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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Tensions are mounting in the LinkedIn Republic between a class of merchants known as LIONs and the Corporate Empire. Striving to increase their access to the wealth of information available through fellow Republic members, LIONs have aggressively grown their networks beyond the magical 500+ into the tens of thousands.

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Twitter is all over the news, from technology publications to recruiting webinars. Here is a the blurb from the Twitter website: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? So after hearing all the hoopla and receiving enough invitations from friends, I decided to take the plung… Continue

I am not a search engine expert and I'd have to listen to a few more Shally Steckerl lessons… Continue

If you're not already aware, LinkedIn only gives you 3000 invitations to work with. I've recently exhausted my 3000, so I've been thinking about how to continue to grow my network. Here are a few ideas: 1) After sending my last invitation, I noticed that I still had a few hundred that were outstanding. By withdrawing these outstanding invitations, it freed them up for new invites. 2) Ask customer service for more invites. They'll take a look at your acceptance rate vs. IDK's and make a decisio… Continue

Today, I want to introduce you to an under-the-radar product called CardBrowser (www.cardbrowser.com). If you're a Jigsaw, ZoomInfo or LinkedIn user, you're really going to like this concept. It goes like this: CardBrowser associates are continually visiting trade shows (in the hundreds) around the country. While making their rounds at these shows, they visit each booth on the hunt for the energetic, outgoing, customer-facing representatives. Once they've identified their targets, they dive in,… Continue