You’re sending the wrong message

Connecting on LinkedIn? Write something — anything — besides the placeholder.

Robert Mion
1 min readNov 26, 2018

“Hi Robert, I’d like to join your LinkedIn network.”

That’s nice.

  • Who are you, again?
  • Under what circumstances did we meet?
  • What can you offer me and my network by being a member?
  • How can I help you?

Help me remember you

Appeal to my goodwill so I click ‘Accept’

Queue up a topic so I can respond immediately

Make me anxious to inform my network of your inclusion

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Robert Mion
Robert Mion

Written by Robert Mion

Designer, Developer, DataViz, Dad • rmion.com

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