Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Backing up your growing Linkedin network



The more you expand your Linkedin network the truth is, you more become dependent upon it for your business and career needs. Its a good thing :)


As a advanced active linkedin user, your account is at a high risk of being blocked. Linkedin has a weird rule of blocking extremely active account. Its quite possible that linkedin blocks your account if you have a large number of profile views or if you send too many messages. Unlocking your account can take from 2 days to 3 weeeks. In the mean time its a good idea to keep on regularly backing up your linkedin contacts (I would recommend once a month), so there is no trouble.


The backup would save an excel file (csv) on your local hard-drive with your connection's names, email addresses, telephone numbers, employer and designation. Just follow the simple steps.


  • Login to your linkedin account and go to Contacts > My Connections

  • On the bottom right corner you'll see "Export Connections"

  • Just click on it and you're done

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