Your Networking has Economic Value
Your networks has value. The more persons you have in you network, the more is the economic value. Each connection is important. The value of each connection can range from few dollars to few million dollars. The connection has to be right and the value lies in being utilized it at the right time.
I somehow came accross Tim Piazza, while reading his interesting blog . Tim is VP of Interactive Media at Keller Crescent and I came across his profile when reading about Giovanni Galluci. How I came to know about Giovanni is a different story. When I tried connecting to Tim Piazza at linkedIn, I got the following picture.
LinkedIn asked for money. How much ? Take a look at the following picture.
You need to pay $49.49 a month, just to be able to send a message. It does not even gaurantee that you will get connected to him successfully. So If I have one person in my contact it has some value. Give value to your connection. Respect your connection, reap it. Help your connection in whatever way you can.
eZdia is another professional networking tool. Unlike LinkedIn, it is free. You can make a connection to a person like Giovanni Gelucci at eZdia . Of course, it will depend upon the person, whether he accepts your connection or not. And if you want to increrase the chance, make your own profile impressive. Fill all of your details, include your photo. While this does not gaurantee that the person to whom you request for getting connected will accept your request, it will definitely increase the chance that he will look at your profile, and, with the right message may accept your connection.
It is often better to get introduced thrugh an existing connection. So invite some of your friends to join eZdia and ask them to add you in your connection.
Vikas Shukla is the lead architect of Hardware Design at BL Healthcare. He also provides consultancy for SEO and social media marketing.
A great way to compare the different services. However,at the same time I would like to add that we contact or reach out to a person for a specific purpose. This is precisely the core concept at the heart of ezdia that all of us possesses different skills and capabilities which can be utilized to solve problems. The networking and creating relationships goes a long way in building trust and getting quality answers when they are really needed.
In the current overcrowded world of web 2.0 & social networks, some people think that it may be just thin air and there may not be ways to monetize it.
I think it is just the beginning. If the social networks without any signification value add beside “network” can have huge valuation, then the networks for specific cause & value add(often niches) can have significant power in near future. A network around digg.com, a network around eZdia.com, a network around slideshare.net can have huge impacts in overall knowledge sharing & screening right information.
Vikas, you should not have to pay to connect with me for business or personal reasons. I’ve been engaging with people on the internet for many years and should be easy to find through my website, http://www.bzzmatters.com or my social network, http://www.kindlike.us or simply through Google.
You do make a strong point, though. Every connection is valuable, though what you do with that connection is what makes the value. Give people an opportunity to do great things with you, and they’ll jump at the chance. –Tim