As you may already know LinkedIn has a “signature” way to visualize your network statistics. I have never paid any attention to those until recently. According to LinkedIn, I can reach out to well over one million professionals:

Realistically only 52 professionals I can contact directly. I can see potential of reaching out to 10,500 people through your immediate connections. But not over one million. Still even reaching out to 5,000 for a particular cause can be extremely valuable. Are the network statistics there to show the potential of your immediate connections? In the past I have never used LinkedIn actively besides just having an account there. With most of my contacts on LinkeIn I am connected in other ways.

How are you using your LinkedIn connections? This is not a rhetorical question. I am contemplating upgrading my free account and your feedback will be greatly appreciated.

8 Comments

• By Key Limerick Pie, August 26, 2008 @ 3:47 pm

  How does LinkedIn work? I don't really trust the accuracy of programs like this. I guess it's probably good enough to give you estimates of numbers, but I still believe they're probably way off. Who knows, though.
• By richard, August 27, 2008 @ 10:02 am

  linkedin was just added to the about.com top 10 employment site list with two other sites:

  http://www.linkedin.com
  http://www.indeed.com
  http://www.realmatch.com

  Of all the top 10 sites, linkedin is the only social networking site. Top 10 list here: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/tp/jo…
• By Vlad Zablotskyy, August 27, 2008 @ 10:08 am

  Thanks Richard for the info. I personally would not qualify LinkedIn as a social networking website. I would call it professional networking site. But again, what do I know?!!
• By Mr. Right, August 30, 2008 @ 5:52 am

  waw…good for us, its informative.

  Good job.
• By Lord Matt, August 30, 2008 @ 8:12 am

  I'm not entirely sure how much use LinkedIn actually is. I've never used it for business at all.
• By Vlad Zablotskyy, August 30, 2008 @ 10:52 am

  Matt,

  I think LInkedIn has great potential in networking. However free account is quiet limited. I ma not sure I am ready to pay $20/month. Our good friend Andy Beard started my with LinkedIn after reading one of his articles. I also kept to only for contacts that I have been in touch more than just on occasion.
• By Mortgage_Chili_Blogger, September 2, 2008 @ 6:16 am

  I have got some gusto behind my LinkedIn, but am finding that the forums and blogs of other sites are much mo' betta. Unless there is somethign that i just dont know about linkedin, it seems it is more about keepingtyou cantact data current with your contacts that just about anythign else. Am I wrog here gang?
• By Vlad Zablotskyy, September 2, 2008 @ 9:03 am

  I am still trying to figure this one for myself.

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