Comments on: Professional Networking Gone Wild! http://ithirewire.com/career-advancement/professional-networking-gone-wild.html Stories, insights, and tips on how to stay balanced (and get ahead). Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex S http://ithirewire.com/career-advancement/professional-networking-gone-wild.html#comment-21 Alex S Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:26:23 +0000 http://ithirewire.com/?p=99#comment-21 There are more and more of these networking sites on the market now. It can make it pretty tricky to "control" your personal online brand. Interesting to see Xing doing very well on user figures. As much as LinkedIn is streets ahead will that always be the case? I suspect a lot depends on what they do with the recent cash injection. My approach? I use LinkedIn for professional networking, but I do also have profiles on sites like xing. Instead of trying to keep multiple profiles up to date, or maintain 3 or 4 different networks I make it clear on all profiles that I use LI as my networking tool and invite anyone who finds my name thru Google etc that to click the link to LI and connect with me there. I wonder if we'll end up seeing an application that allows users to access all networks/ inboxes etc through one source. That'd be something I'd definitely use. Not convinced the LIs and Xings of this world would be too keen mind you! There are more and more of these networking sites on the market now. It can make it pretty tricky to “control” your personal online brand.

Interesting to see Xing doing very well on user figures. As much as LinkedIn is streets ahead will that always be the case? I suspect a lot depends on what they do with the recent cash injection.

My approach? I use LinkedIn for professional networking, but I do also have profiles on sites like xing. Instead of trying to keep multiple profiles up to date, or maintain 3 or 4 different networks I make it clear on all profiles that I use LI as my networking tool and invite anyone who finds my name thru Google etc that to click the link to LI and connect with me there.

I wonder if we’ll end up seeing an application that allows users to access all networks/ inboxes etc through one source. That’d be something I’d definitely use. Not convinced the LIs and Xings of this world would be too keen mind you!

]]> By: Cleo http://ithirewire.com/career-advancement/professional-networking-gone-wild.html#comment-20 Cleo Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:37:35 +0000 http://ithirewire.com/?p=99#comment-20 My experience with Namyz has not been positive, I have had a requests come from "friends" to endorse their reputation and most of the time they are people I do not know well enough to vouch for their honesty, integrity, etc. I just know them well enough to say they work in a specific function at a specific company and we were in meetings together. When someone I do know fairly well sent a similar request, I emailed her to talk about it and it turns out that Namyz decided who to send these invitations to and basically spammed her friends on its own with these reputation requests. I cancelled my account as best I could right after that. Personally, I'd stick with Linkedin, and if you're into it one of the major social networks and leave it at that. If you're in those two, people can find you without going into the niche players. My experience with Namyz has not been positive, I have had a requests come from “friends” to endorse their reputation and most of the time they are people I do not know well enough to vouch for their honesty, integrity, etc. I just know them well enough to say they work in a specific function at a specific company and we were in meetings together.

When someone I do know fairly well sent a similar request, I emailed her to talk about it and it turns out that Namyz decided who to send these invitations to and basically spammed her friends on its own with these reputation requests. I cancelled my account as best I could right after that.

Personally, I’d stick with Linkedin, and if you’re into it one of the major social networks and leave it at that. If you’re in those two, people can find you without going into the niche players.

]]> By: Kris Rzepkowski http://ithirewire.com/career-advancement/professional-networking-gone-wild.html#comment-13 Kris Rzepkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:34:55 +0000 http://ithirewire.com/?p=99#comment-13 The interesting thing is that after you joined Naymz, they certainly raised your personal brand on Google. When I Google Rick Gray Hudson, your Naymz profile is the second result on the first page. It looks like they've got their SEO down to a science. The interesting thing is that after you joined Naymz, they certainly raised your personal brand on Google. When I Google Rick Gray Hudson, your Naymz profile is the second result on the first page. It looks like they’ve got their SEO down to a science.

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