Originally Posted by
Aus_Mal
Do you think in a vendor-customer relationship it would be rude to send them an invite seeing you deal with them on a frequent basis? Do you see LinkedIn as being for something like this, or do you see it more for people who work together/know each other on a social level to connect?
not rude at all ... if they're not interested for whatever reason then they'll decline the invitation. the sky will not fall.
my linkedin contacts are a mixed bag--a lot of folks i know socially through my professional life (that is, we've never worked together) ... it's helped me find a lot of people from my past.