A LinkedIn Challenge for All UKBF

[webgeek]

I'm asking every UKBF visitor, member, user to engage in this challenge.

If you'd like to see UKBF more vibrant, more lively discussions, more people helping one another, then take 1 minute out of your busy day to say something about UKBF on LinkedIn, posting a link to the site.

If you do so, pop a comment in here and we'll see what participation we get.

Just remember, you can't expect to get much out of this place, if you don't give a little from time to time.

Thanks in advance!!!!!


I've done it - here's the link:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6321689861904568321

 

[webgeek]

400+ people online here at any one time, most of the time, c'mon people - can no one spare 1 minute out of their day to give something back, at least once?

 

[Noah]

I do not use LinkedIn.

 

[adzeds]

Joined the party!

Not allowed to share links yet... But if you search for me: David Shaw, you should find it!

 

[adzeds]

Think I can post my link now, here is my share: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6322020056331100160

 

[webgeek]

That's awesome David, thanks! Now how about some more....

 

[billmccallum1957]

I don't use LinkedIn very often, but I tried

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quick-plug-ukbf-bill-mccallum/?published=t

 

[Kev2017]

I've shared on LinkedIn and commented.

 

[webgeek]

Cheers Bill and Kev - thanks both for helping out on this.

I'm not getting paid, or anything, for doing this, but figure we could all use a little fresh perspective with some new visitors coming over and participating.

The thread I posted has had over 300 views thus far - hopefully some people actually clicking and checking out the place!

 

[Clinton]

I commented on your post, webgeek, which should have the effect of getting it into the feed of my 2000+ connections and followers.

 

[webgeek]

Saw that - that's excellent, thanks Clinton! I wouldn't mind emailing your list from time to time

 

[Clinton]

I'd be happy to carry something to my list/s at no charge (as long as I believe it will add value for them). Knowing the quality of your advice, I would be delighted to work with you.

My network in LinkedIn is mostly people in senior positions in finance, private equity and M&A. I'm selective with the connection invitations I accept. The people who signed up for the newsletter at my website are mainly people who own small businesses and are considering selling them. Two very different target groups.

If someone has something unique that would help either of those target groups, I'm happy to publicise it at no charge, and people like Graham Ross (who goes by the name of The Resolver in these forums) have put together material exclusively for my little audience in the past.

 

[webgeek]

Very generous Clinton, thanks. I'm sure I'll be following up with you on this - stay tuned

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

If someone has something unique that would help either of those target groups,

@Clinton do you have someone you work with for arranging practice loans etc for business purchases?

 

[Clinton]

Gordon, my advice is generally sell-side and I normally require buyers to prove, in advance, access to liquid funds. I take this proof in the form of a letter from a solicitor or from their accountant / bank. So I don't have much opportunity to recommend a finance company to acquirers.

In any case, I don't normally deal with selling businesses myself. I simply provide exit advice for a fee ...and if clients pay me even more money I'll do the legwork to find the right investment bank / corporate finance firm etc., to handle their equity event, and I negotiate terms on their behalf.

Am happy to keep your details on file though, you never know. My email address is on my website.

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

Am happy to keep your details on file though.

Appreciate that. You've obviously done well to get yourself to this position. Good effort

 

[Clinton]

It's not always fun. I've just exchanged some cross words with a certain M&A team at Deloitte (they have different M&A teams handling different sectors) and they are a right pain in the backside. It takes about 10-15 days to get even a simple email reply. And I'm trying to give them a client, not sell them anything!

Seperately, I've got a mid-cap business in the health sector I'm trying to place with the right advisers and both Houlihan Lokey and Oppenheimer, two big investment banks in this space, have now decided that they have no spare capacity. So I've got to go through my database and find other players with LifeScience / HealthTech specialisations and start from scratch. Arggh!

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

It takes about 10-15 days to get even a simple email reply. And I'm trying to give them a client, not sell them anything!

I always find it absolutely bizarre when companies aren't quick to respond in those situations - if I get something in that looks like there's going to be a commission at the end of it, I'm straight on the phone! I presume that's not just me....

 

[Gordon - Commercial Finance]

Sorry @webgeek - we've moved your thread in another direction....

 

[Clinton]

Back on topic, Robb, it may just be that lots of people on UKBF don't actively use LinkedIn, hence the response not being more encouraging.

Folk, you don't necessarily need to post. Simply clicking "Like" on webgeek's original post in LinkedIn is sufficient to get that some publicity.

 

[ffox]

Posted a comment and 'liked' the thread. Here's my LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/ffoxwriting/

 

[Dave Tidwell]

Can't post links as barred from doing so .....but LIKED and Shared to 29,927 LinkedIn connections - that should help out a bit

 

[webgeek]

So far, 1337 (that's leet or Elite for you non-hackers out there) views on my LinkedIn post about this, which is excellent. Hopefully it's resulted in at least some new visitors to UKBF and maybe even some new participants!!

Thanks to all for your help so far

 

[webgeek]

Just a quick update. With 1853 views and climbing, we've still got a lot of mileage to go on this!

If you haven't already done so, it's not too late to join in this UKBF challenge!

You could simply visit the following URL and comment/like the post:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6321689861904568321

You could login to LinkedIn and invite your followers to come join us on UKBF, with a link to the site, and ask them to come ask questions, give advice, check out the community, or whatever you can do to light a fire and point them this way.

Again, I'm not getting paid for this, and neither are you, but if you want to get/give and keep this community fresh, with new ideas, skills and perspectives, please take 1 or 2 minutes and participate!!

 

[webgeek]

2147 views and still climbing quickly

Thanks to any and all of you who have participated. For those who haven't there's still time. It only takes a minute to mention on LinkedIn.

Remember, we all benefit if you give just 1 minute to mention UKBF, with a link, on your LinkedIn timeline.

Thanks again!

 

[Ian J]

Back on topic, Robb, it may just be that lots of people on UKBF don't actively use LinkedIn, hence the response not being more encouraging.

There is possibly another reason why others aren't joining in and that is that many people won't want UKBF flooded with their competitors as there are certain industries (accountants, insolvency practitioners, web hosts and general IT techies) that use UKBF as a new business hunting ground and they won't want even more competition

 

[webgeek]

Aaaah. Great point Ian.

Then again, sharing ideas amongst competitors is how we learn who's doing what, what's working and not, etc.

If people are afraid of competition, they're not doing something right with their model. We've all got to be remarkable and have some differentiators, if we're to stay competitive in the market, IMHO.

 

[@secbus]

Done, Im all over it!

 

[webgeek]

2231 views on mine alone, which if we combine with the others here, surely adds up to something worth the effort

Admittedly the views have slowed, but it goes to show that a wee bit of effort by a group of people can make an impact.

Now, if we can the peeps on Facebook to stop using it like a purely political network, my work on this planet will be done

 

[Stuart Elmes]

Good idea! Have liked your post. Sadly only one other, so far...

 

[TotalWebSolutions]

Liked and commented on LinkedIn (Simon Lowe)