LinkedIn just added a new “applications” feature that allows users to add certain applications to their profiles. According to the LinkedIn blog:

The eight applications that you see live today on LinkedIn include productivity enhancing applications from Amazon, Box.net, Google, Huddle, Six Apart, SlideShare, Tripit, and WordPress as well a Company Buzz application developed by LinkedIn. Each of these applications will help you stay current and competitive as a professional in today’s rapidly changing business world.

This announcement is very timely. We gave a presentation to the Mass. Society of CPA’s today and talked about the applications functionality available on Facebook. This new functionality opens your Facebook profile up a little and allows you to share more information with the professional network you have on LinkedIn.

For example, if your firm has a blog you can now have the posts from your blog automatically flow through to your LinkedIn profile. Once you setup the initial connection everything else is automatic.

Here is the video that accompanied the official announcement:

Tags: LinkedIn, social media