The first time I saw this on a LinkedIn profile,
it looked odd!
What on earth was a LION?
I tried to figure out what kind of a university
degree had those letters! No luck. Then I read something in one of the groups
that I joined.
L.I.O.N. stands for LinkedIn Open Networker!
Great! But I still did not understand what
that was all about.
The article suggested that I join some LION groups
on LinkedIn, so I did. I discovered that there were ... a lot! I chose a few
and joined.
Voila! I had more people wanting to connect
with me than I could accept in one day! It was a little overwhelming, to say
the least.
Then came the big question. Do I really want
to connect with everyone? There were people from all over the world wanting to
connect with me. I wondered why someone in India wanted to connect with me.
What business could we help each other with?
When you are a LION, you are supposed to
accept connections from everyone without IDK-ing them. IDK means I Don't Know
you.
Well, I knew that I had coached people in
many different countries with LinkedIn strategies, so I figured it was ok to
connect with everyone.
This strategy does not work for everyone,
though. If your market is local, then you do not need to have connections in
Australia.
However, you can still be a LION in your
local area. You can accept connection requests from everyone in your city or
province.
Just one caveat in my humble opinion...do not
accept connections with people who do not have a profile picture. It makes me
wonder if they are hiding something from me, or if they are a real person.
Remember, it is not about the people you are
immediately connected to, it is about who they are connected to.
Think about it.
For more tips and tricks with LinkedIn come
to our complimentary webinar series, Sifting Through the Media Noise. May 10th at 4pm Mountain Time.
Christine Till
The Marketing Mentress
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marketingmentress
www.2csuccess.com
Good to know & nice pussy cat !
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