LinkedIn has recently added a new feature that allows its users to perform status updates from Twitter. It’s a great way to further optimize status updates and keeping your connections up to date.

To access it, log into your LinkedIn account, click on ‘edit my profile’ and close to the bottom of the screen you will see a ‘Twitter” area where you can enter your Twitter account name. In case you do use Twitter as a separate social media account, a suggestion would be to keep the updates at the default #in context option. This means that to update your LinkedIn status from Twitter, enter your status and include #in at the end of it: “This is a LinkedIn update #in”

Another option we recommend to our clients is using a status update service such as ping.fm to simultaneously update multiple accounts. You can even bookmark the page on your iPhone and use it as an app.