Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters

I had wanted to mention how cool it was to be listed in the Top 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters.  The first point is that I'm not actually a recruiter - mind you looking through the list it seems only 50% of those on it are actually working recruiters.
 
In order to understand how the list was created you really ought to read the blog post.  However, it's basically looking at reach (traffic), relevance and resonance (the number of mentions, inbound links, etc).
 
One of the reasons I'm so pleased to be on the list is that only 25% of the "influencers" are based outside the US and that only 30% are women.  I think I'm the only woman on the list who is not US based. 
 
What I wanted to do when I found out I was on the list is work out how I get from number 10 up to number one (well, actually I'm not that ambitious - so really I just wanted to see what I could learn from the people above me). So here they are:

• I will NEVER be number one.  Jason Buss has over 42,000 followers on Twitter and 1,580 friends on Facebook. His LinkedIn group has over 12,000 members. Maybe I could get our LinkedIn group membership that high but I can't imagine a time when I'd be able to invest the time to increase the Twitter and Facebook figures to his level.
• I won't be number two (Bill Vick) either. Bill uses eight different points of contact and has 3 blogs. I have enough trouble finding the time to write this blog!
• In order to be number three (Thomas Shaw) I'm going to have a work a lot harder at getting people to re-tweet me (he has 5,600 follows on Twitter and 3,857 mentions vs my 157!).
• Blimey, I've no chance of being number four (Jessica Lee) as she writes under 3 twitter profiles (with between 3,748 and 1,125 followers) as well as having a lot more blog visitors. This is one busy woman!#
• Unless I write a book (or review them?) I'm not going to be number five. Marc Cenedella has a reviewer rank of 97,917 on Amazon. Marc also has a lot more twitter followers than me (6,445)
• I COULD be number six. Bill "beat" me with more Twitter followers. He also has a YouTube channel. But if I'm being harsh he demonstrates how time sensitive this list is. I've been on Twitter for two years longer than you Bill but not as active in the past few months!
• Like Bill number seven (Peggy McKee) makes user of YouTube (2,493 views on her channel) and has more followers. There is another lesson to be learnt there.
• At number eight Michael Long is also using YouTube and has 14,546 followers on Twitter. Again - I have no real aspiration for nearly 15k followers!
• Number nine (Paul Debettignies) demonstrates what I need to do to up my influence...

I need to increase my the number of "link backs" on blog posts (by making them more relevant and interesting).  I need to work to increase the number of people who follow me on Twitter (by making my posts more interesting and relevant).  I need to get more Facebook friends (probably by being more interesting and writing relevant status updates).  I should get some videos on YouTube (which of course need to be interesting and relevant).

Really it's obvious - to be more influential you need a good sized audience and you need to share interesting and relevant stuff with them.
 
I'm aiming for at least number 4 next year!

Comments

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[Matthew Dallisson]

Lou, to me you've always been and will always be No.1 ;-)

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