Rudolf Vedo CT wrote:
Inviting someone to connect is free, and you have 200 characters to use as an introduction. It's not a lot, but should be enough if your message is crafted tightly enough. I know you're theoretically not supposed to invite people you don't already know outside of LinkedIn, but judging the odd assortment of invitations I regularly receive, everybody does it. Most don't seem to bother with using the invite character allotment at all -- they just send the invite, so a personal invite message alone would probably get somebody's attention.
I've been using LinkedIn since 2007 and this social network has changed a lot of the years. There was a time when you couldn't (or at least I couldn't) invite people you did not know -- you had to enter their email address to prove you were friends with them. They could also reject the invitation by stating they didn't know you.
I don't know whether you can now send invitations to people you don't know, but 200 characters are not enough for the pitch I have crafted. And since it works (in terms of response rate), I guess I'll keep using LinkedIn's InMail 
Claudia
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