I belong to some very exciting organizations such as the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) the Luxury Institute, & Social Media World, where I have met some wonderful speakers and guests. For the past 26 years I have been in real estate and my ten years immersed in Social Media, I have truly tried to grow a healthy network of influential connections.
Three weeks ago I began sending private e-mail messages through LinkedIn to six connections I had established over the years, all of which live in Manhattan.. I was offering a quick cup of coffee, tea or a glass of wine…a great opportunity to get off-line and Face-to-Face with a few peeps….. not one, NONE, of the people I sent the message to have returned my mail.. I have found this very disappointing and some what strange …LinkedIn…
So I hopped onto Facebook and sent out two quick private messages.. Bingo… two dates for wine… within the hour!!!
My question to you is… have you experienced this before or am I an anomaly?
I do know I have connected off-line with many people through private messages on LinkedIn before… however this time I never even received a “I’m a little too busy”…..It makes me wonder if these connections even received my private message… this is not the first time… I know what you might be thinking…LOL!
New York city… here I come!!
Heather Clifford
In just two days I will fly off to New York for a week of shows, shopping and restaurants… pleasure mostly, however when I travel anywhere these days I always reach out to my LinkedIn connections in the cities where I’m off to…. I want to establish better relationships with my colloquies and learn about their business and how we can work together helping each other…. What sense is it to have thousands of connections on LinkedIn and not really know any of these people?
