New Outlook Toolbar 2.5 | What's different?

Some of you may have read my earlier introductory post on LinkedIn Toolbars, which can be found here. As you're probably aware, the LinkedIn Outlook Toolbar helps you integrate your LinkedIn information with
your Microsoft Outlook email client – providing you instant access to a sender’s LinkedIn profile info that you stumble upon while in Outlook. Well, we just released the next version to the LinkedIn Outlook Toolbar (v2.5) and I'd like to outline what's different in this version.

Click here to download Outlook Toolbar 2.5

What's New?

  • New Build Network Wizard: This new addition allows you to build a LinkedIn network directly from the people you communicate with most in Outlook. In the past, the toolbar allowed you to identify who you communicate with most and create contacts from them. This got you Outlook contacts but it fell short of helping you identify who to invite to your LinkedIn network. The new Build Network Wizard follows through to allow you to identify who you communicate with most and then, if you want, invite them to your LinkedIn network. Worth saying that you must specifically invite people you want to your network. Inviting people automatically is never recommended.
  • Step by Step instructions: If you're presently using our toolbar and would like to upgrade to the new version. Here's a simple 6-step guide to using the "Build Network Wizard". Feel free to leave any questions you may have on the blog post.
  • Quality, quality, quality: We've spent time reviewing bugs, reading blog postings, and engaging
    with people who pointed out problems. Taking into consideration all your input is important to us and we've even implemented a logging system that makes it easier to troubleshoot problems. We expect people to have far fewer problems and when they do, we expect to be able to identify the problem much more easily.

For the rest of you who haven't tried out the LinkedIn Toolbar yet, I think this screenshot encapsulates the six benefits one accrues by using the toolbar in Outlook:


Six reasons to use LinkedIn's Outlook Toolbar

Feel free to check out LinkedIn Toolbar FAQs here. Read other LinkedIn blog posts by Lucian:

* The LinkedIn API Opportunity
* Using LinkedIn Toolbars to make your job easier

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