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1st-level connection: Anyone you’re directly connected to on LinkedIn; you requested the connection and the recipient responded with a yes

2nd-level connection: Anyone who’s connected to the people you’re connected to. It’s a bit like a network marketing structure

follow: If you click the Follow link under someone’s name in a group, you’re now “following” anything he does, which means you’ll see his activity within this group in your Activity feed on your Home page. If someone follows you, he’s notified anytime you post or comment inside this group

Groups: The LinkedIn feature that allows people to congregate around a subject, activity, or event

InMail: LinkedIn’s premium messaging service. With it, you can reach anyone on LinkedIn, no introduction or contact info required. (Normally in LinkedIn, you need to be introduced to someone outside your 1st-level connections.)