A friend recently invited me to sign up with LinkedIn.  Since I trust him and it seemed like a cool way to meet other Internet marketers I tried it out.  Since then another friend reached out to me and I responded to a blog post where they recommended that I connect with them through LinkedIn.  So after several weeks I have 3 links, which I know sucks but it's a start.  The bigger problem I'm having is figuring out why???  I guess it's kind of cool to have links and profiles and stuff but can't I pretty much do that on MySpace?  I mean, what's really the difference?

So I went back and updated my profile a little more so now my completeness is up to 75%.  That's good, better than 0% or 50%.  I wonder what happens at 100%, maybe it's like getting to the last level of Scientology where LinkedIn will tell me the meaning of life or something.

Here's my point, I have no idea what I'm actually doing or why.  I got roped in by some trusted colleagues and feel it's my responsibility as an Internet marketing pro to investigate further.  In an effort to offer full disclosure the truth is I've spent maybe a half hour playing with LinkedIn but at the end of the day it seems like MySpace without the T&A – obviously that's not an improvement.  But I'm at a loss and would love some feedback – is anyone else using this?  Why?  Do you like it?  How is it different/better/worse than MySpace?