn. Now you can reach the corporate targets with your work.
Moreover, I think this will help shift people out of feeling like they have to post on Facebook (not a good idea to post your work there because, well, for a whole bunch of reasons). Now, you can used LinkedIn more. When combined with AgencyScoop, the social media world may have just shifted for creatives a bit.
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By the way, I’d like to apologize for not posting much lately. I’ve been in the last push of editing my Business Basics book (2nd edition) and it’s taken up a lot of my time. I’m sorry. I’ll be better. 🙂
Agree with you on the drawbacks of Facebook, Leslie.
However, I’m also having some serious second thoughts about LinkedIn. Amidst the hordes of jobhunters and the people who seem to have nothing better to do than hang out on LinkedIn all day, talking about themselves and little else, where are these corporate buyers?
This is really awesome Leslie! I know photographers and designers have to get creative with their LinkedIn profile creating PDF portfolios and using slideshare so this is an awesome addition