I’m getting a flood of email from people wanting me to be a pin on their maps. Stop. Frappr is turning out to be just another excuse for spamming.
And while I’m at it, if you send me a Linked-In email, why don’t you tell me whether I know you and who the hell you are? And if I don’t know you, I’m not linking.
End of grump.
That bloody Dennis. I’ve now had three from him. Got suckered in twice, as well.
Amen, brother. I’ve had 3 already today.
A major benefit of using Linked-In and other such tools is to connect with people you don’t already know, albeit for good reasons. A request from a stranger to get linked – without context – is good cause for rejection. That’s why Linked-In requests work best if passed along by somebody you already know. Simply rejecting anybody and everybody you don’t already know will keep you blinkered.
Then u will keep on blinkering like this. Just connect with people u don’t know and know them. Want to link with only those whom u know? What kind of concept is this.
Try to know unknown people and chill.
Don’t get so much confused. Connect with unknown people and u will get to know them better. Its foolishness to connect with those u already know. What more do u want to know about them?
Just a LinkedIn note: there’s a section at the end of My Profile -> Contact Settings where you can offer advice to others who’d like to contact or connect with you. Here’s what’s in mine:
Hope that helps.
A major benefit of Linked-in and other such tools is to connect with unknown people and just go and take this advantage. Stop blinkering. Try to know more people around u and stay connected.
Silly you, man. What the hell more you wanna know about the people you already know. Try to explore something. Why not to connect unknown people and know about them. May be you find somone for yourself. Think man think and be optimistic.
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Hey Why you wanna know more about the people about whom you already know. Try to explore those who are not xplored yet! That might be a workof your interest.
Knowing unknown people is always a fun and an interesting work to go ahead with. If you know everybody beforehand then there is no fun in that. Different people might reveal different things for you, which in turn can excite you.
People are tossing around words here with very general meanings, but in the context of LinkedIn, they have very specific meanings.
To “connect” on LinkedIn means to set up a permanent link to them. In LinkedIn’s own words, you should accept connections when:
* You want to stay in touch with the inviter
* You know and trust their judgment and expertise
* You’ve worked with them and would recommend them
* They know your work and can represent your potential
On the other hand, an “introduction” request (or an InMail, a direct contact) is the intended way to initiate communications with people you don’t already know.
Where the problem comes is when people send connection requests to strangers, thinking it’s just a way to initiate a relationship, while the recipient’s perception is more along the lines of LinkedIn’s intention (and documentation) – that a connection is an agreement to refer people.
So to the recipient, it’s like meeting someone at a networking event, them handing you a card and saying, “I’m Joe, I sell widgets. Give me your card and let’s refer people to each other.” How can you refer people until you get to know each other? And not just personally, professionally?
It’s pointless to debate what’s the best way to use it until we at least use the same terminology and have a common understanding of the processes.
On another note, several people here are saying basically, “What’s the point in networking with people you already know?”
A LOT!
Most people haven’t even scratched the surface of the potential in their network. If you don’t know much about them and their business, what their current needs are, what their hidden talents might be, etc., then you have a wealth of untapped potential in your existing network. I would ask, “What’s the point in going out and meeting new people if you haven’t even learned everything there is to know and figured out how to be of service to the people you already know?”
I wrote a more extensive blog post about this very topic:
Why Bother to Network If You Already Know Everyone You Need to Know?