Social Networking is Not Just Business; It's About Life

It makes me sad when I hear people say they have been told to only have 100 connections on LinkedIn. That when they get over 100 connections they need to go in and remove connections to get back to 100 connections.

First and foremost social networking isn’t always about business; it’s about life. Everyone knows more than 100 people. I connect with people who I do life with, community with, church with, past coworkers, college buddies, met at a networking event, past and current clients, etc. So don’t tell me you only want to connect with 100 people. Not sure who is out there telling people this, but that person clearly doesn’t get the value of networking and connecting with humans!

Secondly, LinkedIn works based on your connections. The more connections you have the more you can see within LinkedIn. If you have 11 people on your first level (your friends), 700 on your second level (friends of your friends) and 40,000 on your third level then you only see 40,711 people. All your connections are people, who you can grow with, partner with, fund raise with, oh yeah and refer business. Social networking is about community.

Introverts, it is really okay to connect with others. We won't come to your house and try to sell stuff to you.

So go out there, get connected and stay connected.