Did you know that you have 15 free Inmails on LinkedIn
every month?
Yay!
Perhaps I should define Inmails.
Inmails are the free
email messages you can send to people who are in the same group as you are on
LinkedIn. You do not need to be connected to them. You can message these
members directly to ask them a question regarding a post they published in the
group or you can ask them about their business, etc. This is a good thing,
because it is considered rude to carry on an in-depth conversation with them through
the comment thread of a group post.
Here is what has transpired.
We used to be able to send as many Inmails through the
groups on LinkedIn as we wanted...well, to a limit of about 300 a day. I know
because I had my account temporarily sent to 'LinkedIn Jail' for sending out
too many in one day.
There were so many people that I wanted to connect with
on a deeper level than just posting blogs and comments in the groups I belonged
to. I wanted to invite them to come join my group. I also discovered that going
into a group and inviting the members to come join my group is rude...I read
the Terms of Use.
That won't happen again!
Here is what LinkedIn has done with their platform and
why.
There were a lot of people like me who were trying to
meet and chat with individuals through the groups that LinkedIn received many...MANY
spam reports! LinkedIn was forced to take aggressive action. So they shut down
the ability for those of us on the FREE platform to send Inmails out through
the groups. However, this was only temporary.
Now they have reprogrammed LinkedIn so that people on the
FREE platform can send up to 15 FREE Inmails per month. These can be sent to people in the groups we
have joined to enable us to build deeper relationships for business.
If you need more Inmails per month, you can also purchase
bundles of 15 Inmails at a rate of $150.00 per bundle. If you are considering purchasing these bundles, rethink
your idea.
Get on a paid platform for $50.00 per month. Your
investment includes 15 Inmails a month + you still receive 15 free Inmails a
month. 15 paid + 15 FREE = 30 Inmails a month!
There are also many other benefits you receive on the
paid platform. Well worth the investment.
We cannot expect LinkedIn to keep supplying us with all
the FREE benefits of their platform forever. Somewhere they need to "pay the
piper", and so do we.
For more tips and tricks with LinkedIn come to our
complimentary webinar series, Sifting Through the Media Noise. May 10th at 4pm Mountain Time.
Christine Till
The Marketing Mentress
www.marketingmentress.com
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marketingmentress
www.2csuccess.com
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