Whether you are a beginner or have been on a Linkedin a long time replying to each Linkedin invite is truly a gold mine. Most people who have large growing networks and receive multiple invites everyday often do not practice answering all invites. The main reason people overlook this step is simple, “not enough time”.

I am going to show you a way to both capitalize of this great resource and save a ton of time in the process. First lets look at how you can accept invites and reply to them. Once you go to your inbox and choose to only view invitations we can begin to accept the invitations.

Next as you begin to accept the invitations you have the option to send a message to the person who just invited you. Once you do this, you will continue back to the page of accepting invites and sending a message. This moves pretty quickly once you get the hang of it with just a few clicks.

The Message: This cannot be overlooked. You will need to refine your response to just a few bullet point sentences along with a call to action and a link to your website, blog, etc… Next you will want to save this as a word document so all you have to do is copy and paste it into your message response field. Once this is copied to your clipboard you can continue to paste countless times as you respond to the invites.

Here is an example of a message I copy and paste:

Thank you for the invite, I am absolutely thrilled!

As a new connection I would like to send you some of my
Linkedin Strategies I have discovered along with my eBook
“Fast Start Guide to Linkedin Success” at no cost.

Just Register here to receive the details: http://bit.ly/1dkaOI

~All the best,

Randy Schrum
Join me at the number #1 Linked Strategy Group on Linkedin http://bit.ly/13BGkp

Now you have a fast, efficient, and effective way to answer Linkedin invitations.

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