There is an art and science to networking, whether it’s online or in the physical world. Linkedin (www.linkedin.com) is an online social networking site for professionals that can assist in the science of making connections, but there’s still the art to master.
Linkedin is a cross between a people search site and a social networking site. While anyone can search for the public profile of registered subscribers, making contact to Linkedin users relies on a network of Linkedin colleagues. Based on the adage of six degrees of separation, users can contact other Linkedin subscribers through a network of connections that are described as 1st degree (people you know personally), 2nd degree (network of contacts your 1st degree contact knows), and 3rd degree (extended potential network of contacts that you may connect with through mutual connections). Read more...