I've blogged about professional uses of Facebook?and I've blogged about professional uses of LinkedIn. I'm on both social networking sites for professional reasons, although I use them differently.
Newsday, by the way, has a good article by?Patricia Kitchen?on the whys and hows of these sites, "Can Facebook and LinkedIn help your career?" and FastCompany.com featured a post by Phil Rosenberg about the strengths and weakness of each when it comes to job searches, "The Duel ? Facebook vs. LinkedIn"
Now, in general, I'm not a fan of most Facebook applications because 1) I'm not on Facebook to "play" and 2) I simply don't want my personal information going out to too many applications for security reasons. A recent post on CNet.com, "Study reveals shocking truth: Most Facebook apps are silly, pointless", and a quick look at Adonomics.com's?Facebook application Leaderboard?pretty much confirms my opinion as far as I'm concerned..
But how about Facebook and LinkedIn working together in a positive way? Well, today I'm pleased to blog about a "Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of social networking" (is it peanut butter with chocolate or chocolate with peanut butter??), the LinkedIn Contacts application for Facebook!
The application, created by David J. Hinson from Nashville, Tennessee (USA) and one of my Twitterpals, bridges one of the divides between and enhances the use of both social networking sites. It?allows you to view your LinkedIn contacts while you're in Facebook — which saves time and clicks, helping you to move between the sites easily.. It is most useful when your contacts have used the same email address to register on both LinkedIn and Facebook as it immediately shows a live link to the Facebook profile of a LinkedIn member — and another when you have "friended" that individual.
LinkedIn Contacts is absolutely practical.?Others agree. In fact, Mashable.com featured it on their list of "LinkedIn Toolbox: Top 10 LinkedIn Tools".
So those of you on LinkedIn and Facebook might want to give this little gem a try. And what about professionals who are on Facebook but not on LinkedIn? I suggest you might want to consider getting?LinkedIn, too.
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