Oh dear. Seems I’m a LinkedIn abuser 8-(

I’ve just been rapped on the fingers by customer support because I had a few people indicate they don’t know me - and now I can’t invite any more people into my network until “the man” clears me ;-(

Here I thought I was being proactive by importing all my contacts into LinkedIn. Okay, I know I have a few hundred active contacts, maybe another few thousand publishers / agencies / service providers we deal with and then of course everybody I’ve ever met at parties, exhibitions or events.

I don’t have the longest attention span in the world, but I’m single minded! So after inviting a few hundred people into my network (and enjoying minute by minute updates as my connections doubled and redoubled) I was on a high! I felt compelled to break the 500 connection mark. I suppose I was swept up in the “old man’s Facebook” hype of wanting ALL MY CONNECTIONS to see my spanking new profile .

Alas, seems there are actually people out there that don’t know me. I’m not sure if I’m contrite at being stripped of my invite-rights or just aghast that I’m not as well known as I thought (LOL)

Ok, if you know me, have earned commission from my company, have been recruited, harassed, cajoled, been hired or hired us, paid us, visited our booth and given me your info, drank my scotch or done business in any way - please accept my humble LinkedIn request.

If you still don’t know who I am - call me! I guarantee we’ll be friends!

Jon