Hi Linkediners,
I hope your quest for finding the perfect job or finding a perfect client is going well. Today I wish to introduce the FASTEST way to expand your linkedin network.
Are you aware of Linkedin LIONs? There is a category of Linkedin members which would have a "LION" put in their first or last names. These people are not the Lion of the animal kingdom :). LION refers to "Linkedin Open Networker" which means that 90-95% of these individuals are interested in expanding their network and will certainly accept your invitation (its a mutually beneficial way to expand your network). You can also add "LION" tag to your first/last name to portray yourself as a LION. You can also join some LION groups so you get frequent connection request from other LIONs
You can do a simple people search and type "LION" and the search box. You'll notice that there are thousands of LIONs on linkedin. I just did a search right now and I could see 47,779 results.
However, this does not mean that there are only 47,779 LIONs on linkedin. Many open networkers use different phrases to portray themselves as LIONs. Some examples are - "open networker", "accept all connection", "[Some figure in thousands]+ connections". Adding LIONs is the fastest, but not the most effective way to expand your linkedin network. Proportionate to the entire linkedin member population there is only a fractional number of LIONs and in all probability Your employer may not be LION. Secondly, once a LION tag is put on your profile, it can lose credibility to employers.
The best way to make the most use of of LION tag is to initially kick start and speedup your connection building process. Once you have a number of connections suppose 700-1000 connections you can drop the LION tag from your first/last name and then use other methods to expand your network.
Watch out this space for THE MOST EFFECTIVE FEATURE OF LINKEDIN, which even Linkedin discourages. My next blog post will discuss all about it.
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