"Hi Stephane! Thanks for accepting my invitation. I like meeting like-minded people and would love a call to introduce myself..."
How do you handle these situations? I don't want to be rude, and those who know me know I'm a talker... But if I spent 30 minutes with everyone who made an introduction like that, I couldn't do any real work.
So what's your trick?
Me? I look at the person's profile and assess whether there's ground for an interesting conversation to be had. If not, my response is something like, "Thanks XYZ, I'm happy to connect. However, this is not how I approach my networking on LinkedIn. However, if you have something specific you want to talk about, let me know and we can find time to discuss it."
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