7 Ways to Have Character (and Show It) on LinkedIn

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7 Ways to Have Character (and Show It) on LinkedIn

This is a special Make a Referral Week 2009 guest post

By Scott Allen, author of The Virtual Handshake

The best way to increase the number of referrals you receive is to increase your worthiness of receiving them. Part of that has to do with your competence, i.e., how well do you know your stuff? All other things being equal, people prefer to work with experts, not amateurs. But that’s obviously beyond the scope of a single blog post to cover!

Theo ther part of it is your character. Are you someone that people in your network not only know, but also like and trust? Do your friends and associates trust you to treat the people they refer to you well? Show and grow your character, and you’ll receive more referrals.

InThe Virtual Handshake, we introduced the idea of “Seven Keys to a Powerful Network”, one of which is your character:

1.Answer questions well.

2.Add value to introduction requests.

3.Make good recommendations.

4.Respond in a timely manner.

5.Help your contacts learn how to use LinkedIn effectively.

6.Be proactive.

7.Use LinkedIn to enhance face-to-face networking.

Great article, I recommend going to John's blog and reading the entire post. This is a condensed version.