LinkedIn is THE social networking site when it comes to building up professional relations and contacts. With over a 100 million registered users, this professional networking giant is the essential part of many people’s lives. With functionalities tailor-made to give you maximum opportunities for having a successful career, LinkedIn is nothing to be taken lightly. It could be a matter of minutes for a new job to crop up and a new linking opportunity becoming available. So the best option is to somehow be able to get LinkedIn updates on the go, and in real time, just as they unfold. In Windows Phone 7 the People hub provides just that functionality, but with one problem, LinkedIn is not included in the websites this hub has been integrated with. Although it will be quite useful if LinkedIn was there too, right?
The integration is simple enough and any WP7 user can perform it. Simply follow the given instructions.
Instructions:
- Your Windows Live account must be set up correctly on your phone and recently synced. This will probably be the case for almost everyone, so no need to worry much about this.
- From your PC sign in to your Windows Live ID.
- While in your Live account, stay on the home page and look for the option saying Messenger Social. Go to it and choose the option named “Add”.
- This action will open a new list, find LinkedIn and click on it.
- Provide your LinkedIn ID and password in the newly opened window.
- After that you will be asked about your syncing preferences. Make sure that you sync in such a way that your People hub does not get cluttered by unnecessary updates.
- Save the changes you have made and exit.
These simple 7 steps will integrate your LinkedIn account in the People Hub on your phone and you will start getting updates from your Linked contacts right on your fingertips.
