Want to learn how to get more connections on LinkedIn?
If so you are in the right place, as today I'm going to share five tips with you, that you can follow to increase your LinkedIn connections.
Today we're going to talk about connections on LinkedIn, how they differ from followers and what you can do to get more connections on your account. Make sure you read this blog until the very end, because i will show you how to get 500 Linkedin connections fast in 2022.
Some people believe that you should only accept connection requests from people you've met in person. Now I disagree with that. Let's think about this, why are you on LinkedIn? If you still see LinkedIn as a place where you just put up your CV and forget about it, then by all means just connect to people you know personally.
However, if you are on LinkedIn to get more leads, grow your business, or to land that dream role of yours, you need to be as connected as possible. It's just that straightforward. The more first degree connections you will have, and these end up people already in your network, the more second degree connections you will have access to, and these are the people your connections are connected with.
In just a moment, I'm going to share five Tips with you, that you can follow to increase LinkedIn connections.
How to get 500 LinkedIn connections fast
let's dive into the five strategies you can follow to get 500 LinkedIn connections fast on your profile.
1. LinkedIn search
LinkedIn has very strong search capabilities, that not many people are deploying to the fullest. So let's say your target market is the CEOs. What you should do now is go to LinkedIn search and type in CEOs in the search bar. This brings up 8.7 million profiles that are already have a keyword, a CEO, somewhere in them. You can refine the search even further by selecting the locations that are relevant to you and pick the industry that you want these people to be in. Another awesome trick that not many people know about, is that you can do multiple keyword searches at the same time.
There are two binding keywords I need you to remember, and these are AND and OR. Let's say I want it to find all CEOs, directors, and founders on LinkedIn. In that case, I would structure my search like this. LinkedIn will bring back all people who are either CEOs or directors or founders. And this has gotten us 42 million results. This works the other way around as well. Let's say, I want you to find all CEOs who are also hiring. In this case, I would structure my keywords to be ceo AND hiring, and LinkedIn would bring back all the people who have both of these keywords somewhere in their profile.
Now, the only thing I want to remind you, is that you want to connect to people who are active on LinkedIn. There is honestly no point connecting with someone, who only logs in once a year. So what you want to do, is go to their activity section and check out if they have shared their own content lately, or they have been engaging with other people's posts.
2. Hashtags and Conversations
Another awesome way to connect with people in your industry, is by using hashtags that are relevant to your field. If you don't want to know how hashtags the LinkedIn work or how to find the best hashtags for your niche, definitely check out my video on hashtags after this one. Assuming that you are very familiar with hashtags in your field, I want you to go ahead and search for them in the search bar and find posts that are generating a lot of conversation.
Now, I want you to pay close attention to the comments section and engage with people who are commenting. Reference their point of view, share your opinion and ask the question. Whenever you do this, that person will receive a notification, that you have left to comment for them. And they will definitely want to get back to you or at least check out your profile. From here, you should send out a connection request saying that you really enjoyed the perspective they were sharing, and that you would love to stay connected with people, sharing cool ideas in the field.
Now another thing that works really well, if you reference people who are very well known in your industry, is by taking a look at the likes their posts have gotten. You can identify which people seem interesting here and send them a connection request that go something along the lines of. Hey Carey, I noticed that you're also a fan of Gary Vee. I would really love to stay connected and keep up with your work, because I really enjoyed the tips you shared on X, Y, and Z. They were really cool. Chat soon, Vendy.
3. Groups
Now I'm sure many of you are part of so many different groups on Facebook. What I want you to do is to take the time to find those people on LinkedIn and send them a connection request, saying something like, I noticed that we are both a part of this Facebook group for marketing. I just really wanted to find out, how did you fell into the field? And of course, this doesn't just relate to groups and Facebook, you should absolutely explore the relevant groups on LinkedIn as well, and connect with people, referencing something that they maybe shared in a group ,that you found interesting or something else that you found on your profile.
4. Create Content
Now you've heard me say this before, but if you are serious about growing on LinkedIn, you have to create content. This is how you get discovered by people outside your network. Answer to get more engagement on LinkedIn, is that if I post something and you like or comment on my post, now people in your network will also be able to see my content. So the more first degree connections you have, the more second degree connections will be exposed to your content. I promise that as you start releasing content more consistently, you will see many new connection requests coming your way. And this is because people will appreciate the value you're providing and they just want to see more of it, so they want to stay connected.
So simply put, if you want high quality connections, you have to produce high quality content. This is exactly how you establish yourself as a thought leader in your field. People will start perceiving you as an authority on your subject matter, and they will want to work with you more, because they will see that, you know what you're talking about. So make sure you watch this video to understand how the LinkedIn algorithm works and how you can structure your content for maximum engagement.
5. Connect with people who are engaging with you
Now that you're providing value through your content, make sure you're connecting with people who are liking and commenting on your posts. If people are engaging with your content, it means that they are enjoying what you're producing and you should connect with them and nurture that relationship even further. Another thing you will notice, is that once you start producing content, more and more people will start visiting your profile. Unfortunately, you can only see your profile visits, if you were paying for LinkedIn premium, but if you do have this feature, I want you to be connecting with people who are visiting your profile. Because again, there must have been something that made them want to look you up.
If you know anyone else who would benefit from getting more connections on LinkedIn, definitely share in comment.
why LinkedIn is important
Why don't we take Walt Disney as an example. Let's say I wanted to work in that company, or I wanted them to buy my product. An amazing thing unique to LinkedIn, is that I can look up people who work in that company. If I'm fairly connected, then I will be able to find the exact people I should be reaching out to. So this could be either HR or Sales, because I can see everyone's roles and I can identify who are the key people I should be talking to, to achieve my outcome. So I can see all these people because I already have a good base of first degree connections.
However, if I wasn't that well connected, the search results would look a lot more unclear, where most people would appear as LinkedIn members and I could see what their roles are, but I would have no idea of knowing their names or connection with them. Unless of course I upgraded to LinkedIn premium, which would give me a bit more visibility. But unless you want to pay for this, you should be as connected in your industry as possible and take it upon yourself, making this happen.
LinkedIn do and don't 2022
You should have known that LinkedIn allows you to have up to 30,000 connections in total, and anyone from that point onwards can only become your follower. Whenever you connect with someone new, you automatically start following them. And what this means is that the content they're sharing is now going to appear in your news feed too. If for some reason you were no longer enjoying the content they were sharing, you could unfollow them. And what this would do is that you would no longer see their content within your newsfeed, but you would still be connected, meaning that you could still send them a direct message.
So following someone means seeing their content and being connected with someone means being able to message them directly. Another thing you should remember is that by default, you can only send out 5,000 connection requests in your lifetime. However, having said that, typically, if you reach out to LinkedIn customer support team, they will grant you another 500 to a 1,000 connection requests per month, as long as you haven't been marked as being a spammer or breached any rules.
Too many newbies send a lot of connection in single day and LinkedIn suspend their account for a couple of hours or days, not allowing you to connect to any more people. So rule of thumb, do not look like a bot and you will be ok. Now that you appreciate how powerful it is to be well connected on LinkedIn.
Thank you so much for reading.
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