Comments on: 3 Easy Ways To Add Connections On LinkedIn

By: Rick @ Canon Camera Bag

Rick @ Canon Camera Bag — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:30:47 +0000

I agree with an earlier comment about caution using networks on LinkedIn. Sometimes people use it as a vehicle to fatten their profiles and do little beyond that and don’t engage. Also I find that people I know using LinkedIn are highly suspect of any features that smack of social networking. LinkedIn needs to navigate this perception nimbly.

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:52:17 +0000

I welcome everyone.

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:44:18 +0000

I haven’t used it yet but I have a close colleague that is quite active. I’ll see if I can swing her by here and leave her mark.

Good tips as far as I can tell.

By: Mikael @ Retire Rich

Mikael @ Retire Rich — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:16:19 +0000

I can’t say that I’m right and you’re wrong or vice versa and I’m sure that you can benefit greatly from these connections if your truly “work them”. But I do have a hard time seeing how one will benefit from just CREATING the connection “for a rainy day” instead of merely waiting to a time where you will actually need them and have the time to use them effectively.

I’m just concerned that people will spend too much time “preparing” instead of actually going out and taking action

By: Mark Sierra

Mark Sierra — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:35:44 +0000

“Adding connections for the sake of it is as meaningless as having thousands of facebook friends IMO.”

True, but I think the purpose in this case is a little more subtle yet justifiable. Something I point out in my free report is that people tend to think they have more people to fall back on for help than they truly do.

It’s quite possible they have a productive resource of very close friends who can help them find employment or make business contacts. But I can tell you from my experience that resource quickly dries up when you’ve been hunting for a job while not employed for several months.

That’s why I’m promoting the idea of connecting with people who are also interested in connecting for the same reason — and there are a lot of them out there.

Will every one of those people be useful to me? Will I be able to help everyone? Certainly not. I’m not a statistics kind of guy, but something tells me that those situations would pale in comparison to the times that will be useful.

By: Mikael @ Retire Rich

Mikael @ Retire Rich — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:10:38 +0000

Networks can be a great thing if you know HOW and WHY you want to use them. Adding connections for the sake of it is as meaningless as having thousands of facebook friends IMO.

I’ve joined several relevant groups within LinkedIn, but where I went wrong was that I didn’t have any purpose. I weren’t planning on contacting anyone in particular, I didn’t have any agenda and because of it all I ended up getting was a lot of trash emails because people are using the groups to send out semi-spam.