I decided to dress up my latest LinkedIn invitations with some poetry:
Found new connections.
Send mail into the ether.
LinkedIn Spam Is Fun.
You liked this haiku?
Then add me to your network.
(We’re both on LinkedIn.)
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I got a good response rate with this batch (14/34 sent in the first hour). Either it’s because of my title change or the haikus.
Feel free to test them on your next blast and tell me how it works out.
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Someone likes my form of invitations.
Rock on!