How to Send Networking DMs Without Getting Ghosted

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You ready to get one step closer to landing your target job?

Today I’ll be sharing how you can send networking DMs without getting ghosted.

Let’s dive in.

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How You Can Send Networking DMs That (Actually) Get Responses

1. Message People in Your Target Role

Use LinkedIn to filter for ‘people’ in your target role.

Focus on people at your target companies that you have common experiences with…

Such as people from your university, from the same area, or with the same background as you.

This is gonna increase your response rate drastically.

2. Be Specific in Your Message

Here’s some messages that I wouldn’t respond to:

1. Selling

2. Too vague

Here’s some messages that have gotten me responses:

1. Hey Nishant - I’d love to learn more about your role as a data analyst at Google and your previous role at EXL. As an immigrant in US as well I’d love to understand your career journey. Excited to get in touch.

2. Hey Neeraj - Congrats on your new role at Amazon as a data engineer! I’m also a big machine enthusiast and would love to learn about your experience at Amazon. As an immigrant as well, your insights would be invaluable.

3. Hey Milinda - I’d love to learn more about your Machine Learning role at LinkedIn and transition from Twitter. As an immigrant in the US as well I’d love to learn from your career journey. Excited to get in touch.

The difference?

• Specific information

• Relevant details

• Short and sweet

Keep your messages relevant.

Scan through their LinkedIn profile to see what information you can use in your message.

Bonus tip - always look at how ‘active’ they are on LinkedIn

They’ll be more likely to answers if they have likes, comments, or posts in the last 90 days.

But even with all this… you’ll still get 10% (or less) to respond to you.

Why? Cause most people aren’t on LinkedIn THAT often. And don’t respond to everyone.

So it’s important to have quantity and quality.

3. Quantity and Quality

“How many DMs should I send?”

It’s up to you… but I recommend as many quality ones as you have time for. Ideally more than 20 per week.

And if you send 30 and get 3-4 responses, that’s a win. That could lead to multiple interviews and new connections.

So what’re you waiting for?

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