How do you get the most out of birthday wishes on LinkedIn?

I am very humbled to have an inbox full of birthday wishes and would like to thank you all. Since my job is to use this network as a business tool, let me share with you a few best practices regarding birthdays.

This is the most practical way to get info about other people's birthdays in the first place:

Keep in mind that it is a bad manner to try to use this to do business.

What you can do is to build relationships.

The more personalized the message, the better.

If you are the one getting this wish, you may thank others in a personalized manner as well.

I am sorry Aneta Machová , that I missed your birthday; please allow me to make it right this way :)

And best wishes to Ji?í Melkus , and thank you to Deepak Bhardwaj !