When I get an impersonal invitation from someone I know I have never met I either ignore it or flag it as spam to the people at HQ LinkedIn. However when I get a personal email from someone I know I have never met I send this;
“Thank you for your kind invitation to your network. Online or offline, networking is simply building relationships -the 3 key steps being 1. Know, 2. Like, 3. Trust. As we have not yet met I am afraid I am unable to accept your invitation and this is a rule I follow without exception.
When you become part of my network I want to be able to help, recommend and introduce all my level 1 contacts to anyone when asked. I know you will appreciate this would be difficult if we haven't actually met. I do hope you will understand my thinking here. You may think I am silly but this is an inflexible principle I have decided to adopt when using LinkedIn
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