http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/ Ideas for Job Search, Career and Life Tue, 22 May 2012 13:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Steven Burda Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:54:45 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-577 Well said! Thank you! <a href="http://whywebpr.com/burda" rel="nofollow">http://whywebpr.com/burda</a> Well said!
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]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5979 Steven Burda Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:54:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5979 Well said! Thank you! <a href="http://whywebpr.com/burda" rel="nofollow">http://whywebpr.com/burda</a> Well said!
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]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Tim Tyrell-Smith Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:23:44 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-576 Hi Julie and thanks! Hope you are still writing! Hi Julie and thanks! Hope you are still writing!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5978 Tim Tyrell-Smith Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:23:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5978 Hi Julie and thanks! Hope you are still writing! Hi Julie and thanks! Hope you are still writing!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Julie Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:50:39 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-575 Thanks for the great advice Tim! Thanks for the great advice Tim!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5977 Julie Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:50:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5977 Thanks for the great advice Tim! Thanks for the great advice Tim!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Tim Tyrell-Smith Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:03:50 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-574 @mktg_jules . . . great question. This is one of the reasons I like to establish a connection with people over the phone before I connect on Linkedin. It allows you to get a sense of who they are and what value they might see in connecting with you. It is a great filter! I really like the fact, however, that you were willing to help someone new. It is a shame that they tried to take advantage. Either naive or just presumptuous. Both bad. I wrote a post earlier in June called "9 Ways To Bruise A Networking Relationship" - the person you met definitely left you feeling bruised (or so it sounds). You were right not to blast his info to your contacts and they were wrong to ask. My advice? Do the best you can for people but do so within reason. If people try to take too much from you, tell them so (as you did). If they insist for more, let them go. De-connect and move on to others more willing to give back. There are plenty of us out there . . . Thanks for a wonderful comment and question! @mktg_jules . . . great question. This is one of the reasons I like to establish a connection with people over the phone before I connect on Linkedin. It allows you to get a sense of who they are and what value they might see in connecting with you. It is a great filter!
I really like the fact, however, that you were willing to help someone new. It is a shame that they tried to take advantage. Either naive or just presumptuous. Both bad. I wrote a post earlier in June called “9 Ways To Bruise A Networking Relationship” – the person you met definitely left you feeling bruised (or so it sounds). You were right not to blast his info to your contacts and they were wrong to ask.
My advice? Do the best you can for people but do so within reason. If people try to take too much from you, tell them so (as you did). If they insist for more, let them go. De-connect and move on to others more willing to give back. There are plenty of us out there . . .
Thanks for a wonderful comment and question!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5976 Tim Tyrell-Smith Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:03:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5976 @mktg_jules . . . great question. This is one of the reasons I like to establish a connection with people over the phone before I connect on Linkedin. It allows you to get a sense of who they are and what value they might see in connecting with you. It is a great filter! I really like the fact, however, that you were willing to help someone new. It is a shame that they tried to take advantage. Either naive or just presumptuous. Both bad. I wrote a post earlier in June called "9 Ways To Bruise A Networking Relationship" - the person you met definitely left you feeling bruised (or so it sounds). You were right not to blast his info to your contacts and they were wrong to ask. My advice? Do the best you can for people but do so within reason. If people try to take too much from you, tell them so (as you did). If they insist for more, let them go. De-connect and move on to others more willing to give back. There are plenty of us out there . . . Thanks for a wonderful comment and question! @mktg_jules . . . great question. This is one of the reasons I like to establish a connection with people over the phone before I connect on Linkedin. It allows you to get a sense of who they are and what value they might see in connecting with you. It is a great filter!
I really like the fact, however, that you were willing to help someone new. It is a shame that they tried to take advantage. Either naive or just presumptuous. Both bad. I wrote a post earlier in June called “9 Ways To Bruise A Networking Relationship” – the person you met definitely left you feeling bruised (or so it sounds). You were right not to blast his info to your contacts and they were wrong to ask.
My advice? Do the best you can for people but do so within reason. If people try to take too much from you, tell them so (as you did). If they insist for more, let them go. De-connect and move on to others more willing to give back. There are plenty of us out there . . .
Thanks for a wonderful comment and question!

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-573 mktg_jules Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:23:34 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-573 I have a question about how to handle someone that isn't following 'the rules'. I was recently in a situation where I connected on LinkedIn with someone I met at a networking event. I offered to help this person with their job search since I thought I might have some relevant contacts. However, this individual apparently utilizes LinkedIn in a different manner than I do. I received an email that said: Could I ask about the attached list of connections from linkedin.com. I can't get the "link in through a connection" thing to work so can I ask for your help with emails and/or phone numbers. I nicely explained that I didn't feel comfortable doing that, but if there was a specific request for a specific person, I would be happy to forward through the 'introduction' tool on LinkedIn and even offered to walk this person through using that tool. The emails following this were frustrating because we clearly had divergent perspectives on how to use LinkedIn. This person even requested that I just blast off their contact info to that list of my contacts, which isn't something I would typically do (especially not at this point). Was this my mistake for offering to help too early on in our 'relationship'? I just never saw this coming and I'm not sure how to avoid or handle a situation like this in the future. Any advice? I have a question about how to handle someone that isn’t following ‘the rules’.
I was recently in a situation where I connected on LinkedIn with someone I met at a networking event. I offered to help this person with their job search since I thought I might have some relevant contacts. However, this individual apparently utilizes LinkedIn in a different manner than I do. I received an email that said:
Could I ask about the attached list of connections from linkedin.com. I can’t get the “link in through a connection” thing to work so can I ask for your help with emails and/or phone numbers.
I nicely explained that I didn’t feel comfortable doing that, but if there was a specific request for a specific person, I would be happy to forward through the ‘introduction’ tool on LinkedIn and even offered to walk this person through using that tool.
The emails following this were frustrating because we clearly had divergent perspectives on how to use LinkedIn. This person even requested that I just blast off their contact info to that list of my contacts, which isn’t something I would typically do (especially not at this point).
Was this my mistake for offering to help too early on in our ‘relationship’? I just never saw this coming and I’m not sure how to avoid or handle a situation like this in the future. Any advice?

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5975 mktg_jules Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:23:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5975 I have a question about how to handle someone that isn't following 'the rules'. I was recently in a situation where I connected on LinkedIn with someone I met at a networking event. I offered to help this person with their job search since I thought I might have some relevant contacts. However, this individual apparently utilizes LinkedIn in a different manner than I do. I received an email that said: Could I ask about the attached list of connections from linkedin.com. I can't get the "link in through a connection" thing to work so can I ask for your help with emails and/or phone numbers. I nicely explained that I didn't feel comfortable doing that, but if there was a specific request for a specific person, I would be happy to forward through the 'introduction' tool on LinkedIn and even offered to walk this person through using that tool. The emails following this were frustrating because we clearly had divergent perspectives on how to use LinkedIn. This person even requested that I just blast off their contact info to that list of my contacts, which isn't something I would typically do (especially not at this point). Was this my mistake for offering to help too early on in our 'relationship'? I just never saw this coming and I'm not sure how to avoid or handle a situation like this in the future. Any advice? I have a question about how to handle someone that isn’t following ‘the rules’.
I was recently in a situation where I connected on LinkedIn with someone I met at a networking event. I offered to help this person with their job search since I thought I might have some relevant contacts. However, this individual apparently utilizes LinkedIn in a different manner than I do. I received an email that said:
Could I ask about the attached list of connections from linkedin.com. I can’t get the “link in through a connection” thing to work so can I ask for your help with emails and/or phone numbers.
I nicely explained that I didn’t feel comfortable doing that, but if there was a specific request for a specific person, I would be happy to forward through the ‘introduction’ tool on LinkedIn and even offered to walk this person through using that tool.
The emails following this were frustrating because we clearly had divergent perspectives on how to use LinkedIn. This person even requested that I just blast off their contact info to that list of my contacts, which isn’t something I would typically do (especially not at this point).
Was this my mistake for offering to help too early on in our ‘relationship’? I just never saw this coming and I’m not sure how to avoid or handle a situation like this in the future. Any advice?

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Shaun Gisbourne Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:58:32 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-572 Second the recommendation to Jan's book, not because I've read it (yet), simply because Jan truly is a master networker who walks his talk, and unlike the overtly outgoing recruiters and LIONs that dominate the numbers equation on LinkedIn he's actually quite introverted by nature and therefore a breath of fresh air. Second the recommendation to Jan’s book, not because I’ve read it (yet), simply because Jan truly is a master networker who walks his talk, and unlike the overtly outgoing recruiters and LIONs that dominate the numbers equation on LinkedIn he’s actually quite introverted by nature and therefore a breath of fresh air.

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5974 Shaun Gisbourne Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:58:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5974 Second the recommendation to Jan's book, not because I've read it (yet), simply because Jan truly is a master networker who walks his talk, and unlike the overtly outgoing recruiters and LIONs that dominate the numbers equation on LinkedIn he's actually quite introverted by nature and therefore a breath of fresh air. Second the recommendation to Jan’s book, not because I’ve read it (yet), simply because Jan truly is a master networker who walks his talk, and unlike the overtly outgoing recruiters and LIONs that dominate the numbers equation on LinkedIn he’s actually quite introverted by nature and therefore a breath of fresh air.

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Tim Tyrell-Smith Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:20:29 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-571 Thanks Nikhil. Appreciate your comment and the link for Jan's book. Thanks Nikhil. Appreciate your comment and the link for Jan’s book.

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5973 Tim Tyrell-Smith Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:20:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5973 Thanks Nikhil. Appreciate your comment and the link for Jan's book. Thanks Nikhil. Appreciate your comment and the link for Jan’s book.

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Nikhil Vaswani Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:14:27 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-570 Well put. Given the power of LinkedIn and its impact on one's personal and professional profile, it makes a lot of sense to get choosy about who you decide to network with. By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called "How to REALLY use LinkedIn" by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at <a href="http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/</a> Well put. Given the power of LinkedIn and its impact on one’s personal and professional profile, it makes a lot of sense to get choosy about who you decide to network with.
By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/

]]> http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-5972 Nikhil Vaswani Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:14:00 +0000 http://timsstrategy.com/the-art-of-connecting-on-linkedin/#comment-5972 Well put. Given the power of LinkedIn and its impact on one's personal and professional profile, it makes a lot of sense to get choosy about who you decide to network with. By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called "How to REALLY use LinkedIn" by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at <a href="http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/</a> Well put. Given the power of LinkedIn and its impact on one’s personal and professional profile, it makes a lot of sense to get choosy about who you decide to network with.
By the way, I am new to LinkedIn too and have found this resource quite useful. It is a new book called “How to REALLY use LinkedIn” by networking expert Jan Vermeiren. Check it out, you can find a free lite version at http://www.how-to-really-use-linkedin.com/

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