Comments on: Five tips for growing your LinkedIn network http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/ It's not just about your website... It's about your web strategy Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Nathan J. Brauer http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Nathan J. Brauer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:14:42 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-100 Hm.. Okay. So I get your point about the title. The problem is that the copy leading up to the 5 tips leads one to believe that it'll talk more about how to make use of your network. So maybe there can be some improvement there so that the copy takes its readers down the right path (then you can take the original copy and create another blog post out of that!). All-in-all, though, your 5 tips are good ones. If only Gmail or Google Apps came with a LinkedIn add-on. Hm.. Okay. So I get your point about the title. The problem is that the copy leading up to the 5 tips leads one to believe that it’ll talk more about how to make use of your network. So maybe there can be some improvement there so that the copy takes its readers down the right path (then you can take the original copy and create another blog post out of that!). All-in-all, though, your 5 tips are good ones. If only Gmail or Google Apps came with a LinkedIn add-on.

]]> By: Brad Kleinman http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Brad Kleinman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:08:55 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-99 Hi Nathan, Thanks for the comment, and of course I take this as constructive criticism. Keep in mind the title of the post was '5 Tips for growing your LinkedIn network', and that's what I focused on for my 5 tips. A few of those tips don't just cover growing the network, but the 'proactivity' necessary to engage with those individuals on the ongoing basis, such as the LinkedIn toolbar for Outlook. That's a tool that gives you the opportunity to see who you connect with via email and connect with them immediately with LinkedIn. It's tools like these, and tips like those I mention in the article, that can help you build your network proactively and shift your paradigm to one of 'constant networking' and 'soft selling'. Regards, -Brad Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the comment, and of course I take this as constructive criticism. Keep in mind the title of the post was ‘5 Tips for growing your LinkedIn network’, and that’s what I focused on for my 5 tips. A few of those tips don’t just cover growing the network, but the ‘proactivity’ necessary to engage with those individuals on the ongoing basis, such as the LinkedIn toolbar for Outlook. That’s a tool that gives you the opportunity to see who you connect with via email and connect with them immediately with LinkedIn. It’s tools like these, and tips like those I mention in the article, that can help you build your network proactively and shift your paradigm to one of ‘constant networking’ and ’soft selling’.

Regards,
-Brad

]]> By: Sean Nelson http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Sean Nelson Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:50:03 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-98 Nathan, It would take more than a blog post to cover the what and the how. The article get's you started on the second key components of LinkedIn which is Extending Your Reach. The first is to Optimize Your Profile. The third is Leverage the tools. I've been covering these and more on my blog http://www.socialmediasonar.com for the last two years. Check it out if you like and find as many resources such as this blog, mine, and others to get different perspective, tips, and ideas. Sean Nathan,

It would take more than a blog post to cover the what and the how. The article get’s you started on the second key components of LinkedIn which is Extending Your Reach.

The first is to Optimize Your Profile. The third is Leverage the tools. I’ve been covering these and more on my blog http://www.socialmediasonar.com for the last two years.

Check it out if you like and find as many resources such as this blog, mine, and others to get different perspective, tips, and ideas.

Sean

]]> By: Nathan J. Brauer http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Nathan J. Brauer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:23 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-97 Oh, poo. One of my </b> tags must have been missing the "/" part. Oops! :) Oh, poo. One of my tags must have been missing the “/” part. Oops! :)

]]> By: Nathan J. Brauer http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Nathan J. Brauer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:41:01 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-96 Hey there. I think this post needs a bit more work... You basically start off by making the point that people need to learn how to use LinkedIn effectively, that most people who are on LinkedIn don’t really do anything with it other than accepting invites. "What do those [connections] mean if you’re not doing anything with them?" Then you go on to list 5 ways to get more connections. What I was lead to believe the article was about was: how to utilize LinkedIn. What good is having all these connections if you're not doing anything with them? Why waste the time accepting invites? Most importantly: how do I really <b><i>use</i><b> LinkedIn in a way that helps me and/or my business grow? I hope you see this as constructive criticism :) (and I hope you'll give me some insight on this!) PS: I found your blog via Google Image search (for: linkedin accept) while I was looking for a screenshot of the accept invite page. Hey there. I think this post needs a bit more work… You basically start off by making the point that people need to learn how to use LinkedIn effectively, that most people who are on LinkedIn don’t really do anything with it other than accepting invites. “What do those [connections] mean if you’re not doing anything with them?”
Then you go on to list 5 ways to get more connections.

What I was lead to believe the article was about was: how to utilize LinkedIn. What good is having all these connections if you’re not doing anything with them? Why waste the time accepting invites? Most importantly: how do I really use LinkedIn in a way that helps me and/or my business grow?

I hope you see this as constructive criticism :) (and I hope you’ll give me some insight on this!)

PS: I found your blog via Google Image search (for: linkedin accept) while I was looking for a screenshot of the accept invite page.

]]> By: Sean Nelson http://worksmartim.com/blog/2009/09/08/five-tips-for-growing-your-linkedin-network/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sean Nelson Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:48:22 +0000 http://worksmart-emarketing.com/blog/?p=470#comment-66 Brad, Thanks for featuring the LinkedOut cartoon. I still get excited to see something I create get passed around. Sure its partially because it drives new traffic, but really I still am amazed that two years ago I didn't have a blog, I had 19 connections on LinkedIn, and I had not found business value in social networking. What a short strange trip its been. Now if I could only recall what I did with all of those free hours I used to have. Have a great day! Sean Nelson Brad,

Thanks for featuring the LinkedOut cartoon. I still get excited to see something I create get passed around. Sure its partially because it drives new traffic, but really I still am amazed that two years ago I didn’t have a blog, I had 19 connections on LinkedIn, and I had not found business value in social networking.

What a short strange trip its been. Now if I could only recall what I did with all of those free hours I used to have.

Have a great day!

Sean Nelson

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