Having played with Linkedin and ecademy I decided to concentrate on growing my Linkedin network. ecademy just seemed to be too hard to navigate and sent me too many 'update' emails.
It is taking a while but I am now making contact with past colleagues, clients and contacts. Starting with a view that quality of contact is far better than quantity, I am engaging with some really interesting people. For me it is essential that you know why you want to make contact with a person - business, personal or maybe just to say hi - but collecting names is not for me. For each person I link to, I am trying to find a way to engage with them outside of Linkedin. There seem to be some real 'professional' Linkedin'ers who have hundreds of contacts and it must be a full time job to keep in touch.
Some interesting tips at http://www.linkedinhelp.com/
If we are heading into a recession then business is going to become even more focused on who you know and I see Linkedin as being a great getting to know tool.
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