…and one more thing… March 26, 2007
Posted by Mario Sundar in Community Marketing, Corporate Blogging.Tags: linkedin
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I started this journey of blogging almost a year ago (nudged on by my good friend, Jeremiah – thanks, buddy!) and here I am less than a year later embarking on another journey – this time as community evangelist at LinkedIn!
I’m really excited at this opportunity to convert my preaching into practice. My immediate goals are pretty simple:
1. Help our users understand LinkedIn better
2. Help LinkedIn understand our users better
To accomplish that, my goal is to engage with the different communities of LinkedIn users out there; whether it be in the blogosphere, at discussion forums, or physical events with a goal of listening to their feedback.
Blog Focus?
The focus of this blog will continue to be centered around customer evangelism and community marketing; both of which I’ve been talking about ever since I started this blog. Moving forward, you’ll also see some examples of implementation, lessons learnt, social media experiments, etc…
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Thank You
I’d like to thank my fellow bloggers with whom it’s been great learning and sharing ideas — Damon Billian, Noah Kagan, Mack Collier, Karl Long, Ann Handley, CK, David Armano, Chris Thilk, Eric Kintz, Paul McEnany, Mike Wagner, Anand Iyer, Easton Ellsworth, Mukund Mohan, Debbie Weil, Will Pate, Tracy Sheridan and Shel Israel. (Have I missed anyone?)
The journey continues…
Congrats! And I was half expecting to hear you were taking a job at Podtech. Sounds like it will be a great journey with a great company that has a promising future.
Thanks, Cameron, for your kind words and best wishes.
Yeah brutha, good luck! I’ll definitely be looking forward to new posts on community engagement
Thanks, Mario!
Of course, more community, more evangelism…Can’t wait for your blog, tho!
Very cool Mario! Congrats and let us know what you are doing to evangelize LinkedIn, I love hearing about the ‘behind the scenes’ stories
Congrats again!
You are amazing. Congrats!!
All the credit is due to you, congrats Mario
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Mario – Very cool. Stay contagious
Mario – I’m already an enthusiastic user of LinkedIn, so this is great news for connection-makers.
WOW congrats Mario! Eric
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Mario, it was great meeting with you at the PhotoWalk yesterday. Linkedin is lucky to have you as a community evangelist and I’m sure you’ll be doing great things for them.
Congrats Mario. You have your work cut out for you. I’ve been in Linked In for several years. I say yes to almost every invite. So far, I’ve been asked to make a connection only once and I’ve never been introduced to anyone through the service.
Hey Mario… I’m merely a friend of Jeremiah’s, but I thought this was great news. I’m a web developer, so I’ve been very impressed with LinkedIn’s use of Microformats and other transportable data lately. Now to see they are getting a community evangelist is another great sign. Best of luck.
Congrats on the new gig – it should be fun, and Kay’s one of the best.
Mario
Rock on man. Well deserved. Its going to be a great gig. I like Linked In. I’ll give you a earful when you get there
Keep on blogging BTW, dont forget that’s what got you there in the first place.
Sweet, Mario! Keep blazin’ that awesome trail.
Ann, Mack, Mike and Eric,
Thanks for the kind words.
Mack,
You’ll definitely be hearing more on evangelism & community efforts from me. Stay tuned.
Hi Connie,
Good to know and so am I
You probably are already aware of some of the Yahoo! Groups were LinkedIn users hang out. Here are the big 3:
1. My LinkedIn Power Forum
2. LinkedInnovators
3. Since you’re a blogger, LinkedIn Bloggers
Let me know if you’re a member of other groups/discussion forums?
Congrats Mario and Good luck!
Congrats. You are a great person and LinkedIn is so damn lucky to have you.
What a cool job! LinkedIn has found the perfect person for it, too!
Congratulations. If you ever need people for focus groups or whatever, I am more than happy to help.
Rock on & congrats! I think you will enjoy working with the fine folks over there! LI is probably one of the cooler products out there & I think you will be able to make an impact.
Thanks, Shel!
It’s all about the “humanification” of companies
It’s good to hear of your experience using the site. Please let me know if you’ve any further feedback.
Good luck with the book.
Hi Adam,
Thanks! Have you subscribed to my colleague Steve Ganz’s (Sr. Web Developer) blog: http://steve.ganz.name/?
I’ve just added your blog to my reader.
Thanks, Jeremy.
Yes! It’s great working with Kay.
And, Thanks to Easton, Christopher, Noah (are you gonna be at the web2.0 expo?), Joseph, and my good friend – Damon, for the best wishes.
Mukund,
Thanks! Of course, not. Blogging helped me redefine what my priorities within marketing were.
Talk to you soon.
You rock, Mario! Congratulations!
Thanks, Paul!
I appreciate it, buddy.
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I am so happy for you and for Linked In…they lucked out with you. This is amazing and well-deserved. And it will be so fun! So, when do we do a Sake post to this? Much love & luck friend
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Honored to be a fellow learner with you Mario.
LinkedIn will look back on this a wise decision!
Stir things up, bring your wisdom…and keep creating,
Mike
Thanks, Chris, for the mention on Movie Marketing Madness.
Mike,
Thanks for the kind words.
I’ll definitely keep our community of marketers posted on all the exciting developments.
CK!
Long time, no hear. I’m so glad with all the well deserved success you’re having with the book club. Yes, I’m still guilty I haven’t participated yet, but I look forward to the next one and hope to contribute.
We definitely need a sake post or maybe we’ll meet sometime this year for a sake party?
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Mario – late to your blogannivesary party but wanted to add my congrats! and best wishes. Looking forward to year 2 and more great posts .. now the important question – Any cake left?
Hi Toby,
Thanks for the wishes. My Blog anniversary is still 2 months away but the exciting news for me is of course my role at LinkedIn.
We should party, so when are you going to be in San Francisco next?
Mario,
Heartfelt congratulations to you! LinkedIn has made a very wise move, and I know you will make a profound difference. Quite excellent.
I’d love to chat again soon!
Thanks, Tracy!
Definitely. My blog should soon have a list of events I’m attending each week.
Just let me know and we can meet. I look forward to chatting with you soon.
Mario,
Congratulations!
Sorry to be so late…just catching up on things.
Best wishes,
Marianne
Thanks for the wishes, Marianne.
I have no idea how I missed this before, but way to go Mario. LinkedIn, let this guy rock your casbah.
Thanks, Will!
I’m still waiting for YOUR major “”cool news”! Can’t wait… Should I congratulate you in advance?
Thanks for the add, Mario. While I haven’t subscribed to Steve’s blog (it seems that I tend to hear about what he’s saying through others. I’ll be adding, though, to keep up a little better. Curious to see how this evolves. Thanks!
Thanks for swinging by, Adam.
I look forward to more conversations, though
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