Layout Image

Archive for Social Networks

Thanks for the LinkedIn Invitation: Care to Speak First?

Would you connect with someone on LinkedIn who does not want to speak with you? If it weren’t for my own experience over several years, I probably would not think that was a question worth asking. But consider this. LinkedIn is a professional business networking platform. It is not and never has been intended as

Read more →

LinkedIn: Building Networks not Collections

For first level connections on LinkedIn to happen, I need to first have some form of personal contact In all the time I’ve been on groups where LinkedIn is discussed, including the Linked Bloggers group I co-moderate, the great staple of discussion has always been what some refer to as the Quality vs Quantity debate.

Read more →

How Much Do You Want People to Join Your LinkedIn Network?

Why it makes sense to personalize your invitations to connect on LinkedIn When I decided after Christmas that I wanted to have a clear inbox on LinkedIn before the New Year arrived, I clearly underestimated the scope of the task. I finished up spending the better part of a day sorting it all out, dealing

Read more →

Slide Deck on Social Media for Skool Project 2009

I had been apprehensive in advance of my presentation on social media today at Griffith University, as a contribution to the Skool Project 2009, organised by cricketer and Griffith staffer Michael Jeh and which I posted about earlier this afternoon. After all, I would be presenting to a group of digital immigrants and I was

Read more →