![]() How might this be a gift or an opportunity for me? I responded: Hi. ![]() ![]() I read Sam’s note, and I had a bunch of reactions. For perspective, Sam is the CEO of a private equity-backed company in a hugely-popular industry with products being sold in over 30,000 stores in 125 countries. I am putting myself out there because this is a learning experience for me. I’m not using the CEO’s real name, because I’m not here to publicly shame the CEO or the company. If that isn't the intent - forgive my conditioned jaded-ness and let me know what you'd like to talk about - always happy to engage in genuine and thought provoking networking. If you want to sell something - you should be straight forward and just ask. If that's the case - shame on you for perpetuating that toxic behavior on this otherwise beneficial platform. : Hi Claudia, LinkedIn has conditioned me to believe seemingly well minded and thoughtful overtures like above are actually opaque, underhanded and gutless approaches to securing a sales call without being honest about intention. I’d welcome an opportunity to learn more about your company and the issues/opportunities your facing and share some of the projects I’m working on with other CEOs like you as well. Apparently, I suck at it because this happened: Me:, Thanks for connecting. If the request was accepted, I sent a follow-up note asking if the individual was open to a brief discussion. Relationships first.Įxactly six days ago, I began searching out leaders of big companies, small companies, interesting companies, iconic companies – I mean, why not? What do I have to lose? I sent connection requests along with a personal note. I thought that’s what I was trying to do. You might hope that it will lead to sales as a natural result, but your primary mission is to build connections with people you might not otherwise have a chance in hell of connecting with because of your location, your job, your network, or a million other reasons. Have you ever tried to use LinkedIn to build relationships? I mean to actually build relationships.
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