LinkedIn – A good reason to sign up

LinkedIn has a new feature that will make freelancer writers smile — a companies directory. And you can bet I’ll be checking it out so I can target my pitches to the right person within the right company. Michelle Rafter covered the subject thoroughly on her blog this week, so drop WordCount, to learn how it works.

If you’re not LinkedIn, it’s a free service worth looking into. If you tried before and gave up, they’ve made the site easier to navigate, reducing the steep learning curve to something any computer literate person can follow. And without the whistles and bells of Facebook, you won’t be tempted to play Wordscraper all day. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…