LinkedIn Advice from Uncle Jer
I was just emailing with my friend Grace Buford. She is an independent musician. I gave her some advice about LinkedIn, and thought you might not be aware of how beneficial LinkenIn is. So I’m sharing the advice with you too. You’re welcome :)
From my email to Grace:
Yes indeed, LinkedIn is a fantastic place to make connections. And they happen randomly for me more then anything else. Right now I’m doing a months worth of Freelance web development from someone who found me on LinkedIn. I also had a job interview recently from someone that randomly found me on LinkedIn.
People are on here fore all sorts of reasons. So I’m SURE you can find purpose in it as well. The first step is make a connection with everyone you know. LinkedIn will search your gmail and other mail webmail clients. You can also go through people’s contact lists that you already know. I’m sure my list has a lot of people you already know. And it just spiders out from there. A bit tedious in the beginning, but once it is set up, it is just maintaining it and keeping the information up to date.
As for as real concrete opportunities. LinkedIn is the best social network on the internet. It is for, and used by, professionals. Not just high schoolers and college students and the New Media regulars.
And now, just like Grace, you know too!
Tags: Grace Buford, LinkedIn
