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| Aug 24, 2005 1:40 pm |
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Ryze vs. LinkedIn |
Mike Fesler BizHarmony
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I use both, and LI is off the charts compared to anything else out there now.
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Scott Allen http://www.ryze.com/view.php?who=ScottAllen
said on another network at: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInnovators/message/1083
Fundamentally, LinkedIn solves two problems. First, it helps you
answer the question, "Who do I know that knows someone who...?" This
is non-trivial. Consider the alternative ways to answer this
question. Lots of e-mails and phone calls, mostly to people who
can't help you answer that question. On LinkedIn, you only send one
request, and it's to someone who can help make that introduction.
This is TRULY a paradigm shift in the way we deal with our extended
network.
The second -- much less important, but still valuable -- is the
matter of data maintenance. Without social networking tools,
millions of people are all struggling to keep their contact
information current for the several hundred to several thousand
people they know. Prior to tools like LinkedIn, it was usually quite
a challenge tracking down former coworkers, clients, classmates,
etc. Now, once you know someone and you both participate in these
systems, there's no more losing track again because they changed
employers, moved to another city, etc. Once you know someone, you
have access to their current information forever.
These two solutions can help you better leverage your personal
network for whatever your current objectives may be -- finding a
job, strategic partners, employees, clients, experts, etc.
Now one more advantage of a tool LinkedIn isn't uniquely tied to the
social networking aspect of it, and that's simply that it's a great
database of people. Google makes it easy to search for someone by
name, and probably even title and company (e.g., "microsoft ceo",
but this only tends to work well for executives and senior
management), but it's extremely difficult to use a general Internet
search engine to find people by their skill set or other profile
information. LinkedIn gives you this capability. Of course, so does
ZoomInfo.com (formerly Eliyon), but without the social networking
angle.
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Here is a breakdown of my network:
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Your Network of Trusted Professionals
You are at the center of your network.
Your connections can introduce you to 1,582,100+ professionals — here’s how your network breaks down:
Your Connections
Your trusted friends and colleagues 1,010
Two degrees away
Friends of friends; each is connected to one of your connections 228,600+
Three degrees away
Reach these users through a friend and one of their friends 1,352,400+
Total users you can contact through an Introduction: 1,582,100+
Your network also includes 70 users in your 13 LinkedIn Groups.
Total of all LinkedIn users
Total users you can contact directly — 3,300,000+
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If you would like to join, Please send me an e-mail or a PM with your E-Mail Address and I will send you an invitation to join, LI and link our networks together.
It is free!!
It is a very powerful networking tool to the CEO levels of networking.
Success in all your endeavors, and God’s speed.
Thanks!!
Mike Fesler
Indialantic Business Management
Business Amelioration Specialist
http://www.IBMgmt.com
http://www.ryze.com/go/emfesler
http://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/915247
Strategies That Mean Business
When the solution is simple, God is answering.
~Albert Einstein~
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