Active Profiles Open Doors

Our story begins with Randy Cooper. Remember when he was pulling a Curt Mercadante and appearing at many LinkedIn Locals? Nothing wrong with wanting to meet your public. Zoom is not the same. It's like being in a large family where many talk over you.

Thankfully I do not Work From Home and have to deal with group gropes on Zoom. Mr Cooper (wasn't I hanging with him? Only as an excuse to get close to Holly Robinson.) spoke of checking Sent Requests. There is a limit of one thousand.

I should know that because some of the Like/Comment/Share crowd says they cannot add anyone. They take all comers; including dead profiles. Since I am close to twelve hundred connections there is no way I would come close to one thousand requests putting me in "LinkedIn Jail."

Writing articles is LinkedIn Solitary Confinement. None of which has to do with active connections. I might request to connect with one person per month. Many come to me through comments. It is an icebreaker signifying I am an active member.

Anyone can do it. My sister was on dating sites. That seemed odd to me. Not because any man would be honored to meet The World's Greatest Baby who maintains a comparable standard in adulthood. She is a professional so the dating pool should be upscale.

That's the theory. She met wonderful people in high school and college who are the core relationships. One would think a man would have arisen through one of those solid relationships.

She went on dates. First dates are like job interviews. Those are never enjoyable. Looking at OK Cupid one night she spotted a profile that interested her. The man updated his picture recently.

That showed her it was not an abandoned profile. There are sites I have accounts on and haven't checked in years. She did not know he had not logged on for nine months before he updated his picture.

Had she seen he had not used the site in eight months? That does not sound promising. She wasn't sure as no one really is at that point. She contacted him. There probably aren't as many men on Grindr as there on heterosexual dating sites.

When I described my dealings with con artists and whores my sister asked "Did you ever try meeting them?" I would have if they were interested in anything besides receiving my money. She contacted a man who was not receiving much interest. They met and things went well.

They are married at this point. It took a couple years to reach that point. The moral of the story? Keep your profile updated. You never know who will check and who could impact you. I gave up on dating sites as they were a bad investment.

Finally, I receive less spam. Around the time she met this real person and cultivated a real relationship I mentioned a spam request from "Beachbitch27." Say that fast five times. It was so absurd that I told her and she replied "If you were serious and made an effort..."

She met someone for whom she cultivated a good relationship. "Let me introduce you to the love of my life and the mother of my children. This is Beachbitch." Doesn't resonate. It led to humor which doesn't get you laid regardless what Playboy Playmates say when they reach Centerfold status.

My relationships don't matter. The fact that someone who wanted to connect followed through is more important. I would rather die alone than to hold out hope that imaginary women want my real money and nothing else.

This is not a dating site. No, there are real people who actually want to assist you in business. You will do business and expand your network by using the site and remaining active.