Comments on: Understanding LinkedIn http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/2009/12/07/understanding-linkedin-2/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed content and context on issues facing women of color as we mature Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: matthewdlyons http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/2009/12/07/understanding-linkedin-2/comment-page-1/#comment-867 matthewdlyons Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:45:18 +0000 http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/?p=3155#comment-867 LinkedIn is the #1 "social media" site for a number of professionals I know. I, too, am struggling with juggling (sorry for the consonance) multiple social media portals and interfaces. In a recent posting ( <a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-resolution-for-2010-linkedin-as-i-prepare" rel="nofollow">http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-...</a> ), my friend Gary Vaynerchuk talked a little about getting more into LinkedIn in the coming year. The comments below his post have some good info and suggestions on maximizing LinkedIn.<br><br>In the end, I see LinkedIn as an extension of good, old fashioned, face-to-face networking. One cannot work without the other. I have friends who are quite adept at networking, but I am not fond to constant flesh-pressing. Some of it seems meaningless. However, you just never knew who might be that "3rd degree" connection that turns out to be someone you need to know. I imagine that as I get my photography business growing, I will need to rely on making more, and more connections. In business, connections often translates to referrals. LinkedIn is the #1 “social media” site for a number of professionals I know. I, too, am struggling with juggling (sorry for the consonance) multiple social media portals and interfaces. In a recent posting ( http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-... ), my friend Gary Vaynerchuk talked a little about getting more into LinkedIn in the coming year. The comments below his post have some good info and suggestions on maximizing LinkedIn.

In the end, I see LinkedIn as an extension of good, old fashioned, face-to-face networking. One cannot work without the other. I have friends who are quite adept at networking, but I am not fond to constant flesh-pressing. Some of it seems meaningless. However, you just never knew who might be that “3rd degree” connection that turns out to be someone you need to know. I imagine that as I get my photography business growing, I will need to rely on making more, and more connections. In business, connections often translates to referrals.

]]> By: matthewdlyons http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/2009/12/07/understanding-linkedin-2/comment-page-1/#comment-862 matthewdlyons Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:45:18 +0000 http://www.blackgirlgrown.com/?p=3155#comment-862 LinkedIn is the #1 "social media" site for a number of professionals I know. I, too, am struggling with juggling (sorry for the consonance) of multiple social media portals and interfaces. In a recent posting ( <a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-resolution-for-2010-linkedin-as-i-prepare" rel="nofollow">http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-...</a> ), my friend Gary Vaynerchuk talked a little about getting more into LinkedIn in the coming year. The comments below his post have some good info and suggestions on maximizing LinkedIn.<br><br>In the end, I see LinkedIn as an extension of good, old fashioned, face-to-face networking. One cannot work without the other. I have friends who are quite adept at networking, but I am not fond to constant flesh-pressing. Some of it seems meaningless. However, you just never knew who might be that "3rd degree" connection that turns out to be someone you need to know. I imagine that as I get my photography business growing, I will need to rely on making more, and more connections. In business, connections often translates to referrals. LinkedIn is the #1 “social media” site for a number of professionals I know. I, too, am struggling with juggling (sorry for the consonance) of multiple social media portals and interfaces. In a recent posting ( http://garyvaynerchuk.com/post/256065342/early-... ), my friend Gary Vaynerchuk talked a little about getting more into LinkedIn in the coming year. The comments below his post have some good info and suggestions on maximizing LinkedIn.

In the end, I see LinkedIn as an extension of good, old fashioned, face-to-face networking. One cannot work without the other. I have friends who are quite adept at networking, but I am not fond to constant flesh-pressing. Some of it seems meaningless. However, you just never knew who might be that “3rd degree” connection that turns out to be someone you need to know. I imagine that as I get my photography business growing, I will need to rely on making more, and more connections. In business, connections often translates to referrals.

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