{"id":223,"date":"2010-04-13T23:08:06","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-04-13T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T03:08:06","slug":"can-not-knowing-the-rules-hurt-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/can-not-knowing-the-rules-hurt-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Can not knowing the rules hurt you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/can-not-knowing-the-rules-hurt-you\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Are you still attempting to learn the rules of the road on LinkedIn?<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com\/about\/ \">Andrea J. Stenberg<\/a> shared a great story in her post,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thebabyboomerentrepreneur.com\/1280\/linkedin-invitations\/\">\u201cLinkedIn Invitations \u2013 Why hitting I Don\u2019t Know This Person is a bad idea&#8221;.<\/a> It is a post worth reading and thinking about before you select the \u201cI don\u2019t know this person\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The rules on of connecting on LinkedIn and the rules of connecting via other social media sites are important and can make or break you in business.\u00a0 Do you know the \u201crules of engagement\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Almost weekly, I see people fail to connect at networking events, social gatherings, or business meetings because they don\u2019t know the rules, don\u2019t understand the nuances of connecting with others or simply don\u2019t think about the consequences of their actions.\u00a0 Do you need to brush up on these skills?<\/p>\n<p>Play to your strengths, learn the rules and help others learn what you know.\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019ll be surprised at the benefits and the connections you\u2019ll make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rules on of connecting on LinkedIn and the rules of connecting via other social media sites are important and can make or break you in business. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[9,5,138,140],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-media","tag-accelerate-your-search","tag-focus","tag-linkedin","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}