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"Not Connecting with People on LinkedIn is Short Sighted and Damaging to Your Reputation"

This post was written by Kevin O'Keefe: "I get a lot of emails from folks who would like to add me to their professional network on LinkedIn. 90% of the time, after reviewing their background, I accept the invitation to connect. I also send out a lot of invites to connect on LinkedIn to people I meet in person and online.

So it floors me when lawyers and other professionals tell me they often decline invites to connect on LinkedIn. The reasons for declining vary...

Wake up guys. Here's a number of things to consider...

I understand there's a lot to keep up with. I was practicing law when we moved from carbon paper to a copier machine. And when a fax machine seemed to raise issues of confidentiality. But learning how to use LinkedIn for networking is something you need to come to grips with. It's just too valuable..."

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Source: Real Lawyers Have Blogs, 12 June 2010. Copyright © 2010, LexBlog, reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on June 18, 2010 (boomark / email).