Comments on: LinkedIn: Great Follow Up Tool or Complete Waste of Time? http://www.followupsuccess.com/2009/01/07/linkedin-great-follow-up-tool-or-complete-waste-of-time/ attract more clients, increase your referrals Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:10:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ed Callahan http://www.followupsuccess.com/2009/01/07/linkedin-great-follow-up-tool-or-complete-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 Ed Callahan Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.followupsuccess.com/?p=667#comment-3450 The challenge for most people is that they try to make a judgment about how useful LinkedIn before accomplishing the basics - in particular, building a "trusted" reasonably sized 1st degree network - should be at least 50 and better 100. At that point, if you have a 100% filled out profile and have tweaked your Accounts & Settings so that you match your interaction with LinkedIn to suit the way you work, you should yield tremendous benefits from LinkedIn as a framework to do what you should be doing anyway. Leveraging your business network. See my blog for LinkedIn tips from time to time - <b>www.coherentsalesconsulting.com/blog. I also run webinars on LinkedIn.</b> The challenge for most people is that they try to make a judgment about how useful LinkedIn before accomplishing the basics – in particular, building a “trusted” reasonably sized 1st degree network – should be at least 50 and better 100. At that point, if you have a 100% filled out profile and have tweaked your Accounts & Settings so that you match your interaction with LinkedIn to suit the way you work, you should yield tremendous benefits from LinkedIn as a framework to do what you should be doing anyway. Leveraging your business network. See my blog for LinkedIn tips from time to time – http://www.coherentsalesconsulting.com/blog. I also run webinars on LinkedIn.

]]> By: kelly http://www.followupsuccess.com/2009/01/07/linkedin-great-follow-up-tool-or-complete-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 kelly Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:06 +0000 http://www.followupsuccess.com/?p=667#comment-3435 I didn't stay long enough in LINKEDin.com to get a good feel of the community. The first few ppl in there made me feel stupid. haha I couldn't get any feedback about the video linking technology in Youtube (where users can link any part of their videos with anecdotes and links). I felt as if I was trying to talk to Russians. Another came to my blog and asked me to explain what a blog is!! lol I stayed only 5 days in LINKEDin, after answering other ppl's questions (trying to be of some help) and not getting any response. I guess I thrive better in an environment that's faster in pace. So now I am in Twitter.com @qutequte If LinkedIN worked for you, that's good. There would be no reason not to be in a community you feel you belong. I didn’t stay long enough in LINKEDin.com to get a good feel of the community.

The first few ppl in there made me feel stupid. haha I couldn’t get any feedback about the video linking technology in Youtube (where users can link any part of their videos with anecdotes and links). I felt as if I was trying to talk to Russians.

Another came to my blog and asked me to explain what a blog is!! lol

I stayed only 5 days in LINKEDin, after answering other ppl’s questions (trying to be of some help) and not getting any response. I guess I thrive better in an environment that’s faster in pace. So now I am in Twitter.com @qutequte

If LinkedIN worked for you, that’s good. There would be no reason not to be in a community you feel you belong.

]]> By: Charity Hisle http://www.followupsuccess.com/2009/01/07/linkedin-great-follow-up-tool-or-complete-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 Charity Hisle Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.followupsuccess.com/?p=667#comment-3431 I use LinkedIn, it's in my top 5 Social Media tools. I like to catch up on the group discussions. I think it is the way of the future for hiring and resume writing. I use LinkedIn, it’s in my top 5 Social Media tools. I like to catch up on the group discussions. I think it is the way of the future for hiring and resume writing.

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