Open invite to anyone on LinkedIn

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

Taryn East writes:

How not to invite me on LinkedIn

I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

– J Citizen
I hate that… I really do.

So – who the hell are you? and why should I add you to my LinkedIn? and is it really so hard to type just a few words into the text box?

If we’ve never met before – I don’t know you from Adam. If you couldn’t be bothered writing a few words about why we should link up – why should I be bothered accepting your invite?

Unsolicited invites with no effort read as SPAM to me, and will be ignored.

That attitude makes sense to me on social sites like Facebook where one is suppose to be interacting with friends, but I do not understand this attitude on LinkedIn. I only use LinkedIn to connect with folks who might at some point want to to work with me, either to hire me or to be hired by me (I also write recommendations for friends on LinkedIn).

Anyway, I accept any invitation I get on LinkedIn, so if you want to connect with me on LinkedIn, send me an invite: lawrence @ krubner.com

Post external references

  1. 1
    http://rubyglasses.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-not-to-invite-me-on-linkedin.html
  2. 2
    http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=20084&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro
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