You can now stream your Twitter feed into LinkedIn.
That is the latest hot news and the chatter about this new feature is getting a lot of attention.
However I caution you that this might not be a good thing.
LinkedIn members might not appreciate a flood of tweets.
It might be a good idea if used strategically.
They probably felt pressured to catch up with Facebook, Plaxo and other networking sites.
But is this really necessary? Think before you pull your Twitter stream into LinkedIn.
If you tweet a lot this might not be appreciated by your network.
When people agreed to link to you, is this what they signed up for? Believe it or not, not everyone is a fan of Twitter and the interactions on LinkedIn tend to be more group driven.
That means join groups on LinkedIn, post questions, answer questions, comment on posts, and start a dialogue.
If you think one of your connections would benefit from a particular group you joined - suggest to them that they join as well but not everyone is going to have the same interests so be selective, keep it relevant to the person you are connecting with.
Don't treat them all the same.
Don't lose site of the purpose of social media.
Social media is to ENGAGE not ENRAGE with a pounding stream of marketing messages.
If you are planning on making the Twitter-LinkedIn connection and your tweets are plentiful and useless, you can bet your bottom dollar that I will be unlinking real soon.
Think before you Link! How will your LinkedIn audience react?
That is the latest hot news and the chatter about this new feature is getting a lot of attention.
However I caution you that this might not be a good thing.
LinkedIn members might not appreciate a flood of tweets.
It might be a good idea if used strategically.
They probably felt pressured to catch up with Facebook, Plaxo and other networking sites.
But is this really necessary? Think before you pull your Twitter stream into LinkedIn.
If you tweet a lot this might not be appreciated by your network.
When people agreed to link to you, is this what they signed up for? Believe it or not, not everyone is a fan of Twitter and the interactions on LinkedIn tend to be more group driven.
That means join groups on LinkedIn, post questions, answer questions, comment on posts, and start a dialogue.
If you think one of your connections would benefit from a particular group you joined - suggest to them that they join as well but not everyone is going to have the same interests so be selective, keep it relevant to the person you are connecting with.
Don't treat them all the same.
Don't lose site of the purpose of social media.
Social media is to ENGAGE not ENRAGE with a pounding stream of marketing messages.
If you are planning on making the Twitter-LinkedIn connection and your tweets are plentiful and useless, you can bet your bottom dollar that I will be unlinking real soon.
Think before you Link! How will your LinkedIn audience react?
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