Last month, we introduced Company Navigator, an interactive dashboard for your extended network. It allowed you to browse your connections and connections-of-connections, company by company.
It was really cool, but it was missing one critical killer feature: search. Search is truly essential for well-connected individuals like me, since my 600 direct connections bring my reach to 34,000 people, yielding 3,300 pages of Company Navigator to browse. :)
Minutes ago, we rolled out search in Company Navigator. Now, when you want to know, "Who do I know at Company X?" or "Who can help me get an intro into Company Y?", just type in the company name and go!
For example, I just typed in "Wells Fargo," and even though none of my direct connections work there, I see ten Plaxo members who are connections of my connections. The list includes three senior vice presidents and three vice presidents. And for each person, it shows which of my direct connections is connected to them (and who could easily provide me an intro if I asked).
And since those connections are in my smart address book, I could pick up the phone and call them, send them an email, or use any other contact info they have shared with me.
To check out the reach of your extended network, go to your Company Navigator.
Company Navigator is one of the free professional networking tools in the My Career suite.