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	LinkedIn and Trying to Reach 100 GOOD Contacts

imageis

3-28-2008 2:46 PM

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imageis says:

Slowly but surely, people are finding LinkedIn. However, I'm noticing more people joining, but may not be discriminating when it comes to their links.

Hmmm... Are you willing to reach 100 contacts with random connections?

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