A new way to say 'thank you' and show your appreciation on LinkedIn...

The new LinkedIn 'Kudos' feature is now being rolled out on mobile devices.
In short, it's a quick and easy way to give... yes, kudos, appreciation or thanks to one or more of your LinkedIn connections. It's a bit like the skills endorsements feature, though this one is visual and very public. Here you can see that I publicly gave kudos to my connection Jeremy Squibb

You can choose from a selection of ready-made messages and images and it goes on LinkedIn as a status/post complete with stats. As usual, don't forget to include relevant hashtags, this time related to the person you are endorsing.
Rolling out on iOS initially, and now on Android. Desktop soon.
Of course, saying 'thank you' publicly is a great thing to do on LinkedIn anyway, which we could all have done without the feature! But now that they've given us a button to press, we'll be far more likely to do it more often. Looks like there is a maximum number of times you can use it each week.
Have fun!

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