Post by account_disabled on Dec 24, 2023 9:41:35 GMT
A few days ago, among the invitations received during the day, there was one which came from a profile (I won't say who it is) which highlights “social selling on LinkedIn” and “technical “BtoB sales” both in terms of skills and service offering. First surprise (and first bad practice): a non-personalized invitation. Yet : 1) this is the basis when you invite someone you don't know and have never seen. 2) with the new interface, nothing could be simpler: when you want to invite someone, a message from LinkedIn reminds you that personalization is important. 3) you can personalize an invitation from PC AND from mobile.
For those who don't know, it's here: Personalize an invitation from mobile . It is understandable Email Data that a standard LinkedIn user does not know how to do this. That someone who presents themselves as “social selling on LinkedIn” does not know how to do it surprises me (my article which explains it dates from 2014!). Second bad practice: a standard, non-personalized and irrelevant response. I don't care about this detail (the personalization of the invitation). What interests me is the person, not the box checked or not (however, I prefer personalized invitations). So, as always, I send a message to start the conversation (I have around ten messages ready depending on the cases that arise).
The person answers me quickly (that's good). But reading her message, I understand that she has not seen who I am or what I do (she nevertheless consulted my profile before inviting me!!) since she wrote to me: “Have you noticed the LinkedIn interface changes?”. How to say ? I have written several articles on the subject, commented on articles by my colleagues, shared posts on the home page… So, yes I know (and it's not complicated to know that I know) that LinkedIn has changed 'interface. This response from my new contact is mainly intended to refer to his company page with an image (and not an article) on the subject. Refer to its content? Why not, but you might as well do it well and not with a completely irrelevant hook. It is clearly a standard message, sent to each new contact, without discernment.
For those who don't know, it's here: Personalize an invitation from mobile . It is understandable Email Data that a standard LinkedIn user does not know how to do this. That someone who presents themselves as “social selling on LinkedIn” does not know how to do it surprises me (my article which explains it dates from 2014!). Second bad practice: a standard, non-personalized and irrelevant response. I don't care about this detail (the personalization of the invitation). What interests me is the person, not the box checked or not (however, I prefer personalized invitations). So, as always, I send a message to start the conversation (I have around ten messages ready depending on the cases that arise).
The person answers me quickly (that's good). But reading her message, I understand that she has not seen who I am or what I do (she nevertheless consulted my profile before inviting me!!) since she wrote to me: “Have you noticed the LinkedIn interface changes?”. How to say ? I have written several articles on the subject, commented on articles by my colleagues, shared posts on the home page… So, yes I know (and it's not complicated to know that I know) that LinkedIn has changed 'interface. This response from my new contact is mainly intended to refer to his company page with an image (and not an article) on the subject. Refer to its content? Why not, but you might as well do it well and not with a completely irrelevant hook. It is clearly a standard message, sent to each new contact, without discernment.