Posted by 101livescan on 9/19/12 8:08am
Msg #434970

How Valuable is Linked In to Your Business

How much tangible benefit do any of you realize from Linked In?

Reply by bagger on 9/19/12 8:32am
Msg #434973

IMHO

Zero, Linkedin has degraded to just another Twitter or Facebook.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 9/19/12 8:38am
Msg #434975

None that I've seen so far...however I suppose

my name is farther out there with it than without it..and probably a more useful tool than yellow pages. I don't get involved in the forum discussions there.

The majority of my calls all still continue to be "I found you on Notary Rotary" or "I found you on <<numbers>>"....none from Linkedin yet.

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 9/19/12 9:25am
Msg #434978

agree with Linda...promotes your name and biz pretty

good for a free service. I seriously doubt a paid subscription would increase any potential of new business.

Its nice to see whose checking out your profile though.

Reply by Barb25 on 9/19/12 10:33am
Msg #434987

I have found LinkedIn has just reconnected me to a lot of people I have known in other industries/careers I have had through the years. It has been nice playing catch-up with them but has done nothing in furthing this "career" or my present business.

Also, in my case I withdrew my LinkedIn membership when there was that "scare" with passwords a while back. I rejoined again later on but not wholeheartedly.

Reply by NVLSlady/VA on 9/19/12 5:58pm
Msg #435052

Have to agree with Barb25 . . . the connections just seem irrelevant now. I know that word of mouth, networking, and all that can lead to good connections down the road; but honestly, I can't think of a way to be diplomatic about some of the connect requests I get (and wish I didn't), except to just cancel the membership altogether.

Reply by BossLadyMD on 9/19/12 11:17am
Msg #434993

Actually, I dont see much difference. n/m

Reply by Scriba/NM on 9/19/12 12:24pm
Msg #435002

LinkedIn started out as sort of a useful tool, primarily connecting business people with each other - especially those you might have lost touch with or who have changed companies, etc. Now, it has denigrated into a mess of sniveling people who can't find their rear end with two hands and a flashlight. "How do I turn on my printer?", "What is a Jurat?" and on and on. There is one group called Loan Signing Professionals............that's hysterical - especially when you read the posts.

I need to just remove myself from it - I did however, locate one person that I used to work with about 15 years ago. Other than that, it's sort of useless.

Reply by JPH13/MO on 9/19/12 4:10pm
Msg #435043

Quite Valuable

Because of Linked-In, I found a site that educated me on how to do a loan signing, step-by-step. Until then I only had the NNA course which as you all know doesn't go into the actual specifics and isn't all that helpful.

If you choose the right Notary groups on Linked-In, there are some that have very helpful postings. You just have to weed thru them. I read them each day, nearly as religiously as I read this forum. Yes, there are a lot of neophytes with questions, just like on this forum, but you don't have to read those postings.

Reply by jba/fl on 9/19/12 6:11pm
Msg #435057

Not at all. The premise was great, as it was intended to be

as I understood it. But, it is just another FB or twitter as someone said.

I get requests from those I have never heard of, nor do I know how they even decided we could refer each other. When I give a referal, it should mean something - not just that we happen to be on the same site at approximate times. I just gave up on it - it really is meaningless to me.

Reply by JanetK_CA on 9/20/12 2:19am
Msg #435100

Re: Not at all. The premise was great, as it was intended to be

Good points - and I totally agree. I do get some benefit from a couple of groups when someone posts a link to a good article, but not much more than that. I, too, have received dozens of requests to link from people who I don't know. Some just find me in the contact list of someone I DO know, then want to be linked to everyone on that list. I don't see any value in that. Others... well, I have no way of knowing how they find me (although some my be from here, I suppose). I don't think I've ever gotten any business from LinkedIn, though.

I was taught that you may be judged by the company you keep. Why in the world would I want to be "LinkedIn" to someone whom I know nothing about? On the other hand, it does sometimes help me learn about what's going on in the lives of some people I don't communicate with too often.