Comments on: How Much Does LinkedIn Pay You? http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: gyi tsakalakis http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128602 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:06:49 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128602 We have generated new clients directly from LinkedIn. Not to shock those who doubt social media, but we have also generated clients directly from Twitter. We have generated new clients directly from LinkedIn. Not to shock those who doubt social media, but we have also generated clients directly from Twitter.

]]> by: Dharmesh Shah http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128039 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128039 LinkedIn doesn't pay me, but I do still participate. We've found the new LinkedIn groups feature to be a good way to pull together a community of professionals. In our case, we wanted to build a community for professional marketers online. The group has since grown to 6,000 members. http://linkedin.promarketers.com LinkedIn doesn’t pay me, but I do still participate.

We’ve found the new LinkedIn groups feature to be a good way to pull together a community of professionals.

In our case, we wanted to build a community for professional marketers online. The group has since grown to 6,000 members.

http://linkedin.promarketers.com

]]> by: K S http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128035 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:02:27 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128035 I wondered about using linkedin for a long time and had an account there that I did not really use. Every now and then I would answer few questions but that does not really help. Nowadays however, I use linkedin every day. Actually, everyone on our sales team has a premium account and I cannot emphasize how much linkedin helped in our sales cycles. If you are targeting a certain client, you can find out people from that company, connect to them and get their opinion of the best way to approach top management. Some people shy away from responding but more than 70% will be willing to take the time to talk. ps- would be great to have an option to get notified of responses to a post. I wondered about using linkedin for a long time and had an account there that I did not really use. Every now and then I would answer few questions but that does not really help.

Nowadays however, I use linkedin every day. Actually, everyone on our sales team has a premium account and I cannot emphasize how much linkedin helped in our sales cycles. If you are targeting a certain client, you can find out people from that company, connect to them and get their opinion of the best way to approach top management. Some people shy away from responding but more than 70% will be willing to take the time to talk.

ps- would be great to have an option to get notified of responses to a post.

]]> by: Nick Stamouis http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128019 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:56 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128019 We find great ways of networking via the groups and think it is great for branding purposes and possible leads to come your way. With any social networking site - building relationships on there takes trust and if you don't have the time to devote to it, then the tool is virtually useless for you. We find great ways of networking via the groups and think it is great for branding purposes and possible leads to come your way. With any social networking site - building relationships on there takes trust and if you don’t have the time to devote to it, then the tool is virtually useless for you.

]]> by: Jamie http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128018 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:06:05 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/589/just-like-oldskool.html#comment-128018 Since it gets indexed quickly it can be useful for reputation management or reputation destruction.. <strong>@jamie:</strong><em> I recall a few years ago when directory companies tried to copyright directory data (they wanted to copyright the collection  of your name + your address, so once aggregated, other directories couldn't just copy it). That opened a can of worms regarding who owns that collection.... because of course we individuals do. And that is the point... you are born once and you have that name forever, so perhaps trading on that name (as LinkedIn does) should be a right reserved for those with that legal name. This ties in well with existing publicity/privacy rights, so it might be doable. Facebook/LinkedIn pretend to offer a service yet operate a business built around trading on your name.... if they let the balance shift too far to one side...what will happen?</em> Since it gets indexed quickly it can be useful for reputation management or reputation destruction..

@jamie: I recall a few years ago when directory companies tried to copyright directory data (they wanted to copyright the collection  of your name + your address, so once aggregated, other directories couldn’t just copy it). That opened a can of worms regarding who owns that collection…. because of course we individuals do. And that is the point… you are born once and you have that name forever, so perhaps trading on that name (as LinkedIn does) should be a right reserved for those with that legal name. This ties in well with existing publicity/privacy rights, so it might be doable. Facebook/LinkedIn pretend to offer a service yet operate a business built around trading on your name…. if they let the balance shift too far to one side…what will happen?

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