After writing about people not customizing each LinkedIn invite, I realized some of this may be happening by accident (I can remember doing this myself a while ago). LinkedIn makes it SO easy to fire off invitations to connect in an instant. It practically begs you to do it. In past versions of the mobile app, the default message was your only option if you initiated connections from the mobile app.

The good news is that’s no longer the case, and LinkedIn made customizing invites from the mobile easy. Unfortunately, how to do this isn’t obvious. Once I point it out, you’ll probably be surprised you didn’t notice it before.

You ever ask a question and have someone react completely differently than you expected? I mean they come back with something so over the top, you replay what you asked in your head to see how they could ever respond that way?

Last week, a friend of mine sent me an email after reading the post about how I handle the LinkedIn mistake way too many people make. Her simple question (Just saw your invite to connect. I was just wondering what prompted your interest in connecting with me on LinkedIn?) led to the most overly dramatic message I’ve ever seen on Linkedin. If you have one that can top it, I’d be surprised. [Read more…]