🚫🚫🚫 STOP SENDING A CONNECTION REQUEST AND AS SOON AS ITS BEEN ACCEPTED FOLLOWING UP WITH A SALES PITCH 🚫🚫🚫 When did we forget about building relationships, not spamming inboxes. Start with genuine engagement, add value and show interest in the person, not just trying to get their money. Trust and rapport take time. Don’t ruin the relationship before it even begins. #Networking #StopThePitch
I have no issue with it. This is a platform for BUSINESS people to connect. You think there needs to be some sort of dance before you can talk business? You need someone to send you flowers or cookies before talking business? How about quickly seeing if there is a mutual benefit in talking, If there is, get on the phone, get to know each other etc etc. I've tried many ways. What annoys me is when someone accepts my connection, a few days later I will send them a DM that says "thanks for the connection, great to meet you, all the best" and they don't even have the common decency to respond in any way. I'm not pitching, I'm not selling, I'm not asking to get on their calendar. Bottom line as far as I'm concerned, there is no right or wrong way. If you don't want to make solid business connections and prefer to do the tango, then tango away
Out of interest 🐾 Luke Chapman 🐾 - how would you start with 'genuine engagement, adding value and showing interest?' A lot of the time it comes off as corny and fake IMO. I think if the pitch is relevant I don't mind too much.
Normally it starts with" hello friend I am number 1 supplier"😂
🐾 Luke Chapman 🐾 I recently felt the need to block someone, very rare blocking someone on here however the person seemed very desperate to try and get me onto Krypto currency. Had said thank you for the offer but not something I am interested in when first asked but the asking continued.
I’ve had loads like this recently! I hate it!!!!!!!
It amazes me that people genuinely think this is a great way to win business??
Relationships are built offline imo. Noones making babies dating people online. ...the magic of relationships happen offline :)
Unfortunately it is likely to be automation in the wrong hands, doing a bad job for the lazy / unskilled
Call me crazy but I expect a sales pitch dropping into my DMs once a new connection is made. It's acceptable to be sold to on LinkedIn and I understand why cold sells are just as important as warmed up leads. Relationships are built on trust, but that trust building has to start somewhere. For every DM received I will take time to read the info and decide whether it's for me or not. What I don't like is the icky fake dance back n forth of pointless messages with connections as it comes across creepy! Sell to me but let's get right to the crux of it without any disingenuous nonsense please 🙏
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2dIts funny how most of the people who disagree with this (which is fine, we don’t all need the same opinions) are in sales or business development.