I wanted to share some of the best free under-used technology tools. Today I was hoping to talk about Outlook Social Connector (And the LinkedIn plugin).
Linkedin.com/outlook features the following page:
I have been working with Outlook Social Connector (OSC) for about a year now, and it has made a few really nice changes to how I seek to network with people for my LinkedIn profile.
It sits at the bottom of my outlook in a small widow, and every time I get an email from someone I can send them a LinkedIn request with the click of a button.
1.) Its faster- I no longer am required to log into LinkedIn to send invitations to the people I am mostly likely to network with. They send me an email as part of the normal process of collecting a clean resume. I click a button, and my work is done!
2.) Its free- Free tools to me are always better for the obvious reasons.
3.) Integrated into your day-it becomes part of the Outlook experience for me, and doesn't require me to install any toolbars.
4.) It is always at hand-I can start typing a name of someone in my LinkedIn contacts, and it auto-fills in the email address if the contact has one on LinkedIn. Again, this is a time saver for me.
5.) People I find that do not have a LinkedIn profile are more apt to actually set up a LinkedIn profile and start capturing valuable connections for me to work with!
I will post soon about some of my other favorite tools! What do you think? Used OSC? Curious?
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