I think I'm 2 hops from the President. :) - WJR
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:44, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <[email protected]>wrote: > +10, same here. It all depends on what your purpose is. ASB is also very > much on point. You build your profile and contacts/connections when you > don't need it, because you never know when things will change and you might > need it - if you don't have it and you need it, it's too late. And, for > anyone who changes positions, it helps you to be able to maintain contacts. > In some companies, when you give your notice, they walk you out the dor, > with no further access to your %work% email. Suggestion to tie BOTH your > work email and your personal email to your LinkedIn profile so that you can > always maintain access easily. You can limit what emails you get from > LinkedIn fairly easily. If get an invite from someone I don't know, I simply > ignore or deny it. End of story. > > I will say that once you get a substantial number of contacts, it is QUITE > interesting to scroll through the "people you may know". It is also > interesting to see how many hops Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, and Kevin Bacon > are from you... What was that about 6 degrees of separation? > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > www.eaglemds.com > [email protected] > ________________________________________ > From: William Robbins [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:54 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: Did LinkedIn change? > > Interestingly I've ad almost the opposite experience. I can honestly say I > gained my current position entirely via LinkedIn. BUt like most things you > have to work at it. You get out what you put into it and I'm very selective > about who I connect with. Easy enough to deny requests. > > - WJR > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 09:18, Daniel Rodriguez <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > I hate LinkedIn. :( > > I had signed up for it, the free account. But right after that, I started > to get invites from people I didn't know. Hated it. It was not beneficial to > me. > > I just feel it rude that someone wants to invite me to be part of their > group, when I don't know them. Lately, I have been getting invites from > recruiters, who I don't know, and then they want me to go to their sites and > fill out job apps. Waste of my time. > > My .02 worth. > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:01 AM, William Robbins <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Thanks for that link ASB! I hadn't been given that option from LI before. > Interestingly they want to charge me a tad more than $5/mo...but then I'm > not surprised they like you better. :) > > - WJR > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 08:38, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > A - You can invite anyone you want for FREE, as long as any of the > following apply: > > --- 1 - They are no more than 3 hops away from you (and they are open to > invitations) > --- 2 - They share a group with you (and allow connections/invitations > through the group) > --- 3 - You have their email address (and they are open to invitations) > --- 4 - Both of you are OpenLink members (and they accept > connections/invitations via OpenLink) -- This one is not exactly free > > If they are not open to invitation, then none of the points above matter. > > > B - You can get a cheaper membership than the set they readily advertise: > Personal Plus - http://www.linkedin.com/personalplus > ---- This gets you access to OpenLink, plus a few other perks, for only > $5/mo > > > While LI doesn't allow you to just reach anyone directly, unlike FB, it > does facilitate having people introduce you. This is another method that > can get you to someone who is not a direct connection, and for whom you do > not have an email address. (There's also InMail, but that costs money) > > > > ASB (My Bio via About.Me<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... > > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Tom Miller <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > Hey Folks, > > It's been a while since I was on LinkedIn. Yesterday I was looking for a > past colleague, found him, but could not send him an invite as this person > was "out of network". I was able to join another past colleague since we > had someone in common as part of our network. > > I was able to send the past colleague a message, if I signed-up for at > $24/month "upgrade". Since I don't use LinkedIn except for occasional > professional contacts, it's hardly worth it. > > I thought when I first signed up with LinkedIn I could invite anyone to be > part of my network. Maybe I'm wrong and missing something. But since I > can't just invite anyone, anymore, like Face Book, why bother? 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