You can only request 3000 connections on LinkedIn, but you can receive much more than that through invites. So how do you get other people to reach out to you? Remember, more connections means more traffic, more authority, more opportunities, and better search ranking on the site.

Here are a few tactics you should be using:

• Add your LinkedIn to your email signature and business cards
• Add a social button to your website and at the end of your blog posts
• Use other social profiles to post a message like "Are we connected on LinkedIn yet? Add me here."
• Share articles that you read from your LinkedIn Account and make sure you share it through Twitter as well. That way anyone who clicks it will follow it back to your profile.