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LinkedIn

Ridiculous LinkedIn Invite Messages

teddy Burriss - Foolish LinkedIn Invite messages

I will keep adding to this list as I discover other ridiculous LinkedIn Invite notes:
(I did not correct the Grammar and spelling issues.)
(Share the text you have gotten and if it is ridiculous enough I’ll add to this list & attribute you.)

  • Hey Teddy Burriss, I like your profile. Let’s connect!
  • Teddy and Obi-Wan Kenobi walk into a bar…
  • Noticed that we’ve got some mutual connections, so I thought it’d make perfect sense for us to connect! Up to you though🙂
  • I’m always looking to grow my network and thought it’d be great to connect if you’re open to it?
  • It would be a pleasure to connect with an expert from Care Services Industry. (I’m not in the Care Services Industry)
  • I’m focusing on growing my network with fellow Michigan alumni. (I’m a MD Terp)
  • I came across your profile while searching for Speech Therapists who have experience working with pediatric patients in the North East Chicago area. (Im not a speech therapist or in the North East Chicago area)
  • I’m always looking to grow my network of professionals in the Tech Industry and I see that we have some mutual connections as well. (we have 1 shared connection and I am not in the Tech Industry)
  • Do you currently use any packaging materials when you ship out your product? (I am not a shipper)
  • Hi Teddy, I wanted to connect with you because we are both working with real estate investment in California. (I am not in the real estate industry, let alone in California.)
  • Hey, I’d like to connect if you have a “digital” problem we might help resolve. (So you will connect only if I become a client?)
  • After a quick scan of your profile, it seems you may be the type of person I would introduce myself to at a networking event! (yet you never replied to my message back to you)
  • Hey Teddy – this is shot in the dark.
  • Hey Teddy, let’s connect! Have a quick question for you.
  • Hi Teddy, I noticed we’re both in NYC and know some of the same people. (I’m in NC)
  • On Behalf of IPSOS, We are inviting professional like you to join in the paid Online Surveys on topic of Stationary/Office related purchase you will earn rewards every time you participate in survey maximum up to $300. Share your number you are interested. (really?)
  • I really wanted to connect. As such, I’ve decided not to send you the generic LinkedIn invite! I look forward to making your acquaintance. (and nothing more)
  • Hi Teddy, I just seen you from LinkedIn suggestion and thought that it would be worth to connect.
  • Your profile took my interest, it’s really impressive.
  • “You look like a friend of mine, but he is no longer with us. I feel familiar with you. I hope we can have a good communication”
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LinkedIn Social Media

Don’t be this social media user

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Don’t become that social media user who:

  • everyone wonders, “could he be one of those Kenyan or Russian Bots or just a Fake Account.
  • their network thinks they are only trying to sell their latest widget.
  • only spouts political or religious stuff online.
  • strives to foster fear and animosity in their network.
  • only looks to ‘pick a fight’ in every comment.
  • gets all excited when they hijack a conversation.
  • only shares pics of drop-dead gorgeous, sexy, lean, slick, shimmering scantily clad cars or multimillion-dollar estates.
  • drops stuff into social media hourly, but never joins into the conversations.
  • has a stuck selfie trigger finger.
  • seeks opportunities to criticize, condemn and complain about anything all the time.
  • sends out friend requests and connection requests to every Tom, Dick, and Harry in the Milkyway.
  • the moment they discover you disagree with them in any way they remove you as a Friend or Connection.
  • has never updated their social media profiles in the past 30 years. (hehe)
  • still has their college yearbook picture as their profile pic.
  • shares everything from Publisher Clearing House Ginsu knives, stories of the lost Satchsquatch, the best practices of cutting glass, etc, etc, but never anything about themselves or their family/community.
  • shares everything across all social media platforms at once.
  • feels the nasty/disgusting language they use on social media is ok, even though they would never say it in real life.
  • says, I don’t care about people on social media. They are not real to me.
  • does not verify what they post, especially when it seems like it could be fake.

This is just a shortlist of the types of social media users we should strive not to be.
If you want to create value using social media, enjoy using social media, be trusted, respected and even liked for your use of social media, be better than all this above.

Consider how you are using social media. Remember, it all has to be TRUHE

  • Transparent
  • Relevant
  • Useful
  • Honest
  • Engaging, exciting, educational, entertaining

And, it can’t be all about you.

/Teddy