{"id":291,"date":"2013-04-03T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T13:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.wordpress.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2013-04-03T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T13:25:34","slug":"market-research-and-linkedin-think-before-you-make-that-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/03\/market-research-and-linkedin-think-before-you-make-that-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Research and LinkedIn&#8230;.think before you make that call&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful question that I was asked and I thought I would ask it back to you all in the community here&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Why are you on <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0and what is the benefit for you? Maybe you might find the benefits much more rewarding if you upgraded?&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianmcalvert.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-621\" alt=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #IanMCalvert #Ian-M-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #Anonymous #LinkedIn #Viewing\" src=\"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/iancalvert-ian-calvert-ianmcalvert-ian-m-calvert-serviceaddress-service-address-anonymous-linkedin-viewing.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C113\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Your thoughts&#8230;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, the side issue to asking this came from the following:-<\/p>\n<p>I received a telephone call today from someone, asking what I did and whether they can help by offering myself <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/social-media-education-programme?trk=biz-brand-tree-co-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media<\/a>\u00a0Training and\u00a0specifically,\u00a0training on <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0and how I would benefit from some of their training.<\/p>\n<p>When I asked why they thought this, they said that they had read my profile and contacted myself to help me use LinkedIn better as I obviously needed help with it! So when I ask about the people viewing my page does this get recognised? They said with their help, they could get me into the top 20 % of the most viewed profiles in the world this year.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised that they could make a claim so bold and wanted to know how they can see this working if I would get rewarded for this? They said that <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0would reward and promote myself in January to this fact. So, I said that I am interested and would they review my profile and come back to myself with:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>a report on what is wrong with my profile<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>how they can change this<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>how they can improve my profile<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>how long it will take<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>a quotation based on what is required<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I still can&#8217;t work out how they got my details to ring me after viewing myself on <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0but I await to see what they will come back with&#8230;..<em>I doubt they will&#8230;&#8230;..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The reason for doubting they will come back, is simple, if they had read my profile on <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, they:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Would have seen my headline<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>My headline clearing stating that I was in the Top 1% of most viewed profiles on <strong><em><a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0last year<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I do offer <a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/social-media-education-programme?trk=biz-brand-tree-co-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media<\/a>\u00a0advice, help, training and management<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I also offer Sales Training too<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em><a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #ServiceAddress #Service-Address #SocialMedia #Social-Media #LinkedIn\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/ianmcalvert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0do indeed send out confirmation (well they did this year) to you about your profile every so often, but I only have heard of and seen, Top 10%, 7%, 5%, 3% and 1%<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, a word of advice to any one out there who is looking to do cold calling today, this week or this month&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>RESEARCH THE PERSON YOU ARE RINGING BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO THEM&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If you have any questions either contact myself\u00a0<a title=\"#IanCalvert #Ian-Calvert #Service-Address #ServiceAddress #SocialMedia #Social-Media #Contact #Email #Telephone\" href=\"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.com\/speak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via here\u00a0<\/a>or complete the form below:-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful question that I was asked and I thought I would ask it back to you all in the community here&#8230;. &#8220;Why are you on LinkedIn\u00a0and what is the benefit for you? 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