Comments on: What Kind Of People Are In Your LinkedIn Network? http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2009/03/26/what-kind-of-people-are-in-your-linkedin-network/ the blog behind the book Mon, 21 May 2012 00:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Brian Schuster http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2009/03/26/what-kind-of-people-are-in-your-linkedin-network/#comment-1285 Brian Schuster Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:02:07 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=394#comment-1285 Being a recruiter, I was a LION for the first 6 months I was on LinkedIn. All I looked for were people who were also LIONs and my goal was to get as big a network as I could. After I got past 1,000 people, I stopped actively finding people and started to use some of the other good features on LinkedIn, such as Answers and Polls. Essentially, the make-up of my network is people with over 1,000 connections and the people who have seen me as a LION. I don't know a lot of the people in my network, but it is nice to have the ability to connect with a lot of people if I wanted to. Brian Being a recruiter, I was a LION for the first 6 months I was on LinkedIn. All I looked for were people who were also LIONs and my goal was to get as big a network as I could. After I got past 1,000 people, I stopped actively finding people and started to use some of the other good features on LinkedIn, such as Answers and Polls.

Essentially, the make-up of my network is people with over 1,000 connections and the people who have seen me as a LION. I don’t know a lot of the people in my network, but it is nice to have the ability to connect with a lot of people if I wanted to.

Brian

]]> By: Walter Feigenson http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2009/03/26/what-kind-of-people-are-in-your-linkedin-network/#comment-1284 Walter Feigenson Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:12:05 +0000 http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/?p=394#comment-1284 When I started on LI, I only sought and accepted connections from people I knew well enough to recommend or introduce to others. I turned down a few requests, explaining my criteria for accepting. I also sought out a couple of LIONs, to expand my reach in case I needed to get in touch with somebody outside my network. But somewhere along the road, I decided to accept invitations from anybody who takes one of my personal branding workshops. And LI's new notes feature for contacts makes that easier to deal with (I simply note where/when I met people I really don't know well). I still think that my original method was proper for somebody who isn't making LinkedIn part of their life's work. It's worth repeating again what you wrote about the other day. If somebody - in good faith - invites you, you should reply and archive the message instead of saying you don't know the person and leaving a LI black mark against them. And make sure your reply says why you're not accepting the link request. When I started on LI, I only sought and accepted connections from people I knew well enough to recommend or introduce to others. I turned down a few requests, explaining my criteria for accepting.

I also sought out a couple of LIONs, to expand my reach in case I needed to get in touch with somebody outside my network.

But somewhere along the road, I decided to accept invitations from anybody who takes one of my personal branding workshops. And LI’s new notes feature for contacts makes that easier to deal with (I simply note where/when I met people I really don’t know well).

I still think that my original method was proper for somebody who isn’t making LinkedIn part of their life’s work.

It’s worth repeating again what you wrote about the other day. If somebody – in good faith – invites you, you should reply and archive the message instead of saying you don’t know the person and leaving a LI black mark against them. And make sure your reply says why you’re not accepting the link request.

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