I manage a couple of big LinkedIn Groups. Here are a couple of things I see people who consistently get value out of the groups do:
- When you post a question, follow up on other people's answers. Don't start a conversation and walk away. Many people will lurk until they see there is a conversation. If you start a conversation, then participate.
- Avoid shameless self promotion. People don't react to it well. Instead of directly making offers, ask questions that would identify people worth talking to and engage them via follow up.
- If you would like to get more connections with relevant people, then simply put "connection invitations welcome" and your public email address under your signature to replies.
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 Linking Indiana, a social networking group that connects Hoosiers on Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo and FriendFeed achieved 2,000 members on LinkedIn. On Wednesday, December 17, Mike Coffey joined, making Linking Indiana's total membership 2,000.
Linking Indiana's purpose is to make it easier for people with a Hoosier connection to find others on social network sites. When a member joins Linking Indiana, they gain instant access to 2,000 other people with Indiana connections. The result is that it becomes easier to find more local connections.
Anyone with a Hoosier connection - work, family or leisure may join Linking Indiana on
LinkedIn,
Facebook,
Plaxo
or FriendFeed. |
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Professional Blog Service, an Indiana based social media and blogging agency is pleased to announce the results of the first annual Linking Indiana Indiana Social Media Use Survey. The survey was commissioned to determine how Indiana businesspeople use social networks. View Survey Results Here Important Conclusions - Social networking sites are widely used by Hoosier business persons. Less than 3% of those surveyed indicated they didnot use social networks.
- 42% of Hoosier business persons use social networks to find new business contacts.
- LinkedIn (28.9%), Facebook (34.7%) and MySpace (28.1%) get roughly equal use.
About Professional Blog Service Professional Blog Service is an Indiana based full service social media and blogging agency specializing in helping companies develop and execute social marketing campaigns that deliver sales, leads and brand value enhancement. |
Group Status Update
Looking for Bloggers
Bloggers: if you want us to pick up your RSS feed, email
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Update for October 23, 2008 Notes - We've added a bunch of Indiana News and local feeds to Linking Indiana.
- If you would like your RSS feed republished on our site, please email it to
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- You can follow Linking Indiana on Twitter and FriendFeed
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LinkedIn has activated a discussion feature for groups. The system is very simple, but will add a lot more value to LinkedIn, which has always taken a minimalist approach to interactive features.
You can access the Linking Indiana discussion by viewing the group. Feel free to join in the conversation. |
Recently, we had our first ever spamming attempt on one of our groups. Fortunately, it's really easy to moderate and prevent spam on most social networks. But, it did trigger an offline discussion between a few group members about what is acceptable and what is not. Without further adieu, here is our new spam policy:
Spam sucks. No one likes it, we all get too much of it and it causes people to leave groups like Linking Indiana. Our policy towards unsolicited advertisements is one of zero tollerance. If you post a message to one of our groups that is an advertisement, we will remove the message. If you repeatedly post unsolicited advertisements to Linking Indiana groups, you will be banned from the group. |
This week's topics include:- Group Status Update
- Smaller Indiana Discovered
- Linking Indiana Event List
- Open Networker List
- Flash Meet Up Events
Group Status Update |
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