Linkedinformed Podcast. The Linkedin Show

Back from a week in the sun and raring to go, this week’s show I address some important considerations about LinkedIn’s future direction.   Main Story “LinkedIn is now, at best, a business card holder. At worst, it’s a delivery service for spam” It’s been a tough month for LinkedIn, disappointing results have led to many commentators really questioning their strategy and direction. Amongst the many negative (sometimes harshly so) articles I read this week I found the following one from Techcrunch which includes the horrible quote above the most interesting; LinkedIn Problems Run Deeper Than Valuation   In response to al the negative press LinkedIn’s CEO gathered LinkedIn staff together to give them a motivational talk, amazingly they filmed it and released it on Slideshare! They didn’t go so far as to reveal the 7 year plan he refers to but I still have to applaud the openness of sharing this talk.   On a more positive note LinkedIn are running their first advert at the Oscars this weekend to an estimated aud