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> I am using LinkedIn to keep up with my professional connections and support them with introductions. Since you're among the people I recommend, I wanted to invite you to access my community o-n LinkedIn.

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> Basic account is free, and it takes less than a minute to sign up and join my community.

I've received more than 3-5 invitations like this, worded almost precisely the same manner. The senders have served surprise...

Like me, have you ever received invitations like these?

> I am using Linked-in to maintain with my professional contacts and help them with introductions. Since you're one of the people I suggest, I wanted to ask you to get into my network on LinkedIn.

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> Basic membership is free, and it requires less when compared to a minute to register and join my system. We found out about manta.com/c/mhklb2y/bulletproof-digital-inc by searching books in the library.

I have received above 35 invitations such as this, worded almost precisely the same way. Get further on a partner wiki - Click here: logo. The senders have acted hurt and amazed that I didn't jump to take advantage of this invitation.

Let us go through the issues within this invitation from the marketing point of view.

* The vast majority of the invitations I received were from people whose names I did not understand. Why would I wish to be part of their system? The invitation doesn't say who they are, who they've use of and how I'd take advantage of their community.

* What is Linked In, so how exactly does it work and what are the advantages of using it? No-one has yet explained this clearly in their request. You cannot expect that some body receiving this invitation understands what you're asking them to join or how it'd be advantageous to them. It would be useful to have a passage or two explaining how it works and mentioning a specific effect anyone behind the invitation loved from membership. It could be that people assume that since 'basic account is free,' the normal person with this request will go ahead and join. But even when it will not charge money, time would be taken by joining. You still require to 'sell' people o-n going for a free activity, especially with respect to a task or organization that could be different for them.

* No one got the time to head off possible misunderstandings or objections to the account. As I'm concerned that joining would open me up to large amount of email and calls that would waste my time and in-which I would have no interest, a non-member of Linked-in. If you are concerned with reading, you will certainly require to check up about partner site. Again, you can't suppose that something free is thereby enticing; you must imagine why some-one may have questions or dismiss the theory and handle those objections.

* Using a refined request that is almost the exact same as everyone else's doesn't produce a good effect. Even if the text supplied by Linked-in were powerful, which it is not, you had wish to give your individual stamp to it.

Aside from being irritated that they're obviously encouraging individuals to send invitations that make little sense, I've nothing against Linked In. Perhaps it's a good business. My position is that its members have to use good sense and basic marketing maxims to encourage active, cynical people to give it a chance..