As more businesses realize the potential for finding new business on LinkedIn, I am amazed as to how companies are starting to look at social media as if it gives them the right to cold call and send what I would consider spam to anyone and everyone in LinkedIn. I wanted to go through some bad examples of what a lot of people are doing before giving you my advice, as it is important to understand some fundamentals regarding social media.
read moreAfter I recently wrote about why I am a LinkedIn LION, I have gotten positive response from a lot of the readers of this blog that they are starting to “see the light” despite the negative wrap that LIONs have traditionally received. At the same time, for those that want to slowly venture out and start to become a LinkedIn Open Networker, there is still a worry about keeping their private circle private. Which leads to today’s question: is it right for a truly Open Networker to close up visibility of their connections to others?
read moreWe wake up and visit LinkedIn after booting up our computers. And before we turn them off at night we are again checking in with LinkedIn. For the many of us who consider ourselves “Power Users” of LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals is an integral part of our professional lives. And because of that, there are particular things about LinkedIn that may annoy us in a peculiar way more than others. I thought that I would write about this as it came up for discussion the other day at a networking group meeting. These particular attendees pointed out …
read moreI hope the title of this blog post did not shock you. No, I am not trying to sell you anything. But this is the question I have been asked twice now in the last month from a gentleman who is apparently living in Bulgaria. I was first contacted on May 22 and offered a database of 50,000 LinkedIn members willing to connect, and I was promised that “all 50K members are open for invitations and business offers.” The email went on to say that, with these connections, I could save “hundreds of dollars” by avoiding costly InMails. Furthermore, with …
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On an average day, I receive an invite or two to join a LinkedIn Group. It is only natural since I have so many connections as a LinkedIn Open Networker (= LION). Since you can easily send out invites to join a group when you create it, it’s obvious that I am a common target to be the recipient of so many new group invites. I don’t mind receiving so many, especially because every once in awhile there is one (like the We are Orange County group I blogged about yesterday) that causes me to cancel a different group membership …
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With all of these LIONs (LinkedIn Open Networker) that are openly accepting invites as well as inviting people that they don’t know, you have to wonder as to what LinkedIn’s policy is on the matter. After all, this goes against the entire premise of LinkedIn that you only connect with people that you know and trust. And this is why there is an “I Don’t Know” response should you decide not to accept an invite from someone that you don’t know. The problem in LinkedIn’s eyes concerning LIONs is their potential to spam people because of the enormous numbers of …
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It is amazing how often I not only get asked this question of how to disconnect from someone and remove LinkedIn connections from my own personal network but also how frequently it appears on LinkedIn Answers. If you think of connecting to someone as their joining your virtual world, if the relationship does not work out because you feel you are being spammed or for another reason, you do have the option of disconnecting from them and removing them as a connection. Connecting with someone is not a marriage by any means! Hopefully this gives those who want to build …
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I have seen many people complain about the existence of fake profiles on LinkedIn. Well, I had always found profiles that seemed fishy in their lack of detail, but I am always of the “innocent until proven guilty” type and could not cry foul without absolute proof. Today I have that proof.
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Yesterday I wrote about the emergence of OpenNetworker.com and their attempt to utilize their LinkedIn network to help advertise their group and offer a way for people with lots of LinkedIn connections to monetize them. Later, in the same day, another site, NuLinked.com, announced an extremely similar program.
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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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