Our friend, Harry Joiner got some ‘splaining to do …. you see he actually thought a social networking site wanted users to network! I am guilty that I agree with Harry and that setting limits on the number of invites is, well, super lame. I guess they don’t want my 7,200 Linkedin network to join Facebook by referral. I will oblige Facebook’s wish, I mean who wants to let other people know about your social networking platform???? Here’s to an Invite Limit free social networking world and here is a brief intro from my hero/victim of the week:

“ATLANTA, GA — Earlier this week I read about Robert Scoble getting over the hump regarding Facebook, so I decided to spend more quality time with the application. As I mentioned in my Scoble post, I have seen some smart people blog favorably about Facebook, so as a marketing recruiter I figured I had better get on board the Facebook Train.

After signing up in mid-July, my profile just sat there while connection invitations from personal friends trickled in. By yesterday afternoon, I had a whopping 23 friends. Not enough for a really friendly guy like me — especially since Scoble had said that “Facebook is the modern day Rolodex. It is the replacement for the business card.”

Then last night, I realized that I could invite my entire personal Gmail email list to join my network. In all fairness to Facebook, there are … CLICK HERE to read MORE

Connect directly with Harry’s Linkedin network

Harry Joiner is an executive recruiter specializing in integrated marketing and “new media.” His clients and candidates appear frequently in magazines like Fast Company, Internet Retailer, Advertising Age, and Multichannel Merchant.

Harry is author of Marketing Headhunter.com, and a well respected recruitment blogger and peer within the recruiting.com community.

In addition to being a regular contributor to MarketingProfs’ Daily Fix, Harry has been featured in MarketingSherpa’s Great Minds in Marketing series and received coverage in AdWeek and the Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal Online. Harry’s articles on marketing and management have appeared in Institutional Distributor magazine, Optimize, Information Week, Competitive Edge, Logistics Today, Inbound Logistics, Law Marketing.com, CPA Marketing Report, Six Figure Jobs, ERP Tips, and many other industry-leading publications.

Harry is well-known for his ability to source and screen candidates who know how to grow profitable customer relationships across multiple marketing channels.

Today, my friend Harry speaks on the value proposition of recruitment blogging and how the medium has served his executive search firm as a as a powerful differentiator:

“There is no way I could ever be a recruiter without a blog. No way. Even if I sold all of my blogs to MRI or Aquent or Korn Ferry or Heidrick, I’d still blog unless the terms of the deal expressly forbade it.

Reason being, the primary modern procurement process for executive search seems to be:

a.) Receive incoming cold call voice mail from recruiter,
b.) Google recruiter to see if they’re for real,
c.) Check out recruiter’s blog from Google results, and then
d.) Return call of recruiter if there’s a need and the recruiter appears to be any good.

The secondary modern procurement process for executive search seems to be:

a.) Have a legitimate need and then use Google to produce a “short list” of relevant recruiters,
b.) Check out recruiter’s blog from Google results, and then
c.) Reach out to recruiter if the recruiter appears to be any good.

Either way, no blog, no sale. Sure, referrals might get wedged in to the process somewhere, but increasingly: You’re gonna get Googled. And when you do, a great blog can be a powerful differentiator.”

Harry recently announced his new ecommerce consulting service, and is open to receiving inquiries, as either a client or a candidate. Feel free send him an email or call him directly at (678) 795-0900.

Harry Joiner’s LINKEDIN PROFILE

NOTE: As seen on Recruiting.com

thadmgreer
Tue, 02/27/2007 – 8:48pm
I agree 100% with Harry. Even with referrals, you spend the first 30 minutes of any call with a new prospect establishing credibility. While they may be interested in working with your “firm”, they want to know about YOU: the recruiter that’s going to be sourcing their candidates. I think blogs can be incredibly beneficial regardless of what role you’re in or the company you work for, however I believe they are particularly effective if you’re an independent consultant. You are hired for what you know and the blog is a demonstration of your industry knowledge. By the time they pick up the phone to inquire about your services, they’ve already got a feel for who you are and your area of expertise.