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October 21, 2007
The October Lions' Invite Lists are available for download
For October, Three “Invite to Connect” Lists are available for download in the Download Section of Your Lions’ Liar Menu
- October2007WelcomeALL.csv (1143 Lions)
- October2007AcceptALL.csv (575 Lions)
- October2007WelcomeAllSpeadsheet.csv (1143 Lions with additional “market affiliation” fields for sorting, filtering, and selective inviting)
The current plan is to republish Lions’ Invite Lists once a month. So these lists will be current and reflect changes to each Lion’s Profile Opt-ins within the past thirty days.
As we continue to grow our membership, we plan to increase the “granularity” of the invite lists over time.
While we will continue to provide BROAD invite lists, it makes sense to start creating more specialized invites lists — for example, “by industry”, “by country”, etc.
The introduction this month of our “WelcomeALLSpeadsheet” will allow Lions,
- who already have adequate “Connection BREADTH” (ie they have at least 500 to 1000 connections which gives them Maximum LinkedIn Database Visibility) to shift their “invite focus” to
- “Connection DEPTH” (ie use their remaining “Invites” to focus on increasing their connections within Vertical Markets relevant to their Professional Needs)
October Invite List Details
Remember:
Inclusion to our Downloadable Invite Lists are currently based on Three Questions — which MUST be answered in the “LinkedIn Tab” of your Lions’ Membership Profile if you which to be included in ANY of these lists —
Also,
NO LION IS INCLUDED IN ANY DOWNLOADABLE INVITE LIST IF THEY HAVE FAILED TO INCLUDE THEIR LINKEDIN PROFILE URL ( the “http://www.linkedin.com/in/YOURLINKEDINUSERNAME” link) in Their Lions’ Membership Profile (technically you haven’t completed your Lion Registration if you haven’t included your LinkedIn URL)
October2007WelcomeALL.csv AND October2007WelcomeALLSpeadsheet.csv
Lions on these lists have set their Opt-ins as follows —
- UN-Checked (=NO) <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
The Lions on the “WelcomeALL” lists are agreeing to —
- “Welcome ALL Invites”
They are NOT agreeing to —
So Sending Invites to Lions on this list should NOT result in them using the “I Don’t Know (IDK)” button but may not yield 100% Acceptance Rates.
October200WelcomeALL.csv can be uploaded directly to your LinkedIn account for sending out invites.
October2007WelcomeALLSpeadsheet.csv CAN NOT be uploaded directly to your LinkedIn account for sending out invites. This file can be openned with you favorite Spreadsheet Program and then sorted and filtering to create a more targetted Connection Invite List.
This file is included for those Lions who ALREADY have over 1000 connections. These Lions have already achieved CONNECTION BREADTH (ie maximum visibility to all LinkedIn users) AND have decided to shift their connection strategy to CONNECTION DEPTH in markets or demographics which are relevant to their professional needs. (ie, By Industry: healthcare, software, etc and/or By Region: India, France, Japan, EU, etc and/or By Profession: Management consultants, Executive Recruiters, Software Engineers, etc.)
The WelcomeALL Lists this month were reduced from 1539 tp 1143 due to Lion Profile Errors outlined below
SPECIAL NOTE TO “FOUNDING LIONS”
I encourage “Founding Lions” (our first 500 Mmebers) to complete their Lions Profiles in order to attract DEPTH as well as maintain BREADTH of their LinkedIn Connections
For the benefit Lion Cubs and those Lions still able to send out Invites: The Founding Lions haven’t been able to unable to send out any invites in almost two years. They are the 500 LinkedIn users with 500+ Connections in January 2006 — when LinkedIn Management instituted the Current Rules which were designed to target them specifically — and lead us to our organize ourselves as “The LinkedIn Lions.”
Originally, the Lions had a single “AcceptALL” List and it has been effective in continuing to MAINTAIN our CONNECTION BREADTH without being able to Invite anyone. In return, those who connect to us are conferred nearly instant “Super-Connector” Status and Maximum LinkedIn Database visibility.
However, as LinkedIn users are forced to “ration” their 3,000 Invites, a separate opportunity to grow CONNECTION DEPTH emerges for our “Founding Lions” by attracting CONNECTION DEPTH Invites, which are most relevant to you, by including the details relevant to your profession in your Lions Profile.
October2007AcceptALL.csv
Lions on these lists have set their Opt-ins as follows —
The Lions on the “AcceptALL” lists are agreeing to —
- “Welcome ALL Invites”
AND they are ARE agreeing to —
So sending Invites to Lions on this list should NOT result in them using the “I Don’t Know (IDK)” button AND should yield Acceptance Rates close to 100%.
The AcceptALL List this month was reduced from 715 to 575 due to Lion Profile Errors outlined below. Also, I suspect there many more Lions that would like to be on this list but haven’t updated their Profiles yet.
“DO NOT BOTHER ME” STATUS
To further ensure that Lions don’t get “IDK Strikes” against them — we allow Lions to COMPLETELY opt-out of ALL Downloadable Invite Lists AND ANY Invite Requests from ANY Lion.
The following Opt-in combination ensures a “DO NOT BOTHER ME” Status —
- Checked (=YES) <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
Lion Profiles Breakdown as of 12 October 2007
First the Good News —
Out of 1654 Registered Lions —
- only 294 Lions REQUIRE Personalized Invites to Connect from Fellow Lions
- only 45 do NOT Welcome Invites of any kind from Fellow Lions
Now the Bad News —
Out of 1260 Registered Lions who APPEAR to be willing to be included on Downloadable Invite Lists
- 50% had one or more problems with their Profile Opt-ins which excluded them from one or more downloadable lists
DETAILED Breakdown: Out of 1654 Registered Lions -
- 339 Lions have Opted-Out of being included in ANY Downloadable Invite List (“Opt-Outs”)
- The LinkedIn Tab of their Lion Profile shows they —
- CHECKED <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
- 294 Lions have opted-out of ALL Downloadable Invite Lists BUT — They are still Willing to Recieve PERSONALIZED Invites from fellow Lions (“Personalized Invites Only”)
- The LinkedIn Tab of their Lion Profile shows they —
- CHECKED <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
- CHECKED <<<<I WELCOME Invites to Connect on LinkedIn from Fellow Lions>>
- 45 Lions have opted-out of ANY INVITES from ANY Lion (“DO NOT BOTHER ME”)
- The LinkedIn Tab of their Lion Profile shows they —
- CHECKED <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
- UN-CHECKED <<<<I WELCOME Invites to Connect on LinkedIn from Fellow Lions>>
DUE TO LION PROFILE PROBLEMS, also EXCLUDED from Downloadable Invite Lists were —
- 83 Lions who left the LinkedIn Public Profile URL BLANK in their Lion Profiles
- To be SAFE, ALL are excluded from ALL INVITE LISTS until they add their LinkedIn Profile URLs to their Lion Profiles
- 52 Lions have Not Confirmed the <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>> checkbox in the LinkedIn Tab of their Lions Profile
- To be safe, ALL are excluded from ALL INVITE LISTS until they re-confirm by reviewing and SAVING their Lions Profile Settings
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64 Lions have the following INVALID OPT-IN COMBINATION in the LinkedIn Tab of their Lion Profile —
-
UN-CHECKED <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
-
UN-CHECKED <<I WELCOME Invites to Connect on LinkedIn from Fellow Lions>>
-
To be SAFE, ALL are excluded from ALL INVITE LISTS until they re-confirm a VALID OPT-IN COMBO in their Lion Profiles
-
112 Lions have the following INVALID OPT-IN COMBINATION in the LinkedIn Tab of their Lion Profile —
-
CHECKED <<Do NOT send MASS Invites to me>>
-
CHECKED <<I ACCEPT ALL Invites to Connect from Fellow Lions>>
-
To be SAFE, ALL are excluded from ALL INVITE LISTS until they re-confirm a VALID OPT-IN COMBO in their Lion Profiles
- 671 Lions have Not Confirmed the <<I ACCEPT ALL Invites to Connect from Fellow Lions>> checkbox in the LinkedIn Tab of their Lions Profile
- To be safe, ALL are excluded from ACCEPT ALL INVITES LIST until they re-confirm by reviewing and SAVING their Lions Profile Settings
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ...
REPORT ALL IDK ("I Don't Know" Button) INCIDENTS ON OUR -- "INCIDENTS REPORTS" Forum on The Lions' Lair --
http://www.themetanetwork.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,29/func,showcat/catid,107/
It only takes one "errant" Lion to create alot of IDKs for everyone else ... the sooner we know, the sooner we can take corrective action
So far, Incidents of Lions using the IDK button show that they either --
1) have their "Opt-Ins" on their Profiles set incorrectly (ie they think they have "opted-out" when they haven't or were just "confused")
Solution: they (or "we") change their opt-ins to their correct settings
2) don't realize that the IDK button "has consequences" (ie, they are new to the Lions and/or LinkedIn)
Solution: Educate them not to use the IDK button except in "extreme circumstances" and NEVER use it against another Lion (especially since you can communicate directly to any other Lion with our Private Messaging System at The Lair -- ie there is no excuse for not confronting other Lions directly with anything you might find a problem) Another Potential Solution: Newly Registered Lions are NOT added to the Download Lists until after a probationary period (30 to 60 days?)
We haven't had any documented cases of "knowingly venal Lions" since August ...
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