Jan
5
January 5, 2007 – 1:01 pm
LinkedIn has launched Answers which is a place where you can ask questions and/or answer other peoples questions. Asking questions means tapping into other peoples knowledge, answering questions is a way to raise your own visibility. The later is the first thing in Guy Kawasakis list of how to better utilize LinkedIn.
Update.
Jason Alba at JibberJobber [...]
Oct
21
October 21, 2006 – 9:46 pm
It is often called an elevator pitch but is just as useful as your introduction to people you meet at networking events. There are different views on how long the pitch shall be, 15-30 seconds or up to a minute. In my opinion, short is better.
An “elevator pitch” is a quick and concise way to [...]
Aug
15
August 15, 2006 – 6:34 am
openBLOG is the blog for OpenBC, the company behind XING.
Their presentation says:
openBLOG gives you the chance to get to know “the people behind XING”. Team members write about their experiences, new ideas and developments and give you an insight into the world of XING.
Aug
4
The Care and Feeding of Your Network is a useful document at the ChangeThis website. You can read about the Five steps to greatness in Networking and more about networking.
Their definitions of the word network makes you think:
Network (n): a group of people that are all well-known by a person.
Network (v): helping people that you [...]
Jul
16
There are several great sites that help you build and maintain professional as well as social networks. Take a look at XING (formerly openBC), LinkedIn, Ryze and ZeroDegrees.
Jul
11
Krissy Jackson has written a great article about the seven mistakes people make. In brief they are:
They don’t include a photo on their profile page
They don’t fill in their profile
They don’t post on group discussion boards
They do not practice the four essentials of the likeability factor
When they post they don’t put their URL into [...]
