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The Vital Importance of Your Network - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-vit...
siavash, Robert Banghart, Fernanda Ibarra and 33 other people liked this
This is a critical topic! Networks are valuable and increasingly observable to business partners, competitors, (potential) employers, and even customers. Managing your network will be a part of your You, Inc. valuation--invest in it. Another great topic/post Chris!
- Bill Rice
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Great article! I use LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and now FriendFeed. These networks have allowed me to meet new folks, stay in touch with old friends and get great info on the social media/marketing area I enjoy. Twitter is also where I learned about the 'twebinar' you did yesterday. Great info and great networking using the hashtags in Twitter! After recently leaving my job, I have...
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- Jill Howard Allen
Jill mentions a subtle point that I see all the time--"After recently leaving my job, I have been actively working my network..." I see this all of the time, especially on LinkedIN, people come alive and begin working their network when they are starting to look for a new job or get separated from a job. It is so important to invest in you network (with value to it) so much earlier. The dividends will be much higher!
- Bill Rice
from twhirl
I agree with Bill. The best time to engage your network is when you have something to give to it, not when you need to get something from it. Paying it forward is the best way to ensure success from your network in the future.
- Morgan
Bill, maybe a better way to put it I have been able to spend more quality time with my network. How about that?! I've been active in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for some time, but I've had some additional time to learn more about networks like FriendFeed and spend a little more time commenting. :)
- Jill Howard Allen
Right on Jill/Bill. LinkedIn and Twitter have really been a BIG help. Now with Twinkle to augment my more LOCAL want/need to meet new early adopters here in my own back yard... I finally feel in a position to leverage that network one of these days when I need to most. Instead of having to try and build a network under duress and sub-optimal conditions. And, of course, I'm available as a resource to many more people (which has been a lot of fun).
- Gerald Buckley
Jill, Sorry I wasn't implying you were one of those people investing in their network too late. I just thought you made an excellent subtle reference to a mistake (if you haven't been following Chris' suggestions before) I have seen. I can't tell me how many times when someone starts looking or they are let go that I will get barraged with old, suddenly good enough to be accepted...
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- Bill Rice
from twhirl
What a killer conversation here. I'm glad that I've dived back into FriendFeed. Clearly some thoughtful conversations here, and I'm excited about that.
- Chris Brogan
Thanks for the valuable information!
- SRivera
Respect for a wife (spouse) is a sign of true character and sanity. Thanks for sharing from your heart Chris.
- Steve
It's funny that I should see this post today--I spent a lot of time this morning/afternoon connecting with people in my networks through blogs, Twitter, email, chat, face-to-face--it's been one of those days that took the reins in its own hands & led me away from my schedule. :-) Just a couple months ago I would have felt really nervous at this point, because I "spent the whole day chatting & didn't get anything done." But...wow. I have done *tons*. (Now the dog wants to network, so I'm off to play fetch!)
- Christine Taylor
Re: louisgray.com: The Importance Of Blog Linking Seems to Be Declining - http://www.louisgray.com/live...
Ashley, Andrei M. Marinescu, Royce Mathew and 9 other people liked this
"I've noticed the same thing. I'm getting a lot more visits from FriendFeed and Twitter than most anyplace else. Except when I get on the home page of Digg, BBC, NYT, or some site like that (and those are harder and harder to get onto). One other thing I noticed is that as blogging turned into a business fewer and fewer links were coming my way from other blogs. Still working it out what it all means, but for me it means going back to the basics and participating, finding interesting stories that other bloggers are ignoring, and getting stuff no one else is (interviews with Congressmen/women, for instance)."
- Robert Scoble
@Robert, I think the reason for the traffic from FF and not elsewhere is that you are spending a significant amount of your time here having conversations here instead of on your blog or or on other blogs. This would obviously drive traffic from here. Since you are not blogging as much as you used to, you are not showing up as often in the 'traditional' aggregators as you used to. This all seems obvious to me and probably you but I thought I'd point it out anyway.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Jeff: true, but I noticed this trend even before I started spending more time here on FriendFeed. Also, other blogger friends of mine are noticing the same thing. Also, I've put out a ton of videos that deserve a lot of links (and would have gotten them four years ago) but now it's very hard to get a link.
- Robert Scoble
@Robert, I think as you mentioned as Blogging became a business, people started acting like business people, and became greedy and selfish, and began to avoid linking to their 'competitors'. Unfortunately this is counter to the original spirit of the internet and Blogging.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Another point is that there IS significantly more competition for eyeballs out there now than there was 4 years ago. Even though there are many more users on the internet now, there are exponentially more places for them to spend time. This certainly can lead to less traffic and less links.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I agree with Jeff. I have seen several community projects that kicked off virally a couple of years ago fall on their ass over the last year or so because people got greedy and tried to build their own walled gardens.
- Jonathan Beckett
If traffic means the possibility of having some revenue, then people will try to get it. Communities suffer because people with the will and energy to work for a common purpose are very scarce, if they stop contributing, the communities normally die. It is very difficult to find a balance to this.
- Mário Pires
What a great post! I read, meandered my way through some of the links and discovered Mionews.com - how cool is that?
- Cheryl Allin
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