Maintaining your many connections across multiple networks can take some work. About once per month I scan my networks for any connections I might have formed from one place to another. Here’s a quick review on how to best do this:
What you’ll need:
Getting prepared: export data as a .csv file
- Export your contacts (& data) from Facebook
- Export your contacts from LinkedIn
- Export your contacts from Gmail (click MORE, export) or Google Contacts
Centralizing your contacts:
- Import Facebook & LinkedIn .csv files into Gmail (MORE, import, upload .csv files) or Google Contacts
- Import Gmail & LinkedIn contacts into Yahoo Mail (contacts, import)
Scan your accounts:
- Twitter (scan either Gmail or Yahoo)
- Facebook
-scan your instant messaging systems and Yahoo mail
-does not scan Gmail. Can upload the .csv files from LinkedIn & Gmail though) - Google – scans Gmail contacts
- Youtube – scans Gmail contacts
- LinkedIn – import from Gmail contacts
- StumbleUpon – scan all options available
- Foursquare – scan all options available, manually add those you know
- Gowalla – scan all options available, manually add those you know
- Tumblr – scan Yahoo address book
- Posterous – scan Facebook & Twitter
- Ping via iTunes – scan Twitter and Yahoo webmail
- Friendfeed – scan all available networks
- Vimeo – scan Gmail contacts
- Diigo – scan Gmail contacts
- Flickr – scan Gmail or Yahoo and Facebook
- GetGlue – scan Facebook and Twitter
- Yelp – scan Gmail contacts
- Google Places Ratings – scans Gmail contacts
- Goodreads – scan all available networks
- Last.fm – scan all available networks
- Flixster – scan Gmail contacts
- WordPress.com – scan Facebook and Twitter
- Raptr – scan all available networks
Bonus: Use Rapportive to update connections in Gmail
Related articles
- Facebook Adds eMail Addresses To “Download Your Info” – Default Is “Off” (themoderatevoice.com)
- How to Transfer Your Facebook Friends List to Google+ (failbook.failblog.org)
- Facebook blocks a second contact export tool (news.cnet.com)
- How to Import your Facebook Contacts to Google+ (businessinsider.com)
