I noticed today that at 951 the number of my direct connections on the professional networking platform LinkedIn is seriously nudging 1,000 and the total network, including second and third level connnections, has more or less overnight topped 15 million. A bit of a milestone that 15 million, so I thought I should not let

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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.

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Next week, on September 29, I’m teaming up with Associate Professor Michael Rees of Bond University to deliver a one day workshop for businesses in the Brisbane (Australia) area on social media. Then the following week, on October 2, we do that again on the Gold Coast. (Update: Brisbane workshop now postponed to a date

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XeeSM, which is so new it is not even in public beta yet, is a tool for managing social relationships. By providing a simple web address (URL) XeeSM gives you a way to provide one link from which people can instantly check out your various online presences, from your website to your LinkedIn, Twitter and

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I have to admit I have no idea how pervasive the online social networking site, Twitter, is in China, let alone its current relevance for doing business in China. This post is about one instance in which Twitter seems to have served a good business purpose – i.e. putting a couple of entrepreneurial people together,

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