What an amazingly hilarious goat meme. I'm on linkedin as well - also just a placeholder and way to network with other like minds that I normally wouldn't find on SS. But the networking needs to be active - posting on others feeds, reaching out...otherwise it's difficult to be found.
I put in a sustained effort at working LinkedIn five or six years ago - published posts and articles, commented on other's posts, joined in on groups, etc. I tracked a variety of dimensions from the posts and comments of others that attracted the most attention or favor. That was illuminating. I saw some of my work lifted and posted by others without credit. Then Substack came along and other platforms would bury any posts with Substack links. Substack did the same when it removed a feature that automagically sent posts to a twitter account after they introduced their "Notes" feature.
I know LinkedIn has been wildly successful for many people. In my circle, it's been mostly sales and marketing people. In the space I was working, the absolutely crowed "coaching" field, the effort put into LinkedIn was yielding zero return. I've built a following faster and deeper on Substack than I did after years on LinkedIn.
What an amazingly hilarious goat meme. I'm on linkedin as well - also just a placeholder and way to network with other like minds that I normally wouldn't find on SS. But the networking needs to be active - posting on others feeds, reaching out...otherwise it's difficult to be found.
I put in a sustained effort at working LinkedIn five or six years ago - published posts and articles, commented on other's posts, joined in on groups, etc. I tracked a variety of dimensions from the posts and comments of others that attracted the most attention or favor. That was illuminating. I saw some of my work lifted and posted by others without credit. Then Substack came along and other platforms would bury any posts with Substack links. Substack did the same when it removed a feature that automagically sent posts to a twitter account after they introduced their "Notes" feature.
I know LinkedIn has been wildly successful for many people. In my circle, it's been mostly sales and marketing people. In the space I was working, the absolutely crowed "coaching" field, the effort put into LinkedIn was yielding zero return. I've built a following faster and deeper on Substack than I did after years on LinkedIn.
Word. 😀 when did LinkedIn become Facebook?