My Last blog entry was on Biggest Threat to Social Networks? Spam? .
Did not want to leave the impression that all Social Networks are useless. In fact, I have been very impressed with LinkedIn and how it helped me professionally,.. a lot.
I have used it to get back in touch with people I used to work with in prior professional lives. Helps me to keep me updated on where they are and what they are doing currently.
I have used it to recommend people that I have been impressed with and also put them in touch with other LinkedIn members like me.
Most importantly, it has allowed me to approach people that may have a professional link to what I am trying to do in my business and make their acquaintance. Of course, this could quickly devolve into SPAM from their point of view. However, I make sure that they may be VERY interested in what I am contacting them for, before making a contact. Anything less may become SPAM quickly.
I guess, LinkedIn works well as a Professional Social Networking tool mainly because of two things: It is limited mostly to Professional Interactions and it plays a lot of emphasis on privacy and opt-in kind of contacts. By limiting freewheeling contacts between members it has increased the value of the membership. It makes sure that before two people can contact each other, there is a lot of compelling common reasons to do so.
Professionalism is knowing how to do it, when to do it, and doing it. - Frank Tyger
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