How to manage, filter, remove and make better LinkedIn connections

How to screen incoming LinkedIn connection requests, how to remove LinkedIn connections, and how to make yourself better LinkedIn connections.

• This is a summary of an article originally published on 3rd May 2021 as 'How to manage LinkedIn connections' at David Petherick's Doctor is In Blog

1: How to screen incoming LinkedIn connection requests

You may have dozens of LinkedIn connection requests that you don't quite know what to do with. A recent conversation with a client revealed a startling fact. They had several hundred connection requests just sitting in limbo. They had no idea what to do with them.

Hopefully, your situation is not so bad. But do you accept all requests, and hope there are no bad actors among them? Or do you reject them all en masse, to be on the safe side?

• There is a better way to manage things with your LinkedIn connection requests - click through to find out more.

2) How to remove a connection on LinkedIn

Visit the profile of the individual you want to disconnect from, and click on the 'More...' button as shown in the screenshot below.

3) How to make better LinkedIn connection requests, and make better LinkedIn connections

It's actually quite simple.

Start with people you already know, like and trust.

• You can import your contacts from your email account whenever you like, and LinkedIn will show you people on LinkedIn who are in your contacts list, that you are not connected to yet.
• Then take a look at the interesting friends of friends - look at those recommended to you by LinkedIn's algorithm, or better, do searches based on your own criteria.
• For example, people who live in the same area as you
• People who have similar job titles to you
• People who wen to the same school, college or university
• Your biggest friend here is starting with an advanced search on LinkedIn
• I've created a shortcut which you can use to reach the advanced search interface. You'll need to be logged in to LinkedIn - then click mzs.es/search
• If you don't feel safe clicking an unknown link, copy the string below into your browser and enter it.
• https://www.dhirubhai.net/search/results/people/

Now we get to the juicy bit.

This is an advanced search on LinkedIn.

• Find out more about how to carry out advanced searches on LinkedIn
• This is a summary of an article originally published on 3rd May 2021 as 'How to manage LinkedIn connections' at David Petherick's Doctor is In Blog

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