LinkedIn and Twitter now offer several ways to interact with each service including LinkedIn updates as Tweets, LinkedIn as your Twitter tool, timely status alerts to your company name being mentioned in Twitter and sending urls from within LinkedIn to Twitter.

Updates can be one way between LinkedIn and Twitter or both ways by using the hastags #in and #in.
I would recommend that if you use Twitter for personal updates with friends and family as opposed to using Twitter to distribute professional information that you do not have Twitter update your LinkedIn account.

Benefits of having LinkedIn update your Twitter feed include:

• Twitter updates are searchable and a potential employer could notice you
• If not all of your Twitter contacts are a part of your LinkedIn network then this is a new avenue of self promotion.
• You can find other people to network with on LinkedIn via Twitter.
• If you do not visit LinkedIn on a regular basis then this is a great way to keep your profile updated.
• Tweet LinkedIn slides and other relevant resources directly from LinkedIn.
• See how your networks are using LinkedIn and Twitter together.
• Share what is being said about you and your organisation via Company Buzz.

Installation of Twitter to LinkedIn

Installation of all the Twitter Tools can be made via the option to Edit your LinkedIn account under “Account and Settings”.

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