Okay, here are some results after one month of my LinkedIn membership for your attention.
Connections: a dozen of direct connections. I was not really active in acquiring them; what I did from the very beginning of my membership was the following:
-I sent invitations to connect on LinkedIn to members who studied at the same university during the five years I did (it's easy to search for your schoolmates at LinkedIn); some got connected, some replied with nostalgia messages but didn't connect, some didn't reply, one replied with a nasty message: "I don't know this person". On LinkedIn you have 3,000 invitations to send out for free, seems a lot for the beginning, but if you get 5 "I don't know this person" messages, the LinkedIn admin will block your membership and you are out. This way LinkedIn fights spamming, so you'd better behave ;-)
-I sent invitations to some friends who were not members but could be interested to join LinkedIn as I thought. Some joined and automatically became my connections, some ignored... Well, it's life, people are busy and overwhelmed with their own stuff...
Also I got connected with some LinkedIn members who contacted me through Questions/Answers.
Now here is the fun part: my second degree connections (they are connections of my direct, first degree connections) are 7,000+ and my third degree connections (they are connections of my second degree connections) are 1,000,000+! So, I got connected with more than one million professionals around the world in a month!
Recommendations: I recommended one person and was recommended by another one.
Expert: yes, I became an Expert of the Questions/Answers section of LinkedIn. I started answering other members questions posted publicly, right from the beginning. It gives me a satisfaction of helping people and also brings new connections and shows my expertise to the community - LinkedIn is all about networking after all! ;-)
When a member asks a question and receives answers, he can rate some answers as "good" and "best". When a person who answered, gets his/her first "best", the LinkedIn automatically puts the person into Experts directory and shows the number of questions this expert answered "this week" and "all time", and also the field of expertise of this expert.
Now I am listed as an Expert under just two sections "Exporting and Importing" and "Internationalization and Localization", both are pretty close to what I am able to do and looking for in terms of new consulting projects: Internet Marketing, Internet Research and English - Russian Translations.
Inquiries about my expertise: yes, I got a couple of inquiries, nothing can be finalized at this time, but the talks are encouraging.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Monday, June 25, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Online Networking
Networking Online vs. Offline...
Let's come to think - what is not online nowadays? Not so many things or maybe even none will come to your mind, right?
Anybody probably has a common opinion that both are equally important - networking online and offline; I won't argue, no way.
It is just my personal preference to network online for two major reasons: first - consulting services that I offer in Internet Research, Internet Marketing and Translation are performed and/or delivered online; and second - the ease and availability of online networking.
I can get online any time of the day or night and start interacting with people around the globe. At the same time I can leave any time, get offline and stop interacting at my own wish without offending anybody. Isn't it really great?
There are people in my LinkedIn network who graduated from Harvard and Yale and I can easily involve them in conversation although I don't go to their alumni meetings.
There are people from so many companies within my fingertip reach in my online network that it's just amazing; I wouldn't be able to meet them in a million years if I relied on seeing them in person at offline networking events.
There are people in my LinkedIn network from America, Europe and Asia; at what kind of offline events could I ever meet them?
So, it's my personal thing - to network online and that's why I started on LinkedIn and I'm very happy that I have found this web-site which is so much my spirit.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Let's come to think - what is not online nowadays? Not so many things or maybe even none will come to your mind, right?
Anybody probably has a common opinion that both are equally important - networking online and offline; I won't argue, no way.
It is just my personal preference to network online for two major reasons: first - consulting services that I offer in Internet Research, Internet Marketing and Translation are performed and/or delivered online; and second - the ease and availability of online networking.
I can get online any time of the day or night and start interacting with people around the globe. At the same time I can leave any time, get offline and stop interacting at my own wish without offending anybody. Isn't it really great?
There are people in my LinkedIn network who graduated from Harvard and Yale and I can easily involve them in conversation although I don't go to their alumni meetings.
There are people from so many companies within my fingertip reach in my online network that it's just amazing; I wouldn't be able to meet them in a million years if I relied on seeing them in person at offline networking events.
There are people in my LinkedIn network from America, Europe and Asia; at what kind of offline events could I ever meet them?
So, it's my personal thing - to network online and that's why I started on LinkedIn and I'm very happy that I have found this web-site which is so much my spirit.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Week 3, more LinkedIn Features
There are other features on LinkedIn that I have not experienced yet.
First of all, there are 3 levels of a paid membership with more possibilities than a free option that I have; they are as follows: Personal Plus, Business and Pro. There was a question posted on the topic some days ago: "Should one upgrade to a paid account on LinkedIn and why?" Opinions were divided approximately 50:50… Those who use LinkedIn for business purpose are in favor of upgrading. I feel that I have not used all the free possibilities to the fullest yet, so for the time being I’ll stay with the free membership.
There is Service Providers Directory here on LinkedIn; I still have to find out how to get into it with my services in Internet Research, Internet Marketing and English – Russian translations. My major goal of joining LinkedIn is to find new consulting projects in my area of expertise through networking online. I am going to write more on networking online and offline here.
There is a moderated LinkedIn Blog where everyone can post or comment upon approval.
There are LinkedIn Groups; you can join an existing group or start a new one.
Lots of things to explore…
First of all, there are 3 levels of a paid membership with more possibilities than a free option that I have; they are as follows: Personal Plus, Business and Pro. There was a question posted on the topic some days ago: "Should one upgrade to a paid account on LinkedIn and why?" Opinions were divided approximately 50:50… Those who use LinkedIn for business purpose are in favor of upgrading. I feel that I have not used all the free possibilities to the fullest yet, so for the time being I’ll stay with the free membership.
There is Service Providers Directory here on LinkedIn; I still have to find out how to get into it with my services in Internet Research, Internet Marketing and English – Russian translations. My major goal of joining LinkedIn is to find new consulting projects in my area of expertise through networking online. I am going to write more on networking online and offline here.
There is a moderated LinkedIn Blog where everyone can post or comment upon approval.
There are LinkedIn Groups; you can join an existing group or start a new one.
Lots of things to explore…
Monday, June 18, 2007
Internet Marketing Education
I deliver as promised: here is the LinkedIn based analysis of education of people working in Internet Marketing. It is not a scientific research, but rather a little snapshot...
I picked up the first 100 profiles that LinkedIn provided in response to my search of Internet Marketers all over the world and looked at their education.
The results are as follows:
1 - Lawyer
3 - E-Commerce
13 - Education not shown (I assume it is not relevant to the occupation)
14 - Computer and Technical Science
20 - Marketing
21 - Languages, History, Drama, Political and Human Science
28 - Business, Management, Finance, Economics, Real Estate
So, we can see that education of specialists working in Internet Marketing falls into the following categories:
3% - E-Commerce
23% - Marketing, E-Commerce including
51% - Business, Marketing and E-Commerce including
49% - all kind of various folks... who are Internet Marketing self-taught, just like myself...
If only specialists with the E-Commerce degrees worked in Internet Marketing, the Internet would be a very deserted place ;-)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
I picked up the first 100 profiles that LinkedIn provided in response to my search of Internet Marketers all over the world and looked at their education.
The results are as follows:
1 - Lawyer
3 - E-Commerce
13 - Education not shown (I assume it is not relevant to the occupation)
14 - Computer and Technical Science
20 - Marketing
21 - Languages, History, Drama, Political and Human Science
28 - Business, Management, Finance, Economics, Real Estate
So, we can see that education of specialists working in Internet Marketing falls into the following categories:
3% - E-Commerce
23% - Marketing, E-Commerce including
51% - Business, Marketing and E-Commerce including
49% - all kind of various folks... who are Internet Marketing self-taught, just like myself...
If only specialists with the E-Commerce degrees worked in Internet Marketing, the Internet would be a very deserted place ;-)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Week 2, LinkedIn Search
There is a keyword search engine built in LinkedIn. You can search people, jobs and answers, with refined search possibilities by industry, location, etc.
The search results are well organized and show the path I can use to connect with people who appeared in my searches.
I have searched for LinkedIn members who consider themselves "Citizens of the World" just as I do. Well, there are about 30 of the like-minded members as it appears... Later I'll try to connect with them of course.
Also I would like to undertake a small scale research: what kind of education do Internet Marketers have? It is relatively easy to do on LinkedIn. I will tell you the results of my findings later.
The reason I am personally interested: I consider myself as self-taught in Internet Research and Marketing - having solid background in science research, taking Internet courses, reading a lot and applying the acquired knowledge I feel quite comfortable in the field. But recently I was asked by a HR person: do you have education in Internet Marketing? Well, I don't... but I also think that others working in Internet Marketing don't have a formal education in it either... We'll see...
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
The search results are well organized and show the path I can use to connect with people who appeared in my searches.
I have searched for LinkedIn members who consider themselves "Citizens of the World" just as I do. Well, there are about 30 of the like-minded members as it appears... Later I'll try to connect with them of course.
Also I would like to undertake a small scale research: what kind of education do Internet Marketers have? It is relatively easy to do on LinkedIn. I will tell you the results of my findings later.
The reason I am personally interested: I consider myself as self-taught in Internet Research and Marketing - having solid background in science research, taking Internet courses, reading a lot and applying the acquired knowledge I feel quite comfortable in the field. But recently I was asked by a HR person: do you have education in Internet Marketing? Well, I don't... but I also think that others working in Internet Marketing don't have a formal education in it either... We'll see...
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Day 7, I rested
I am staying away from LinkedIn this day, but it is not that easy as it becomes addictive ;-)
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Day 6, My LinkedIn Profile
Having played around with most of the LinkedIn functionalities for a while, I am back home - to have a critical look at my rather poor-looking beginner's profile... Well, it definitely would benefit from some beautifying...
Here is the urgent To-Do List on Profile Improvement:
-Detail descriptions of current and past positions held
-Thoughtful summary
-More connections and recommendations
-Additional information: my interests and 3 web-sites
I have decided to link to "My Resume and References", "My Articles: Self-Publishing, etc" and "My Blog: How I started on LinkedIn"; as I am a Google's fan, I have created these several pages with Google Page Creator and Blogger.com, here we are ;-)
My Resume
My References
My Articles: Self-Publishing, etc
How to Build Book web-site
How I started on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
Here is the urgent To-Do List on Profile Improvement:
-Detail descriptions of current and past positions held
-Thoughtful summary
-More connections and recommendations
-Additional information: my interests and 3 web-sites
I have decided to link to "My Resume and References", "My Articles: Self-Publishing, etc" and "My Blog: How I started on LinkedIn"; as I am a Google's fan, I have created these several pages with Google Page Creator and Blogger.com, here we are ;-)
My Resume
My References
My Articles: Self-Publishing, etc
How to Build Book web-site
How I started on LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/in/olgakellen
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