Comments on: 1.4 Billion People Want to be Loved and Linked

By: Andy @ bloginyourface.com

Andy @ bloginyourface.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:12:00 +0000

“Whether due to genetic makeup, social construction, or avocational design, we no longer seek out Waldo in crowds; we look for ourselves and each other, trying to find a common link to participate in a larger conversation.”

Just wanted you to know that from someone who LOVES Sociology (and majored in it), that phrase right there was fascinating to me. Very nicely worded, Ari.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:18:00 +0000

@Gillian: LinkedIn will not “do” anything for you. The key is how you use LinkedIn as a tool to better your life and your connections’ lives. As far as your comment that personal contact trumps the internet, how do you explain successful marriages resulting from internet dating and doctorate degrees earned from online colleges like Capella University?

@Cath: Thanks for your thoughts. The fact that your blog is aimed at business professionals and people’s comments are fruitful and intellectual are proof that even if LinkedIn doesn’t work for you, your blog does.

By: Cath Lawson

Cath Lawson — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:48:00 +0000

Hi Ari – that’s a lot of internet users. I haven’t really used Linked In Much Yet, but I agree – social networking is so important and I don’t see that importance going away.

By: Gillian Swart

Gillian Swart — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:47:00 +0000

Ari,

Last week I met with 3 marketing professionals and got (so far) 2 (sold) stories out of the meeting. So far, LinkedIn has done nothing for me (as I predicted in one of my first posts). Admittedly, I have not used it as a tool.

I got involved with Applaud magazine through a woman I met (in person) at a networking meeting of the Downtown Women's Club.

I am going to maintain that personal contact trumps contact via the Internet.

But Dick, you and I know each other from the Internet and not in the real world... what does that mean?

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:32:00 +0000

Is LinkedIn good, you ask?

If goodness translates into networking, job leads, branding oneself into an expert, and gaining new contacts, then, yes, it's very useful.

The fact that I know you offline is curious, indeed, but I don't know your educational and working background to tap into 2nd or 3rd degree connections of mine who are 1st degree connections of yours.

By: Dick Monahan

Dick Monahan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:26:00 +0000

I seem to be a member of LinkedIn. Every once in a while I get an email about it. A couple of times the email said that some old acquaintance wanted to link to me. Since I knew the name, I accepted. That's all that ever happens. Is it actually good for something?

It seems to me that the fact that you and I know each other in the real world, but not in the LinkedIn world, must mean something.

Or not.