Tripit or Skip it? Less is more on Linkedin
If I see one more Tripit update on LinkedIn alerting me about someone in my network taking a trip from Amsterdam to Rotterdam, or from The Hague to Delft, I might puke! Why would you want to know when anyone is taking a 45 minute or even 12 minute train ride? They may as well add “trips” to the dentist and hairdresser while they are at it!
Is sharing every detail of your travel plans with “everyone” in your professional network a good idea? In addition to looking foolish when you alert your network every time you cross the street, there are plenty of other reasons not to use the Tripit application on Linkedin.
Work in Mergers and Acquisitions? Being more discreet about destinations might be effective in negotiations. This sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised. In sales? Unless you are an Account Manager with only one account, your clients probably won’t appreciate knowing you spend all of your time in Dusseldorf, home of their biggest competitor’s HQ! Do you take a lot of leisure trips? You may be sending the signal that doing business with you is the equivalent of receiving a long string of “out of office” auto responses.
If you have used Tripit to successfully brand yourself as a jet-setting phenomena that is globally in demand, I’d love to hear from you. Otherwise, my advice on Tripit is Skipit! If you insist, please use it in moderation! Tripit is the first of (I fear) many annoying Linkedin applications on the horizon, that will give people a reason to “unlink” you. The overuse, abuse, or just plain bizarre use of the Linkedin status update feature is becoming another “unlinking” driver.
Linkedin’s current efforts to increase not only their number of users, but frequency of use, and daily page views, may result in Linkedin losing it’s way. The USPs of Linkedin are were simplicity and professionalism. Twitter Integration with Linkedin has been making headlines this week, but tread carefully before spamming your entire professional network with your twitter updates. Less is more on Linkedin!
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Could not agree with you more. While I appreciate that the future is intimately linked to social media forms of communication and business practices, I cannot help thinking that some might be going too far. Some LinkedIn Alerts are starting to remind me of those painful conversations (you know, the old fashion ones some of us may still recall … on the phone) with people who kept talking while I: did the dishes, folded laundry, filed, whatever … basically got on with what I had to do, with the occassional ‘uh-huh’ as a response: that is to say, completely tuned out and registering NADA! There is only so much one needs to know – professionally or personally – via a public forum.