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This. I’m closing in on 2,000 connections. Some of them are people I’ve never met in real life. Others are. Anytime I meet someone new in a business setting, I take their card back and add them to my contacts, and I send them a LinkedIn invite. I’ll do the same for people on email threads — ie, I’m talking with Person A from a potential client on an email thread, she copies in Person B, and I’ll go and add Person B on LinkedIn. Not shy about it, and there’s no reason to be. So I think bottom line is expand your network to as many relevant people as you can.
Agreed. And it’s interesting to also see who has been looking at your profile.
Yeah they sometimes show you a few but you need to pay to get the full list. I recently applied for a new job and after my interview signed up for the free trial premium just to see if the hiring manager would view my profile.
She never did but I got the job. 
Yes, Linkedin, like all social media. strokes the narcissism in all of us. To that end, third party companies are available you can employ for prospecting. The jist is you enter the industry you're looking to prospect, followed by job title('s), and geographical boundaries. The bot program will then view pages of all people who fit that parameter with your Linkedin profile. Then those people will view 'who's visited their page', and even if they don't contact you (most don't), you can then contact them saying 'hey, I see you visited my page, it might be worth it to discuss...'
Interesting. Makes sense. Thanks.
Yeah, to put the numbers in perspective, the bot might hit a couple of thousand profiles a day, and it might net 15-20 people who will visit your profile. So, maybe a couple people per day to reach out too.
Good stuff. I'm up to over 600 connections. I don't post as much as I used to, but I will browse the feed a couple times a week, will like and sometimes share things that I find particularly interesting. And, from time to time, I'll browse the suggested connections to grow my network. And if I meet someone new in a business setting I will likely look them up and add them.This. I’m closing in on 2,000 connections. Some of them are people I’ve never met in real life. Others are. Anytime I meet someone new in a business setting, I take their card back and add them to my contacts, and I send them a LinkedIn invite. I’ll do the same for people on email threads — ie, I’m talking with Person A from a potential client on an email thread, she copies in Person B, and I’ll go and add Person B on LinkedIn. Not shy about it, and there’s no reason to be. So I think bottom line is expand your network to as many relevant people as you can.
I also pump out articles and other professional items I write and cross post them there. Often times nobody cares. Sometimes it stirs conversation or I get hits on it.
A few months ago I posted something that was related to my professional but kind of in a goofy personal way (dealt with something I found in my 100 year old house). It must have trended or something because it generates something like 40,000 views. (That’s probably not a lot for you, but a ton for me).
I just view it as a way to plant my name in the minds of people in my industry. Eventually my name comes up and someone is like “oh I think I know who that is.” As opposed to being a total stranger. A personal branding thing I guess, which is important in my field.
I"m a Facebook whore on my "work" profile. I'll friend any and all that sent me a friend request (other than those whose first and only post is a link to their private Instagram
). I have been a little more selective recently to only accept people if we have some people in common. I have about 2000 Facebook friends on my work profile.
What do you want to accomplish? Goals?
