How do you tell people you’re on LinkedIn? When you sign up the folks at LinkedIn encourage you to send invitations to everyone in your YahooGoogleHotmail address book to build a network quickly. Next you might run through all your colleagues at your current job, then move on to your previous job, to college and on and on. That’s when you hit a wall.
Instead of building your network five to ten contacts at a time you end up with one or two here or there. Your network grows organically. Happy hours, trade shows, club meetings, group meetings, conferences and weddings help you meet people you can add to your network. There is one way to build your network you might overlook: LinkedIn branded paraphernalia. That’s right! Everything from shirts to hats to mugs and even, I kid you not, a LinkedIn lapel pin.
Now you can wear your network with pride. Strangers will approach you to join your LinkedIn network. “Are you in LinkedIn?” There’s no need to ask; I see that you are. Ready to team up with a little LinkedIn gear? The store is located here. Happy networking!
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