Wordless Wednesday - Stay Connected
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Photo by mediadeo via flickr.
Archive for January, 2008
Expand Your Network with LinkedIn Groups
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I’m not generally an advocate of “light linking” (what some people call “open networking”) on LinkedIn, as I think it takes away from its core value as a system for “trusted referrals”. That said, I recognize one of the benefits of that practice is that it increases your reach and visibility on LinkedIn, i.e., you [...]
Wordless Wednesday - Node Garden
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Image by jared via flickr.
Who Comes First in Networking?
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Recently on MyLinkedInPowerForum, Vincent Wright posed the following challenging question:
How do you feel about networking with someone who puts their own interests ahead of yours?
My answer? Just fine, within reason. In fact, people who are always ready to give, but then don’t take care of themselves, concern me!
Invitations and the IDK Button
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 In a recent discussion on MyLinkedInPowerForum about the “I don’t know…” (IDK) button as a response to a connection invitation, Robin Kluz asked the following question:
If I invite a person once and they decline, what’s wrong with that? A single invitation to someone I don’t know cannot be considered bothersome on a site that [...]
Networking Lessons from Gene Simmons
Friday, January 18th, 2008Do you watch Celebrity Apprentice? Well, if you missed the first week, you missed a great lesson in networking from rock star Gene Simmons. The celebrities were divided into two teams — men and women — and tasked with selling hot dogs on the street in New York to raise money for the charity of [...]
Wordless Wednesday - Complexity
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008Photo by nerovivo via flickr.
Serendipity, Or Why LinkedIn Really Works
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008This morning as I was reading the latest rant by yet another journalist who doesn’t get social networking, the question popped into my mind, "What makes LinkedIn work?"
Sure, it’s useful to be able to search for people (and be searched for) in a fairly robust database. Sure, it’s useful to be able to ask questions [...]
Handwritten Note? Send Me an Email.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008There are a lot of networking experts out there who advocate the use of handwritten notes. I’m not one of them. Handwritten notes make me think of two things: clutter and dead trees. If you insist on sending me a note, it had better be on 100% recycled paper with a substantial post-consumer content or [...]
Wordless Wednesday - Network Analysis
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Photo by Jeff Kubina via flickr.
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