First off, I am a big fan of LinkedIn. I love the site. I use it tons. It adds value to my professional life. However, LinkedIn needs to start taking the product (or service) a little more serious and start building out more functionality. Here my initial set of suggestions:
- The news feeds on a users homepage are weak. Make them better. Make them more relevant and please make it possible (or at least abvious) how to customize.
- Groups – lets take this area and make it a business tool. Add in better email group functions. Add in a private area for sharing docs (maybe a wiki or sharepoint lite). And charge money for the advanced features.
- The “Who’s Viewed My Profile” section is another one to develop out. Think of it like nano site analytics!
Right that’s enough for now. Does anyone else have suggestions for LinkedIn? If so please post a comment.
2 responses so far ↓
André // 12 June 2008 at 7:42 pm |
Have you tried or looked at Xing? Everyone who uses both says LinkedIn could learn a lot of things from Xing. I only use Xing, so I can’t really judge
dylanfuller // 14 June 2008 at 6:27 pm |
No I have not seen Xing. Thanks for the tip Andre, I’ll be sure to check it out. I am also thinkg thank maybe Ning – http://www.ning.com/ – might be what I am after.