crucial networking decisions
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Crucial Networking Decisions:Picking the Right Network and
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Should I network in LinkedIn, when I know colleagues and friends on Facebook?
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• LinkedIn has become one of the world’s most powerful business networking tools
• The most popular social media platform with over 380 million members
• Unique benefits • Professional focus • Control over contact information • The ability to download contacts• Disclaimer – any of these benefits could go
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• You may add people whom you know and can get introduced to new people from your existing connections
• Or you can reach out directly to new people
• But the question is “How?”
So how do you grow your network?
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• How can you know whether the person is genuine or not?
• How can you know about the ultimate motive behind getting connected?
• You need to specify your objective and strategy for networking on LinkedIn
So should I accept everyone who tries to contact me on LinkedIn?
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Sales professionals gain big benefits from networking
• Experts like Mike O’Neil teach people how to network productively
• Linkedin reports that sales professionals can achieve 16% gains in revenue
• Always think before adding and unknown person
• But selling isn’t the only reason why people network online
• Can land you to a new job opportunity
• Can establish a new platform to start a new venture
• It’s important to have a focused reason for building your network
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First-Level Connections Are Important
• The more first-level connections you have, the more people that you can connect with who are outside your network
• Build your web of first-level connections
• Connect with people from your school, college, and job
• Make sure that every time you meet someone whom you would like to add in your network, that you send them a quick invite
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Take Action and Grow Your Network
• Invitations from genuine sources could land you to your next dream job
• Try to make a new connection every week
• from your industry
• from your interest area
• someone who is actively involved in your groups
• alumni working in your dream company
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Don’t stop there – participate to keep growing
• Join the right groups and involve yourself in conversations, polls and views shared in the groups
• Interacting with like-minded people, you unlock the possibility of invitations from people from your broader network
• Blogging on LinkedIn is one way to stay in touch with your connections and network
• Like, share, and comment on LinkedIn Pulse content
• Your content should be informative and helpful
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This work can build your brand and gain you valuable credibility and authority
• Networking on LinkedIn keeps evolving, so stay connected
• Invite, share and publish useful content
• Recommends connections for jobs and opportunities for others
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