3 Tips for Inviting Others to Connect

If you are simply inviting your friends and close associates these tips are not going to be of much value. However, if you are truly networking and searching out and finding key individuals that would be an asset to your network you will find these things useful.

Tip 1: Never send a standard or default invitation

I almost felt stupid including this as a valuable tip, but I received 4 invitations this morning and 3 of them were the default text.

The first reason to follow this rule is that you will probably reduce your chances of getting IDKed by a factor of 100 as any kind of a legitimate request to connect will probably be accepted or archived without incident. This is assuming you don’t break the next rule.

Tip 2: Don’t send a prospecting or sales oriented invitation

The worst thing you can do in an invitation is ask someone for business. Your invite should be about developing a valued relationship with the other person, NOT about getting their business. Any hint of prospecting will probably cause you to be denied the connection and possibly get an IDK if you don’t know the person already.

Tip 3: Provide value

Offer the new potential connection something of value. If you want people to connect with you, just like trying to get their business, you must offer them something of value.

This might be simply your offer to help them get connected on LinkedIn, or information or resources (that are free) that you can provide them to help better their current situation.

Following these three tips will help you get connected more easily and with less chance of getting an IDK.

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