1 to 1 Network Engagement – The Findings
Posted on | April 15, 2009 | No Comments
So… the poll ran on my LinkedIn profile with some promotion by me for 10 days. The results are interesting and I will report them below.
The answers to my questions are as follows…
1. Do people understand the value I can provide? – I think the answer is yes based on the fact that of the respondents 86% said they would hire or probably would hire…
2. Does my network see a need for my skill set? – I think the answer is yes and no… the 86% yes or probably would indicate yes and the fact that I only have 24 responses would say no.
3. Does my network even know what I do? – This answer is not clear from the results due to the low response rate.
4. Do I have people in my network that care enough to answer a difficult question? – I guess not. Only 24 responses to date after two weeks and some promotion of the poll. Or people do not pay attention to this stuff on LinkedIn…
5. Does LinkedIn help facilitate TRUE networking? Will this poll create conversations? – It did create conversations. Most of them were about the fact that people thought it was a novel idea to post such a poll. Others wanted to know the results and know whether or not the poll was anonymous or not…
In conclusion I think LinkedIn is an interesting Business tool and I think I crossed the line in to the personal world. My hunch is that my close connections answered the poll question and others were possibly afraid to answer because they did not know whether or not their identity would be revealed.
Results:
http://polls.linkedin.com/poll-results/30243/szwxt
I will provide more if feedback if anything interesting happens with the poll. I am going to leave it open indefinitely…
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About Coley
Coley Perry is a 15 year veteran of the sales and marketing grind. Most of his experience is in and around the intersection of sales, marketing, change management, technology and business process helping clients solve business problems through innovative solutions and consulting. He has built sales teams, go-to-market strategies, demand generation engines and sustainable revenue streams. Currently his passion is focused on the convergence of sales, marketing and technology. He wrote a lot of checks to Columbia College and Northwestern University but learned the most from The “Second City” Training Center in Chicago where he studied the Art of Improv.
