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Being fed up with cold sales pitch outreach via social networks like LinkedIn
Stop The Inhumane Social Spam
The times to spam people’s inbox with a copy-paste sales text are over. Building a network by showing interest, providing value and helping are king.
Read on if you’re fed up with those annoying “look at me and what we can do” sales messages right after you connect with someone.
You Received A Message
Another day, another message in my LinkedIn inbox. Someone with a similar background reaching out to share interests and maybe fortify your network.
Sounds nice, and it’s a personal(ized) writeup. I connect.
1 hour passes.
A new message on LinkedIn is alerted on my phone…
*BOOM* there is it is, the business presentation copy-paste message:
Hello Edwin, it is nice to e-meet you as well Is your company in need of experienced developers to match any of your requirements?
I represent ********, a full-cycle development company. I see great potential in our cooperation. There is a software development team to help you to deal with your tasks: — Web development (B2B and B2C segments); — Provide separate developers or whole…