How Valuable is LinkedIn's 'Who Viewed Your Profile' Listing? | Social Media Today

How valuable do you find LinkedIn’s ‘Who Viewed Your Profile’ feature to be? Some say that it’s a great way to make connections, and facilitate interaction, while others find it to be a point of interest, but not overly beneficial. We decided to put the question to the SMT community, and here’s what we found. As you can see, based on 1,000 votes, the majority of respondents say that they’ve never made any valuable connections as a result of LinkedIn’s profile viewer insights. Then again, 43% of people have, so it’s not like it’s a useless tool. But either it’s not as valuable as many would hope, or people are not using the feature as best they could, in terms of it being a jumping off point for reaching out to possible connections as a result of them taking a look at your info. Which is what LinkedIn expert Brynne Tillman advises in her usage of the option, relating the WVYP listing to caller ID. If it’s someone who you would call back, send them a message, and a request to connect, and if not, you can just ignore it and move on. As explained by Tillman: “If it’s a…
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