LinkedIn

Does anyone out there find LinkedIn to be useful?  In what ways?

I signed up quite a long while back, as I recall when Jason Carrozza invited me.  He had worked for the big client briefly.  We hit it off but he didn’t fit there, so he struck out on his own.  If he were in the right specialty, I would probably hire him for whatever business legal needs I might encounter.

Anyway, I signed up just enough to humor being added to his links, then pretty much forgot it until Rob Sama, who happens to know my real name, issue me an invitation.  Then I received another one, from a former colleague named Joe Colantonio, who had as far as I knew disappeared off the planet.  And another, come to think of it, whose invitation went past, ignored, but softened me up.

I updated my profile a bit, but didn’t got too far in providing details and contact info.

Today I got an update e-mail from LinkedIn, which is actually polite in its infrequency of e-mails, so I ended up there again, seeing who some of the people were and noting it’s time for an update again.  I also noticed people with essentially their entire resumes posted.

This made me wonder whether I should use it aggressively.  I tend to look with disdain on the whole “social networking” craze, but it strikes me that perhaos this is more mature, if that’s the right word, than some.  And useful, perhaps.

I’m in a position of needing to establish multiple income streams, and rapidly, even if not all are that lucrative or long-lasting.  I’m starting the new business, which is great, but requires supplementing even if it flies, and could wind up itself only a side stream.  I’m not a “get out and sell, sell, sell” social person, for the most part.  I say for the most part because I have a weird but underutilized charisma that can come into play, if only once I have been accidentally thrust into the right situation to unmute it.

Has anyone found it genuinely useful?  Or is it something you join because it’s expected, or people you know invited you so you played alon?

1. yes, i have found linkedin genuinely useful, providing good leads that i wouldn’t have found otherwise. i have found former coworkers, and some of them have found me.

   unlike myspace, facebook, and many other social networking sites out there, linkedin is geared towards business professionals who want to ‘network’, and it is very good for that, as it seems you have discovered. nobody likes to be spammed though, so i would be careful about using it ‘aggressively’. just keep your info updated on there so that if someone goes looking for you with an opportunity, they’ll be able to find you

   Posted by  on  08/31  at  07:25 AM  from  planet earth?
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