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On LinkedIn Mean People Suck

April 24, 2009 by Sean Nelson

With that title I probably violated several things that I recommend not doing (act professional, be careful of what you say and how you say it, etc.).

I stumbled on a blog that was titled “The Stupid Things People Do on LinkedIn”. The poster then proceeded to lash in to people that violated his perception of what LinkedIn should be and how people should behave on it. My first thought was relax it’s not your site. You’re just a another member. The second was that did this person realize that their post was part of their online brand.

LinkedIn Part 9: Be found

April 20, 2009 by Sean Nelson

Think of your LinkedIn profile as an interactive billboard. The billboard has been erected but you’re waiting for traffic to drive down the road. You can wait and hope that someone takes a wrong turn and sees you, or you can try to detour traffic past your billboard.

The LinkedIn Light Bulb is Flickering

April 16, 2009 by Sean Nelson

Here is what I used to believe. I believed that protecting the value of your network required that you know or have plans to get to know those that you were connected to. I believed that it only made sense to add new connections as I met people within my chamber or other offline networking. Since my prospects are in Georgia I believed that there was limited value in connecting to other outside of the state. I was wrong.