Connect by Using The Favor Test on LinkedIn

Even the most active LinkedIn users can question which connection requests they should accept or extend. LinkedIn makes it possible to connect to almost anyone. With that said, that doesn’t mean as a food truck owner that you should.

Instead, think about the two-way quality of the relationships you want to build there. Use a filter to help you connect to those people who will be able to help you, or whom you would be willing to help.

Try the “favor test”: Would you do a favor for this person, or ask a favor of them? If so, make the connection. If not, take a pass.

If you’re consistent in applying this test and selective about which connections you initiate and accept, you can tap into LinkedIn’s power: an address book in which all the entries can see and connect with one another, and a network that’s efficient in supporting your mobile food business goals.

By Richard Myrick|2017-03-31T08:41:34-04:00Oct 22, 2013|Social Media|

About the Author: Richard Myrick

Richard Myrick is an architect by degree (Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan) who began his career in real estate development and architectural planning. In September of 2010 he created Mobile Cuisine Magazine to fill an information void he found when he began researching how to start a mobile hotdog cart in Chicago. Richard found that there was no central repository of mobile street food information anywhere on the internet, and with that, the idea for MCM was born. Richard also wrote the "Running a Food Truck for Dummies" available in bookstores everywhere and Amazon. You can reach out to Richard by email at: [email protected].