I ran out of LinkedIn invitations

A colleague reached out to me on LinkedIn because he hit his 100 invitation limit.

I’ve never hit that limit because I stopped inviting people based on job titles.

My approach years ago was to search for a job title like “executive coach” or “entrepreneur” and then invite them to connect.

My reason for connecting was solely because of their job title.

Sounded like a great strategy at the time, but most “executive coaches” or “entrepreneurs” weren’t looking for help with LinkedIn when we connected.

Today, I have a completely different, more effective approach you will learn in the next Linked Accelerator class.

Back to Sam’s question about the 100-invitation limit…

Last year, LinkedIn limited you to 100 invitations per week because people were getting too aggressive with the “spray and pray” approach.

Instead of inviting people to connect, Follow them.

When you Follow someone, they will receive a notification.

From my experience, most people invite you to connect if you Follow them first.

It’s a great way to flip the script.

Before Follow was an option, I used to view profiles if I wanted to connect with…