# LinkedIn

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Linked In, LinkedIn profile, linkedin.com

A [social network](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/social-media) for work. People keep a profile of their jobs and [skills](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/agent-skills), post updates and message each other. [Founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) use it to hire, find customers and reach investors. [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft) owns it.

**For example:** Before a [sales](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/revenue) call, a [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) reads the buyer's LinkedIn profile to see what the company does and who else is on the team.

Official site: <https://www.linkedin.com>

## Connects to (7)

- [Social media](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/social-media): Sites and apps where people share posts, photos and videos and follow each other, such as LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.
- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Recruiter](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/recruiter): A person whose job is to find and contact candidates for open roles.
- [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft): The company behind Copilot and Azure.
- [Go-to-market](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/go-to-market): Your plan for reaching customers and getting them to buy: who you go after first, where you find them and how you sell.
- [Apollo](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apollo): A sales tool with a database of business contacts and companies, used to find prospects and send outreach emails.
- [Seamless.AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seamless-ai): A sales tool that searches for business contact details, such as email addresses and phone numbers, for prospecting.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/linkedin