1) If you want to be run over by a train, you need to lie down on the tracks.

• List every community you have EVER been part of (towns, schools, businesses, organizations, etc)
• List every job you’ve had
• Describe every job in detail
• List every degree, certification, license, etc.
• Set preferences to allow invites and direct contacts
• Add your alternative email addresses
• Add the top keywords which describe you
• Add all of your websites and your blogs

2) Grow your network to be found

• Collect all of those business cards and scan them in to your contact database
• Collect all past contact data (old email programs, newtons, palmpilots, etc)
• Merge all of the above into one consolidated CSV database (Outlook / Gmail etc.)

3) Be selective

• Just because someone is a connection does NOT mean you owe them recommendations and endorsements on demand
• Evaluate each recommendation on a referral-by-referral basis.