Some people just don’t get it!
Yesterday someone commented on post I wrote awhile back on some new and exciting LinkedIn features. I closed my posts wondering how much those new features would cost…
So in his comment this guy starts out by giving me prices and then suggests that I switch to Openbc or soflow – and signs the post with a link to his profile on soflow – where you need to be a member to view it (duh…I must be missing something in this scheme). It peaked my interest enough to check him on LinkedIn and there I find out that he is the country manager for openbc in France…
I guess this guy forgot blogging rule #1 – be transparent!
And I think he is also missing a whole bunch of marketing rules – does openbc really think that they will increase membership by having their country manager spam blogs? Did I say country manager?
Oh well…enough calories wasted on this one…
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August 7th, 2005 at 5:21 am
New LinkedIn good: user interface, search, contact requests and… a subscription
LinkedIn is introducing a number of key changes over the week-end. For the first time in months, the site has been down this afternoon to deploy a new server infrastructure that will allow the company to scale to the next stage, from the current 3.3M u…
August 18th, 2005 at 7:57 am
Hi François,
a short comment to clarify my previous post:
I did not ask you François or anyone else to switch from the business networking site you favor today, nor spammed you a way or another and will never act liked this.
What I did :
-> I replied to your questions regarding the pricing structure of your favorite business networking site (as no answer came during 15 days)
-> I invited you to send me an email if you were interested in joining other networking platforms I daily use (as a user, not as a Country Manager)
Why I did not do use a preface or disclosure for once:
-> my comment was factual and personal, not corporate in any way
-> I realise NOW that the link I signed my comment with was broken, I am sorry for the « mislinking »
-> you can see my profile in my signature today (please modify the previous one), hope it helps.
Fromm y perspective, this posts are raising an interesting question regarding « blogs and business networking platforms continuum » :
? you, me, millions of people use business networking platforms to better know eachothers (what they did, what they do, who they are, who they know, what they like/dislike, think,…), one click is enough to understand who’s doing what.
? given the existence of that tools, why adding disclaimers, diclosures, preface to posts and comments and to which extent – especially as you, like me have many interests (at the personal or professional levels).
Thank you and best regards,
Yann Mauchamp
https://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=46594
PS :feel free to contact me directly next time I send you a broken link…and let’s skype one day on another (I just sent you an…invitation to).