Aja Frost says, “Most prospects have tens (or even hundreds) of pending LinkedIn invites to respond to — which means that when they finally get to yours, it’s only getting mere seconds of attention.

And in such a short span of time, a single bad line can condemn your invite to the “ignore” pile.

If you want your invites to make it all the way to your prospects’ inboxes, never use these nine clunkers again.

1) “We’re both members of [LinkedIn group].”

You know it’s important to establish common ground with the prospect — what better way to do that than mention a LinkedIn group you both belong to?

In fact, there are plenty of better ways. Since LinkedIn users can join up to 100 groups, and many groups have hundreds of thousands of members, belonging to the same one as someone else is hardly special. This line leaves prospects wondering, “So what?”

What to Say Instead:

If your prospect belongs to a group with fewer than 100 people, that’s the one to hone in on. Request to join, and once you’ve been approved, look for a comment or post they’ve made”.

9 Lines Singlehandedly Ruining Your LinkedIn Connection Requests

HubSpot

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