General question about connections and the best way to manage them

[Stephen DeVoe]

Hello group

I have a question about my connection process.

I’m putting in the time but I wondering if I’m getting where I’m suppose to be.

Here is the process for connections I have been using. I use sales nav to produce a targeted search. I usually try to get it to be about 500 plus or minus. Then I write a quick personal connect request to 50 of those. I try to do 50 a day. I had heard that was about the right number before linkedin might raise an eyebrow.

Of those 50 requests I generally get about 10 connection responses to which I start the question process.

Is that sound about right? Should I be doing more than 50 a day? Should my response rate be higher for a targeted search?

I see many with thousands of connections and at the rate above it would take months even a year or more to get that many.

Is my process flawed?

Steve

[Laura Barker]

@steve-devoe Hi!  I would stop spending the time to write those personal notes when asking for a connection. It is my experience as well as the HECP’s recommendation that you will have better response simply clicking “connect” without personalizing it. This will cut down on your time considerably and I believe it will result in a higher connect rate for you. Hope this helps!

Laura

[Stephen DeVoe]

Thanks Laura and Nageen, I will do what you recoomend!

Steve

[n d]

Hi @steve-devoe! I 100% agree with @laura-barker – it truly does make a huge difference when you don’t customize your connect response.

Test that out for 2 weeks and see if you notice any changes.

I do feel you are on the right path, though!! 🙂

 

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