It’s amazing how much I’ve come to rely on LinkedIn. Don’t get me wrong – I am not a social media addict. I don’t Twitt yet. MySpace makes me nervous. I use Facebook, but primarily because I have some clients that are obsessed with it as a business tool.
LinkedIn is different – it’s used (at least by me) for business purposes only. I use it for research on clients, partners, investors, etc. I use it to get answers to questions. I use it to connect with current colleagues, past colleagues, and sometimes for recruiting purposes.
Let me preface my upcoming rant with this – I am not an “open networker”. I send invitations to connect to people I know and have worked with, and accept invitations to connect from people I know and have worked with. Personally, I don’t believe in the “open networking” thing because I think it defeats the purpose of a community like LinkedIn, but hey…to each his own. So now that you know where I stand on that…
