Deal-maker, Attorney, Speaker, Author of Authentic Negotiating | Host of DealQuest Podcast which has over 300 episodes discussing deals, corporate strategy and business growth
How do you handle people who you connect with on LinkedIn and the first thing they do is message you with a solicitation? I agreed to connect with someone I didn't know personally as they were in the financial services industry in which I have a lot of clients and because we had a number of mutual connections. I then promptly received a message soliciting me for an investment. Here is what wrote. What do you think? What is your approach? [Name], I wish you all the best, but I will be disconnecting with you here as is my policy for anyone who requests a LinkedIn connection and then immediately solicits me. I am committed to building authentic business relationships and not transactional ones, and I do not find people whose first communication prior to building any relationship is a solicitation to be in alignment with me. Good luck with your business endeavors, Corey
Well written! I get so annoyed and stunned that I am speechless when this happens. I will follow your lead and let them know tactfully that their business approach is not in line with my integrity. Thank you for sharing!
This post has, certainly, hit a cord. Soliciting first violates one of my 5 tenets of building authentic business relationships - Give First! If you are curious what the other 4 tenets are, take a look at this blog post I wrote a few months ago: https://coreykupfer.com/2017/11/16/can-build-better-business-relationships/
Appreciate you contacting me. I'm not interested.
Great and very polite answer. I take umbrage with the people who ask what my core business is ? They are writing me but can't read my profile? I just bless and block them.
You are much nicer than me. I immediately disconnect.
Ugh...
Disconnect
I try not to connect with people on LinkedIn that I haven’t at least met at a function or done some business with.
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1 年I immediately remove the connection. Simple as that.