LinkedIn Tips: Adding Contacts

LinkedIn Tips
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Tip 9

Add contacts for whom you know their email addresses.

If you still have contacts to add after following the steps above, then another method to add contacts is to manually type in the name and email address for each and every person to whom you would like to send an invitation. If you have a lot of contacts, this can be time consuming.

To type in information manually:

Click on the “Home” tab.
Click the button “Expand Your Network” in the upper right corner of the page.
Type the names and email addresses of up to 6 people. You can send 6 people the same email to invite them to the network. Say for example, you worked with four people on a project. You can fill in the names and email addresses for those four people, and send a customized message that mentions the project. Note that the email your contacts receive will not indicate in the header (to and cc fields) that anyone else has received an invitation, so you’ll need to word your email with that in mind (if you don’t use the default body text).

Tip 10

Add contacts for whom you do not know their email addresses.

If you find a contact using one of the various methods described above, but don’t know the contact’s email address, you have three options (keeping in mind the warning near the top of the first page of tips):

Ask for the address. Find the contact’s email address the old-fashioned way: Ask the contact or someone who knows the contact for an email address.
Guess the address. Say you know your ex-coworker Joe Tango works for BogusCo. You could guess that Joe’s email address is jtango@BogusCo, tangoj@BogusCo.com, joe.tango@BogusCo.com, or joe_tango@BogusCo.com. One of these might work. On the other hand, your email to jtango@BogusCo.com could end up being sent to Judith Tango, who may not appreciate your misdirected email.
Use LinkedIn’s Introduction feature. Use LinkedIn’s search functionality to find your potential contact. Open their profile, then click the button “Get Introduced.” Ask your direct contact to forward your introduction to connect with the potential contact.
Use search engines. Try finding the person’s email address using search engines such as the following

Use other networks and directories. If you cannot find your potential contact on LinkedIn, try other networks and directories such as the following:

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