I have recently heard that every second a new member is joining LinkedIn. This is an incredible testament to the the growing popularity of LinkedIn. On the other hand it is a reminder to me that there are still lots of questions out there for beginners that may not be necessarily covered on my blog…so today I wanted to attack one of them. This is an actual question that I answered on LinkedIn recently. And, indeed, when I first joined LinkedIn I was a little intimidated by the profiles of people that showed that they were a member of all …
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I got asked this today by someone who connected with me on LinkedIn, and I believe it is a question that a lot of you have, but don’t necessarily know who to ask. As you can imagine, there is no simple answer for this question, and it will depend on why you are on LinkedIn in the first place and what your objective is. But let’s take a closer look as to why you would have lots of connections, how to deal with them, the potential that they have, and finally my simple answer to your question.
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I often see this question of “What is a LinkedIn LION?” on the LinkedIn Answers section, and I already provided an answer on this definition back when I first started this blog in the summer of 2008. It was an honor that the author of the first real good book on LinkedIn, I’m On LinkedIn…Now What?, Jason Alba, quoted me in his blog when he blogged about the same issue: http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/07/31/im-a-lion-hear-me-roar/.
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I started out on LinkedIn not knowing anything about it, gradually starting my network by connecting with past colleagues and classmates and then expanding my connections to include those with similar interests and open networking ideas. When I first hit the 3,000 invitation limit, I was shocked that there was a definitive number put on the number of invites someone could send out. And why 3,000? Of course, when you have more than 500 connections and they only display “500+” on your profile, you are being told, in essence, that you don’t need more than 500 connections. They have been …
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