Comments on: Top Five Reasons Why You Should Be On LinkedIn http://www.cavendo.com/social-networking/reasons-to-be-on-linkedin/ Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Phil A. http://www.cavendo.com/social-networking/reasons-to-be-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Phil A. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:50:42 +0000 http://blog.cavendo.com/?p=165#comment-79 In my opinion, Linked-in is hacking away the professional side of social media from the grasp of Facebook; who have yet to even make a dent in that realm. Although I've been registered with Linked-in for quite a few years now, I haven't used it for more than simply making contacts in my business network. Nevertheless, over the past 6 months I've noticed a dramatic increase in the number of requests I've received. I can now see enough of a community building up in my own circle that it might be time to increase my exposure. I do feel they need some serious work on its usability, but I think that now they have a critical mass, they will be able to focus more resources on the interface and tools available. In my opinion, Linked-in is hacking away the professional side of social media from the grasp of Facebook; who have yet to even make a dent in that realm. Although I’ve been registered with Linked-in for quite a few years now, I haven’t used it for more than simply making contacts in my business network. Nevertheless, over the past 6 months I’ve noticed a dramatic increase in the number of requests I’ve received. I can now see enough of a community building up in my own circle that it might be time to increase my exposure. I do feel they need some serious work on its usability, but I think that now they have a critical mass, they will be able to focus more resources on the interface and tools available.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.cavendo.com/social-networking/reasons-to-be-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Jeremy Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:52:10 +0000 http://blog.cavendo.com/?p=165#comment-78 GREAT Entry Chris... Seriously I love your 5 and think it's just the beginning. I especially love you mentioning the "transitioning from networking events" We all meet lots of great contact daily, weekly, monthly, etc... and its hard to keep them in 1 place. LinkedIn is a GREAT help here and recently we have seen some awesome clients find us long after the networking event had passed. Keep up the great thought leadership and I cant wait to see the next entry. GREAT Entry Chris…

Seriously I love your 5 and think it’s just the beginning. I especially love you mentioning the “transitioning from networking events” We all meet lots of great contact daily, weekly, monthly, etc… and its hard to keep them in 1 place. LinkedIn is a GREAT help here and recently we have seen some awesome clients find us long after the networking event had passed.

Keep up the great thought leadership and I cant wait to see the next entry.

]]> By: Mike http://www.cavendo.com/social-networking/reasons-to-be-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Mike Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:57:43 +0000 http://blog.cavendo.com/?p=165#comment-77 Chris, Great post. I agree that LinkedIn is a good tool for professional networking and I believe you have hit on most of the top reasons for using it. I would however challenge you on point #2 “Connect with People Through Other People”. While connecting with your extended network (friends of friends of friends, etc.) is one of the key premises of LinkedIn, I personally have not seen much evidence of this working well. In our anecdotal research (far from scientific), we have found that people have great success with your other 4 points, but when it comes to requesting introductions, results are mixed. It seems to work OK when requesting an introduction via a mutual friend, but when the chain gets any longer (e.g. friends of friends of friends) the process breaks down. All that said, I am biased since we are launching a professional networking service focused on reciprocal exchange with your extended network. Mike http://www.favorang.com/ Chris,

Great post. I agree that LinkedIn is a good tool for professional networking and I believe you have hit on most of the top reasons for using it. I would however challenge you on point #2 “Connect with People Through Other People”.

While connecting with your extended network (friends of friends of friends, etc.) is one of the key premises of LinkedIn, I personally have not seen much evidence of this working well. In our anecdotal research (far from scientific), we have found that people have great success with your other 4 points, but when it comes to requesting introductions, results are mixed. It seems to work OK when requesting an introduction via a mutual friend, but when the chain gets any longer (e.g. friends of friends of friends) the process breaks down.

All that said, I am biased since we are launching a professional networking service focused on reciprocal exchange with your extended network.

Mike
http://www.favorang.com/

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