Cyber Relationships

I’m a member of the LinkedIn network. I have 107 connections. I have not met half of the 107 connections. In my position, I receive a lot of sales calls. When I get those calls, I try and add those people to my LinkedIn network. By expanding my network I can see more people when I do a ‘people search on LinkedIn.” I use LinkedIn as a tool. LinkedIn helps me find names of contacts for people that might be interested in my company’s products and services. The relationships I have are very business oriented. The concept of, “if you scratch my back, I scratch yours” is a major concept. The concept of adding each other to LinkedIn is mutual. Each person opens up their network to each other and there is a benefit to that.

To expand on cyber relationships, I believe there are different levels of cyber relationships. Sometimes you meet someone and you use cyber-ing as a tool to maintain that relationship. I work 50 hours a week, so I can not meet everyone for lunch, but I can write an email.