Comments on: Successful Networking Tips for LinkedIn and Facebook

By: Steven Burda, MBA

Steven Burda, MBA — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:04:27 +0000

I’m on Linkedin. I’m big there. Connect to me?

-Steven Burda
http://www.linkedin.com/in/burda

By: rushit shah

rushit shah — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:24:38 +0000

well said Mate. I am not sure why would any one have to make two accounts when professional life and personal life is linked to gather and has very thin road ways. Though i have seen few people making too profiles and its kind of hectic to have 2 profiles. Facebook surely rocks for social and professional networking but as i said earlier no there is no competition for linkedin.

Cheers Mate
Rushitshah.com
http://www.rushitshah.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rushitsha

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:18:08 +0000

“What about the timeframe and the amount of time that would probably better spent working on ONE blog?”

It really depends on what your business strategy is. It may be totally a waste of time for one person and the best thing ever to another.

Personally, I am happy to fill out every profile on each of these sites that I can. It’s free, you only fill it out once and people will see it for years.

I don’t understand why so many complain about this and don’t see what a valuable tool it can be (depending on your business strategy).

I do see though that you can spend a lot of time on these social networks and then feel a bit guilty. Time Management is the solution!

By: Mike Dammann

Mike Dammann — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:35:59 +0000

What about the timeframe and the amount of time that would probably better spent working on ONE blog?

By: Loren Baker, Editor

Loren Baker, Editor — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:18:20 +0000

@ Malte : Updating my contacts one time brought me a pretty good business deal.

For references, I always tell people to look at my LinkedIn recommendations.

I’ve also signed a client who spends 5 figures per month who cited my LinkedIn account as one of the reasons for choosing my company.

Needless to say, you never know how people will research you or what their standards are. For some, it’s image results on Flickr, for others, the wealth of one’s LinkedIn account.

Plus, it takes about 30 minutes a week to update an account. HUGE ROI in my opinion.

By: DeLancey

DeLancey — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:39:18 +0000

I opened a LinkedIn account about two weeks ago because I figured it couldn’t hurt my prospects for when the time comes to begin looking for a new job. I was surprised how many people I knew on there already. But now that it’s a couple weeks later and I’ve hardly used it, all I can think is “Do a really need ANOTHER freaking social network membership?”. I can’t even keep up with the ones I have already. Anyone else feel burnt out on social networks?

By: Malte Landwehr

Malte Landwehr — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:11:35 +0000

You have 400 connections on LinkedIn and seem to invest a lot of time to manage them and still that has brought you just one business deal. Would you still say, its worth is?

By: Dev Basu

Dev Basu — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:58:00 +0000

Great tips here Loren! I connected with you on Linkedin about 2 months ago, and have also written a couple of posts on the value of Linked when I worked at Search Engine People – http://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/4-ways-to-be-a-proactive-linkedin-user.html

Cheers! — Dev

By: Loren Baker, Editor

Loren Baker, Editor — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:22:49 +0000

@Jason : Yes, I’ve heard of people opening two Facebook accounts : one for work and one for pleasure :)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:54:02 +0000

Great article, I find Linked great!!! I recently created an account!…
http://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebarsi. Its like having a very well organized resume, very professional and yeah!!! u can find pretty much everyone there, also a great place to network, on the other hand I find facebook more personal, unless of course, like most people, u have two profiles, ur networking people and then ur personal where u friends can tag crazy pics of you ;)

Michelle
http://www.FaceySpacey.com