Seven Ways to Build Your LinkedIn Network – National Law Review

How many LinkedIn connections do you have? If you are mid- to senior-level in your career, you should have more than 500 LinkedIn followers/connections. If you don’t, you aren’t truly maximizing your network or using LinkedIn effectively. I know you know more than 500 people who are on LinkedIn when over 800 million people are on LinkedIn today. Also once you reach 501 onnections, your profile will no longer display the actual number of connections but rather say “500+.” This makes it look like your network is robust. While the number of connections you have shouldn’t be focused on the quantity and instead the quality of relationships, my guess is that you aren’t thinking strategically or broadly enough about who you know – former colleagues and classmates, those with whom you worked during the early part of your career=, people with whom you served on an industry committee even family and friends. Remember every single person you meet will be important down the line as either a source of business, a referral source, a job prospect or a colleague.  While there are different techniques/tools for increasing your personal LinkedIn network and your company followers, the same major rules apply –…
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