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should everyone be linked in to one another
From: cybereagle at gmail.com (Matt Hillman)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:30:06 +0000
I think the best way to use linkedin depends what you want to get out of it. I try to only link with people I know or have some connection with that "matters" in some way. That might not be a connection that involves knowing the person in real life, but I like that you can connect in a way that tightly connects you with focussed groups of people and get all the chatter that is genuinely of interest to you. So I guess it depends how wide you want to cast your net. If you are a recruiter, probably pretty wide, if you are just a professional, perhaps more narrowly targetted. Incedentally, a while back I made a security podcasts group on linkedin with no particular podcast affiliation, check it out: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/131935 2008/12/27 Joel Esler <eslerj at gmail.com>
I like to use it as a question and answer medium when I get the chance. Ask a question, get 100 different answers. Joel On Dec 26, 2008, at 8:29 PM, Rob Fuller allegedly wrote: I have to agree with Jack here. I am at 48 of a possible 50 groups (Yes they start notifying you when you get close). I think the ability to message someone that is in one of the groups I am in without having to link them is the advantage of groups. But I think this applies to any social medium. I don't understand why some people have 50,000 follower and following 50,000 people on twitter. It can't be useful other than as a podium. I could be wrong. On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Jack Daniel <jackadaniel at gmail.com>wrote:I am a bit of a Linkedin group whore- I like group because they give you a lot of connections to use when you want them without needing to play connect-the-dots individually. Jack On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:Hi I'm in a few groups on linked in and daily there are requests from people asking to expand their networks and to exchange links. What do people think, is this right or should you only link with people you know or have reason for linking with? The way I see it, if everyone links to everyone else then all we end up with is a large mailing list, lots of which already exist. My thinking is that I'll link to people I either know, respect or have some other business relationship with but am I missing out in not linking to everyone else in the world? What are other peoples policy on this? Robin _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com_______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com_______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com -- Joel Esler ? http://www.joelesler.net [m] _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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