Friday, July 11, 2008

LinkedIn - the second wave

For many social media is now synonymous with LinkedIn. I presume that the second wave of LinkedIn proliferation is on. I see people adding in tens and tens of peers and friends into their networks. But let us pause for a minute here. Are there LinkedIn users who evaluate the value of their networks based on the number of links or people they have got? And hence the rush to add numbers??

On the contrary, I think a linkedIn network should be judged based on the level of reciprocity, interactions, profile visits, comments, business connections and desired results.

If we want our networks to be active and rewarding, we need to be contributing through answers and questions; and importantly helping others to reach a rung up. All this without having a score but with a tab on time !!

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