I originally met Paul Clegg online through ecademy.com. Paul lives in the U.K. while I live in San Diego, CA. When I first connected with him we exchanged a couple messages but nothing much came of our initial connection. A few weeks ago my company had a Sponsor’s booth at the BNI International conference in Long Beach CA. While manning the booth, this gentleman approaches my booth and says – “Hi Rick, I’m Paul Clegg and we originally met on ecademy.” I really h... Read Full Story

I received the message below in response to a connection request on LinkedIn: Hello Rick – I’ve always been torn about whether or not to link with someone I don’t know. It seems to defeat the purpose – to refer or introduce you to others in my network. Just yesterday I called a friend to ask about someone in her network and she said she didn’t know the person. That makes the connection useless, don’t you think? I believe this person’s perspective is q... Read Full Story

You can now have your Twitter account visible on your LinkedIn profile. This is great news because you will be able to easily follow your LinkedIn connections and vice versa. This development together with the Twitter lists makes it for some very interesting possibilities. Go ahead and add your Twitter ID to your LinkedIn profile Read Full Story

This tip came courtesy of Mary Gillen. Want to search for links shared by a specific person on Twitter, and avoid the rest of the blah blah blah? In the Twitter search form, be more specific: from:Twitterusername filter:links Example: from:stayingintouch filter:links Read Full Story

This tip came courtesy of Mary Gillen. Want to search for links shared by a specific person on Twitter, and avoid the rest of the blah blah blah? In the Twitter search form, be more specific: from:Twitterusername filter:links Example: from:stayingintouch filter:links Read Full Story

How to Write a LinkedIn Recommendation (8 steps) To be successful in Social Networking, you must use the VCP model. VCP stands for Visibility, Credibility and Profitability. Simply stated, people must know who you are and trust you before they will consider doing business with you. LinkedIn recommendations give you an opportunity to gain credibility and visibility. Needless to say that having good recommendations by a 3rd parties go a long way to establish your credentials with people who don... Read Full Story

How to Write a LinkedIn Recommendation (8 steps) To be successful in Social Networking, you must use the VCP model. VCP stands for Visibility, Credibility and Profitability. Simply stated, people must know who you are and trust you before they will consider doing business with you. LinkedIn recommendations give you an opportunity to gain credibility and visibility. Needless to say that having good recommendations by a 3rd parties go a long way to establish your credentials with people who don... Read Full Story

Thanks to Nate Kievman I just learned how to add a Video Profile to LinkedIn. To see how it is integrated on my LinkedIn profile, go to my profile on LinkedIn.  Be sure to click on the view full profile. If you do, be sure to drop me a note. Read Full Story

Thanks to Nate Kievman I just learned how to add a Video Profile to LinkedIn. To see how it is integrated on my LinkedIn profile, go to my profile on LinkedIn.  Be sure to click on the view full profile. If you do, be sure to drop me a note. Read Full Story

Image via CrunchBase I’ve written before about the Visibility, Credibility & Profitability (VCP) process in Social Networking. Simply put, to make Social Networking work for you, people first need to know who you are (Visibility.) Then they need to trust that you are genuine and that you will add value to them (Credibility.) Only when these two stages are met, people will be willing to give you their direct or referral business. Earlier today I sent a message to my network co... Read Full Story