Social Networking Best Practices:Box.net

If you've heard me speak, you know I'm passionate about the quantifiable value-add from social networking technology tools. That's why we're launching the Social Networking Best Practices. Once a month, I'll write about a new tool / functionality that I believe can enhance your productivity in using various social networking applications. Here is what you need to do:

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2. Read it - Try it for yourself

This month - Box.net
Are you constantly on the go? Do you find yourself in need of sharing critical files with a broad base of stakeholders remotely? Although there are multitude of very capable and often expensive remote storage area networks (SANs) in the market, one of the simplest ones – not to mention free, is Box.net. 

Late last year, LinkedIn™ finally caught on to the promise and potential of social networking (beyond a simple handshake and an introduction) to the mass collaboration platform it can become and launched its suite of Applications via a number of strategic partnerships. One of those is Box.net, a virtual file sharing application.

Add the Box.net Files application to your LinkedIn profile to manage all of your important files online. By providing flexible storage online, Box.net connects people socially and professionally, enabling them to collaborate, share, and access their important files securely and easily, from anywhere and for free.

Specifically, within LinkedIn, the Box.net Files application allows you to:

• Upload and manage your files from within LinkedIn
• Post files to your profile
• Share files and collaborate with your LinkedIn friends and colleagues
• View and edit your files online

Go to Box.net, setup a free account and upload your user id and password in the Application section of LinkedIn to enable this functionality...

Remember, version one is better than version none, so give it a try and the next time someone asks you for one of your common file, you can send them to your LinkedIn profile to get it.

Come back next month and we’ll cover TripIt...