Industry News: LinkedIn gets a Community Evangelist
(Left: Mario Sundar and Jeremiah Owyang)
LinkedIn, a social networking contact website is demonstrating how important customers are to them, as they’ve recently hired a Customer Evangelist. This role is appearing in many companies, I had such a role at Hitachi. Mario Sundar, a well-known Marketing blogger and thought leader has accepted the role.
What’s his mission? watch his video
I informally interviewed Mario on video, you can watch as he explains his purpose as a Customer Evangelist, Congrats Mario and congratulations LinkedIn, you’ll now have a better connection with customers, communicate more effectively and continue to put a human face on your company, you couldn’t have picked anyone more friendly and genuine than Mario.
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[…] They call him their Community Evangelist. After only a year of experience, Mario Sundar has now taken over the position as a professional blogger with LinkedIn. One year sounds like a very short period of time to become the lead blogger for a company such as LinkedIn, but in real world time, one year is basically a veteran. Mario was brought into the blogosphere by another blogging evangelist and a blogger I have been reading for a long time, Jeremiah Owyang. Jeremiah is also a lead blog evangelist for PodTech. Jeremiah states: […]
Thanks, Jeremiah, for your kind words.
As Shel said, now I’ve my task cut out for me. Time to get started…
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Hey buddy,
The Title has a minor typo. Loved your community post. You’ll be hearing shortly from my blog
What’s the typo?
I’m relatively new to both blogging and LinkedIn Network. However, I’m experienced in corporate America … and it is always a good thing when a company recognizes the importance of the CUSTOMER in their efforts. Good luck Mario!
peace,
Villager
J,
It says LinkinIn instead of LinkedIn
Villager,
Looks like you’ve got it. I think for any company — from Fortune 500 to startups, the customer is paramount. Here’s another blog that’d make a lot of sense to you: http://customerevangelists.typepad.com/.
BTW, nice pic
[…] LinkedIn has quietly kept to itself over the past few years and has emerged a winner, thanks to Mario Sundar, LinkedIn’s community evangelist for inviting us to this wonderful gala of fine food, wine, cheese, and decadent chocolates at San Francisco’s ferry building. […]