Hi Robin. Glad you liked the tips I shared on LinkedIn Invitations.

Personalized invitations make a world of difference, especially if the person you are inviting does not know you. It sends the message that the person who is inviting you has taken the time to read your profile and has not just clicked a button because they liked your mug shot and designation. 🙂

It is a good idea to regularly check in on LinkedIn, whether you are active or not, Liz. Perhaps schedule 15 minutes on a particular day of the week? A lot depends upon where your tribe and connections really hang out. Being active on LinkedIn has a benefit – your name ranks up in Google searches each time someone looks at your profile on LinkedIn!

You are not alone on the luck part. I still attract the Missing Link variety and that is always a hazard on any social media platform. 🙂 What we can do is make sure that we don’t get branded as the Missing Link.

I have received so many boiler plate invitations to connect from people I have never heard of – or have any association with through friends. What a difference a personalized invitation makes!

I appreciate you putting this together. I will be sharing it!

I prefer personalized messages too, Kaz, unless the person is known to me offline or from engagement on another social media platform. Quality of connections is more important than quantity.

The tips will be here for you Joan, whenever you need them. 🙂

LinkedIn is a great place for B2B as well as B2C businesses but what is more important is where your clientele hang out and where you can actively engage with them. You’ve got that area aced.

LinkedIn is a good platform for job seekers to network and connect with other professionals as well as establish their credentials as LinkedIn profiles appear on Google searches.

I have to admit I am not very active on LinkedIn either 😉 These tips you have shared will definately help me once I get back to it thank you! I find that I get more engagement on FB, Google+ and Twitter….so I have been staying with those 🙂

I don’t think many people actually read the LinkedIn TOC, Lesa, even though LinkedIn does send notifications when there are significant changes and alerts can be seen when one logs onto the platform.

Your assessment of Mr ‘Missing Link” was exactly what my friend and I felt at the time and we have both become more alert and monitor our connects. Many people don’t realize that their new connects are visible in others news feeds and if one suddenly notices a spurt in the new connections activity of connecting, that is a warning sign that something is amiss. Thanks for sharing your valuable insights!

You are doing an awesome job on the other platforms which are better aligned to your business, Delia, so LinkedIn may not necessarily be the place for you to focus on other than to learn more about your Tribe or to use the LinkedIn Publisher tool.

I like to know the people I connect with too but am open to connecting with others provided they articulate the reason for wanting to connect and are willing to engage and not go silent after we connect. 🙂