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Tip 99 Give Me Some Love
While there’s no substitute for a warm smile, firm handshake and face-to-face conversation, social networking sites such as Facebook can be useful tools for building relationships. They are great for finding and reconnecting with friends – and they give you easy access to all their friends. The sites can also be direct leads for business deals and new hires. An old friend recently e-mailed me on Facebook just when I needed help and now we are working on an exciting small project together. Social networking sites can also serve as valuable research tools. Profiles have photos and list job history, activities, favorite things, etc. I always advocate doing your homework before meeting new people, and what a great way to figure out personal holiday presents for clients and co-workers. If you want to know what music I’m listening to, find out what workout places I recommend and see some recent photos of me with a certain presidential candidate, please check out my profile on Facebook. Once you have a profile, type my name into the search box and then add me as your friend. I can’t wait to connect with you!
Posted by Keith Ferrazzi on December 7, 2007 | Permalink
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I'd be delighted to connect with you on LinkedIn, but I object to Facebook's terms of service, so won't be seeing you there. (Among other things, they have perpetual license to use anything you put up there for any purpose they want.)
Posted by: Sallie Goetsch (rhymes with | Dec 7, 2007 1:17:09 PM
So true. I scored my current job because of my network on LinkedIn. A friend of a friend contacted me about a job and also leveraged LinkIn to verify my credibility.
Great tool!
Facebook is cool too. Would love to engage you in a a-syncronous game of Scrabble via the Scrabulous widget.
Posted by: Aaron | Dec 7, 2007 1:19:26 PM
Keith,
Just added you on facebook. Hey check out Shiny Toy Guns, we have done all their Digital marketing and built their website... STG just got nominated for a Grammy.
Im in charge of the new facebook music profile
facebook.com/shinytoyguns
let me know what you think.
Posted by: Jackson | Dec 7, 2007 1:24:56 PM
Keith:
Agree strongly. I use Linkedin quite a bit and my company develops social networks for orginizations like Chicago Public Radio http://www.vocalo.org/.
These sort of connections, not unlike business cards, are a false connection if you don't flex use them. Reach out to a Linkedin connection once a day - just to say hi. When he or she needs you or vis versa, you'll be up to date on one another and ready to help.
Pat
Posted by: Pat Keating | Dec 7, 2007 1:35:58 PM
Keith,
I use LinkedIn on a weekly basis and even host a monthly free event to teach others the power of LinkedIn and other social networks.
Thanks for being such a great resouce and inspiration.
Katie
Posted by: Katie | Dec 7, 2007 1:47:45 PM
I think Facebook is a great tool to reconnect with those you have lost touch with. It also helps keep in up with friends in other cities.
If you want, you can add videos of FerrazziGreenlight from YouTube so members can enjoy. That would be neat, I would definitely join!
I love your book. I'm working on creating dinner parties of my own!
Regards,
Alida Lupari
Posted by: Alida Lupari | Dec 7, 2007 2:27:45 PM
Keith,
Great idea. College students have been using facebook for years. One not to your readers though, as in all social networking sites, be careful what you post about yourself. Especially if you are looking for a new job, you never know who has access to read through your profile.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Cousins | Dec 7, 2007 4:42:05 PM
That was great. And I thought they were studying. I was laughing so hard. Being a non-traditional student at the campus. I wonder how they were dealing with the stress of campus life now I know. Smiles a mile long. : )
Posted by: Sarah | Dec 7, 2007 5:15:14 PM
Keith - just got your book which was required reading by Noah St. John. cracked it open and going to town. Look forward to meeting you.
Cheers & Happy Holidays!
Mike Camoin
Albany, NY
Filmmaker
Posted by: Mike Camoin | Dec 7, 2007 6:18:11 PM
To Katie, 12/7; 1:47 p.m.
Would like to contact you about your monthly event...I clicked on your name, and it went to a Linkedin error website.
Keith, another great tip, altho I do agee one needs to be somewhat careful.
Posted by: Don Ingalls | Dec 7, 2007 9:39:24 PM
I've been using Linkedin for about a year. It's a good way to get things started with a new contact. It also creates and refreshes mindshare of your contacts as their activity in the network is reported on your Home tab.
Posted by: Steve Chapman | Dec 8, 2007 2:02:51 AM
Keith -- I am intrigued by the various different social/business networking sites. I have had a profile on LinkedIn for quite a while -- and just put up a Facebook site and a Lens on Squidoo -- I have some very good content -- and what I believe is a pretty strong bio/background. However, to date, all I have attracted to my site is folks I already know. My current business contacts and some old friends found me easily -- but connecting with truly valuable new business contacts has eluded me. I am a huge believer in surrounding yourself with the brightest people you can possibly find -- and I am fairly aggressive in proactively looking for people I feel can add value to what I do - and I can do the same for them -- but have just not had the sort of results I was hoping for. I am eager to see what folks post to this blog - hopefully I will find a few ideas to make my networking efforts more focused and effective.
Thanks for all of the great info --- loved you book -- John Spence
www.johnspence.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=585632465
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=82507
Squidoo: http://www.squidoo.com/johnspence
See -- I am trying!
Posted by: John Spence | Dec 8, 2007 12:26:57 PM
Facebook as you know allows API additions. There is one called "my links" that allows you to put a link to connect to your Linked In profile. I have added this function to my facebook. I like facebook, and use it to connect with old friends. "my links" assists in building your linked In network through your face book network. I imagine that this API is especially useful for college graduates transitioning into the professional world as their face book networks tend to be very large. If only i had signed up for facebook in college!!!
Cheers-
Derek
Posted by: Derek | Dec 10, 2007 10:12:48 AM
LinkedIn has great focus on careers and business networking, but have any of you actually used FaceBook successfully for this purpose yet?
Posted by: Sam | Dec 10, 2007 5:22:42 PM
After reading about Keith's dinner parties in Never Eat Alone, I decided to put a little different spin on the idea. I used facebook to invite people to a Martini Party (I tended bar for a while in college).
Here's how it worked - I provided dinner for the ten of us and each guest was asked to bring one bottle of something from the facebook invitation (different kinds of vodka, mixers, etc). With the ingredients plus some things I picked up, we had a martini menu with 15 different martinis.
It was a few months ago, but people are still talking about it. I've since moved from Chapel Hill to San Diego and am looking to host another one soon.
To invite people, I created a hidden event on facebook and sent it to the people I wanted to attend. It worked great.
Thanks for another great tip Keith!
Posted by: Brad Wilson | Dec 11, 2007 11:43:49 AM
How fun! I actually found you on Facebook last night after finishing your book. Woke up this morning to see that you'd accepted my link and then followed the links to your blog and see that you JUST wrote this blog post about linking to your profile. Nothing like synchronicity to start your day!
Can't wait to keep reading.
Posted by: Stefani Twyford | Dec 12, 2007 5:27:50 AM
I truly don't know what I would do without facebook. It has been an amazing asset for meeting awesome like minded people in any niche I have an interest in. You literally have the entire world at your fingertips.
Posted by: Scott Bradley | Dec 12, 2007 8:29:06 AM
Adding to my comment above...
I have been on facebook for 3 years in January...and the people I have met, and the experiences I have had using this tool have been phenomenal.
I talk a lot about those experiences on my blog, and share the tips and tricks that one needs to know to leverage this amazing tool.
As the president of the Boston College Entrepreneur Society, I have met 19 year old CEO's on there that I have brought to campus to speak to my members.
I have also met other entrepreneurs that have helped me find people that I needed. What an amazing tool!
Thank you Mark Zuckerberg!
Posted by: Scott Bradley | Dec 12, 2007 8:34:46 AM
Hey Keith.
I added you on facebook. Facebook is a really good social networking site especially for college students.
I use it to help me keep track of my high school friends and friends from other areas.
Danny
Posted by: Danny | Dec 12, 2007 10:44:52 AM
These type of electronic platforms to social network are great to share recommendations that comes perfect side-to-side with a CV. In fact I'm using http://www.linkedin.com already.
But when comes the moment to decide what plataform to chose think about the security it offers you. To know more about this, read the recent paper published by ENISA - "Social Networking – How to avoid a digital hangover" - http://www.enisa.europa.eu/pages/02_01_press_2007_10_25_social_netw.html
I love your tips, everytime so accurate!
Isabel Rodrigues
Posted by: Isabel Rodrigues | Dec 14, 2007 5:20:12 AM
With the number of social networking websites out there, it's easy to get lost in profiles and pages. But to those who you can't meet face to face, connecting is only a few clicks away. I'm sure a heartfelt message can do wonders.
Posted by: Jay, writer MemberSpeed.com | Dec 20, 2007 7:40:31 AM
