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| Sep 18, 2005 10:29 pm |
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re: re: Ryze vs. LinkedIn |
ANDREW LEOW
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I am a "baby" member of both Ryze and LinkedIn. I joined LinkedIn in April and Ryze in August.My observations are:-
LinkedIn is more for quantity networking whilst Ryze is for quality networking.
LinkedIn is more restrictive in connecting with people as you need to pay to get connected or go through an Introducer. What I dislike about LinkedIn is that if your Introducer does not like your type of business, he or she may stop the connection. I would have thought that LinkedIn should have the procedure allowing the connection process to continue with the Introducer placing his "no connection" recommendation and the person to be connected having a deciding say in whether or not a connection should be made.
I enjoy reading the various comments made in forums of various groups. There is not much to be read or learnt in LinkedIn.
A lot of recruiters and people looking for jobs (especially MBA studuents) are found in LinkedIn whereas Ryze is more for business owners. That's how LinkedIn grows significantly. When I joined in April, LinkedIn has 2.5 million members. Its current membership is 3.6 million. When its membership is 5.4 million, I won't be surprised to see Ebay buying it for $410 million!
Both are offering different types of contacts. You might as well take advantage of them. Who says there is no free lunch?????
Andrew 
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