next milestone 500 connections
The vast majority of my connections on linkedin are people I actually know. To get to 500 before the turn of the next century I’m either going to have to get out more or start connecting with people I don’t know from Adam. Does that defeat the point of linkedin or is it what it’s for?
I’m adding about 50 people a month so this time next year, we’ll be millionaires, Rodney!
Linkedin is about more than just adding connections, of course. It’s a fantastic way of turbo charging what you normally do with people in your network. What do I mean turbo charging? Well for a start you suddenly have visibility in a way that just wasn’t possible in the olden days. This visibility factor also applies to everyone else on linkedin as well, clearly. And its this mutual visibility and contactability that are at the core of the power of linkedin.
So, Grasshopper, now you are aware of this power, the question is, how will you use it? There are clearly many great users of linkedin and many times more who aren’t, who just don’t get it, or don’t feel that it is much use to them. This split between the faithful and the great unwashed will become less marked over time. At the moment early adopters have a clear advantage in terms of, for example, using linkedin to market themselves, find customers, profile customers, recruit, etc etc
What’s your favourite use of linkedin?