Please, Please, Please Personalise your LinkedIn Connection Requests!
h/t to Sarah Santacroce for this!
I know LinkedIn don’t exactly make it easy for you, but I can’t highlight this more- it really is a MUST to personalise your connection requests in LinkedIn.
It’s just so easy to hit the “connect” button, and LinkedIn annoyingly send the standard email straight away- this is particularly the case when doing it on the mobile app. If you don’t see the option to personalise the request, then go to their profile and click on the connect button. You’ll then get the option to include a personal message.
Why?
Why take the trouble? Because LinkedIn is different to other networks. It’s a professional network where connections are between people you know. Depending on your strategy it doesn’t have to be between people you’ve actually met, but there does have to be some kind of connection!
I don’t mind receiving connection requests from people I don’t know as such, but I do want to know how they came across me, more about them and why they want to connect with me. Otherwise I won’t have a clue who they are.
Currently I have over 30 connection requests from people who haven’t personalised their requests and I honestly don’t know who they are.
Let me know what you think.
#LinkedIn #Connections #Business #Strategy
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Originally shared by Sarah Santacroce
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