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Any Idiot Can Be A LinkedIn LION!

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Before I go further, I need to offer a disclaimer and apology to a very small number of friends and colleagues who are LinkedIn LIONs. But I will be making some tough statements about LinkedIn LIONs. But as with any great tool, there are people that twist it in ways that were never intended.

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What Is Networking?

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Somehow, I appear on many of LinkedIn’s “connect recommendations.” 99% of the invitations I get are from people who have never looked at my LinkedIn profile. They’ve published nothing, they’ve not engaged in conversations, they’ve not even liked anything (LinkedIn shows everyone’s activity.)

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Social Networking Annoyances

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I’m amazed with the number of people asking to connect whose total experience can be summed up in less than 20 words. I’m amazed with the number of people asking to connect whose total experience can be summed up in less than 20 words. Needless to say, that profile is no longer in LinkedIn.