Microsoft Outlook + LinkedIn = love

I use Outlook to work with email at work and at home. Mainly due to the fact that everything I do in it is duplicated on my Windows Mobile smartphone, so I have all the data with me. With the help of the LinkedIn social network, I make sure that all my important professional contacts are stored in one place, regardless of where I work — there is no binding to my work phone and email. LinkedIn recently released a wonderful plugin for Oulook, which combined all the best of these worlds.

After downloading a 4MB plugin from the site, you will notice that a new toolbar has appeared in the toolbar and not only ...

Let me list the most interesting thing that you will get by installing this plugin:

• search directly from Outlook for people by name, position or company;
• view updates in the network of contacts, as well as find those people from your new contacts who have a LinkedIn profile;
• using text signatures in emails to find people on LinkedIn or just create a new contact;
• track data changes in the profiles of your LinkedIn contacts and apply them to saved copies of their visits in Outlook.

So, if you are a socially active person who is no stranger to modern technology, then be sure to use the Outlook + LinkedIn bundle — you will definitely like it.