Comments on: LinkedIn's Companies directory best tool yet for freelancers

By: Use Wordle to create a word picture of your blog « WordCount/by Michelle Vranizan Rafter

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:25:32 +0000

[...] in a great big font, since I write a lot about how freelancers can use the business network to find publishers, keep track of sources and reshape their careers on this blog and on my freelance message [...]

By: Kari Rippetoe

Kari Rippetoe — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:58:52 +0000

Great ideas, Michelle! The company search on LinkedIn is great for market research, as you mentioned in your post. It presents you with so much information on a single company and its employees, there are countless ways to use it.

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:04 +0000

Agreed, the upgrade is easy to overlook; I noticed the “Companies” tab on Monday but didn’t think twice about it until I was goofing around on the network yesterday and clicked on it.

You can read more reactions from others writers about the new feature on the LinkedIn Answer board, where I posted a question about it today. Here’s a link:

http://www.linkedin.com/answers/marketing-sales/writing-editing/MAR_WED/301548-15902317?browseIdx=0&sik=1219276698344&goback=%2Eahp%2Each_MAR*4WED

By: Carolyn Erickson

Carolyn Erickson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:34:40 +0000

Michelle, this is a great tool … and even though I was just using Linked In today, I was completely unaware of it. *Thank you* for pointing it out.

By: Jonathan Northwood

Jonathan Northwood — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:10:34 +0000

Greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for pointing this out.

By: Dara Chadwick

Dara Chadwick — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:46:13 +0000

Thanks for this, Michelle…great information!