When I conduct LinkedIn training sessions, one of the concerns I hear most often from my business clients is that they receive invitations from people they don't know. The question they ask me is, "Should I accept these invitations"?

My advice is that you should accept invitations from people that you know and trust – because after all, you are exposing your connections.

To decide whether to accept a connection you don't know, you should view profile of the person who sent you the invitation. It will become pretty apparent to you whether you should accept that invitation – or not.

Pictured above is the profile of an individual who sent me a LinkedIn invitation. Take a look at Ralph Falcon's profile. Would you "accept" his invitation?

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Regardless of the business audience that I deliver LinkedIn training to, whether they be business professionals, sales teams or job seekers, I am ALWAYS asked this common question – which seems to be the number ONE annoyance on LinkedIn:

One of my connection’s excessive updates are driving me crazy. How do I get rid of them?

Read more: What’s the Number ONE Annoyance on LinkedIn?