7-Second Thoughts August 16, 2024

Making friends with prospecting

Assuming that most of your sales are preceded by 1 on 1 conversations, you might consider working the LinkedIn Direct Message (DM) feature into your marketing practice.

Yesterday’s email Would you reply to you?

Concerning the Direct Message (DM) feature on LinkedIn 

Received a number of responses from folks writing in with their profile headline

Here’s why I think it’s worth taking it a step further

And sending that profile headline

Directly to your prospect

gulp

Ok, ok, hold up

That does seem a bit intimidating, so …

What if you started with friends?

Consider DM’ing any services you offer on your website

Say, a newsletter, a service, a package or product

Directly to a friend

As often as you can

Daily is actually easier 

With a message that’s super short and sweet like:

Hey there, I need a fave. Totally ok to say no, but I’m starting this new 

Doesn’t matter if it’s not new, it’s new to them

Service, product, package, email, course, lead generator, etc.

And would love to get your thoughts.

Mind if I send it your way?

And here’s why:

You’ll get some practice …

  1. Lowering your resistance to direct messaging on LinkedIn
  2. Sending out your new profile headline according to yesterday’s email
  3. Selling 1 on 1 to a friendly audience*

I’m here,

Kevin

*which, by the way, is the ultimate goal in all of this – to sell to people who are friendly to what you do.

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