Sending messages to new LinkedIn connections: a needless drag and a small smart example

 A  recent conversation

Sender:             Hey

Me:                    Hey

Sender:             What do you do?

Me:                   Check out my profile please. You'll find what you're asking for.

Sender:             Impressive. So where are you.

Me:                   Emm, I won't take further questions unless you tell me what this is about and why I                                  should spare my time

Sender:              Do you know about XYZ product:

Me:                    Nope. I'm not a fan of the XYZ things though.

Sender:               [ Doesn't understand or decided to ignore my last reply. And continued to make an                                        unsuccessful case for the said XYZ product]

Me:                     Look, "Not a fan though"= Not interested in the XYZ thing. If you truly want to help                                me, as you said, come up with a proposal related to---------. Are you up for it? 

 Sender:                [ Disappears]


Comment: People, one can practically find anything just by taking a careful and inquisitive look through the  profile of a real person on LinkedIn.

Mine is rated 5 star by LinkedIn, meaning that all the sections  are completed upto the smallest relevant details. 

Anyone who prefers not to  research about prospects, but chooses to go dancing naked on the street, should not blame people when they don't respond to messages that are clearly baseless and a waste of time.

Here's another message from a new connection

"Hello M.  --------

  "It's nice connecting with you on LinkedIn  "I am a data analysts/ scientists with skill in R, python, tableau, I love drawing insight from data. 

 "Once again, it is a privilege connecting with you."


These two senders are selling something, though different things. They don't know me personally and they didn't view my profile. But Their approach is clearly different. One is 'a drag', the other is 'smart'

The former took something away from me and added nothing. 

The letter took nothing but started something interesting. so I replied:

 "Welcome ------
  "Nice getting to know you....

"Kalu."

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