Chapter 2
Sign Me Up!
In This Chapter
Joining LinkedIn with or without an invitation
Registering and setting your preferences
Deciding how to use LinkedIn
Connecting with people you already know on LinkedIn
When LinkedIn first launched, it grew primarily through invitations — you joined only if someone who was already a member invited you and encouraged you to join. However, membership is now open to anyone 13 years or older (as long as the user hasn't previously been suspended or removed from LinkedIn, of course). You can have only one active account, but you can attach multiple e-mail addresses, past and present, to your account so that people can more easily find you.
You'll be presented with some configuration settings during the signup process that you might not know what to do with until you get more familiar with the system. Fortunately, you can customize all those settings later, but for now, I suggest some initial settings. In addition, based on your initial settings, LinkedIn recommends people to invite to your network. In Chapter 6, I discuss the ways you can grow your ...
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