Comments on: Cold Calling On LinkedIN Rant

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:48:10 +0000

What about the fact that many business managers today claim that they dont have time to pick up the phone for a cold call, but would rather appreciate an email instead?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:17:41 +0000

I found your post by Googling part of the LinkedIn message I received verbatim. I actually got the message twice, but the two people were actually listed as alumni of my school and also members of the alumni group on LinkedIn. So the first message I thought might be real, as the guy was listed as being at my college at the same time, but when I got the second one, red flags stood up in earnest. Your post confirms it. I was curious, though, if you responded to any of them? I thought about calling the guy just to call him out on the whole ordeal.

By: JAPS

JAPS — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:34:09 +0000

ya, i got the same message, and here i thought linkedin somehow got themselves above this

By: Cassie Dull

Cassie Dull — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:25:52 +0000

Just to confirm that it is a mass message/spam, I received the EXACT same message on LinkedIn. When I caught that they used the term "doing some things online" without saying exactly what they were looking for or specifying what traits on my profile really caught their eye, I trashed it. But now I'm thinking that a reply with a link to this post would be in order.

By: Ryan L. Cox

Ryan L. Cox — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:01:58 +0000

Am I the only one that truly appreciates the Kanye interruption ending? [Stands up to clap] Well done sir. Well done. Side note: couldn't agree more with invitation/connection/network marketing spam.

By: kylelacy

kylelacy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:15:11 +0000

I also saw that statistic. It is crazy!

By: kylelacy

kylelacy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:13:15 +0000

I don't have a problem with cold calling. Pick up the phone and call me then. This is about a canned email to a ton of people about a stupid product.

A canned email is 10 times different than a cold call. I actually appreciate cold calls.

By: Mike McCurry

Mike McCurry — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:09:26 +0000

Kyle, I could not agree with you more… I too am sick and tired of getting these random tweets from spammers who I am not connected with and who have not taken time to get to know me. Nothing makes me hit the "block" button quicker than this type of message. Thank god I have a "block" button to hit.

I saw a statistic yesterday that "90% of the email sent now is by spammers" …. actually that came from the "Do You Know" video you posted. That is scary stuff.

Keep fighting the good fight… we appreciate you!

@michaelmccurry

By: kylekeesling

kylekeesling — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:53:26 +0000

I'm with Nicki. I definitely can agree that spam is annoying but at the same time I'm not always against cold calls. Do you have other friends/connections who received the same message?

I know there can be a lot of overlap between the telemarketing/spam/cold calls, but sometimes, especially if you're a little guy or new to the market, cold calls are a reasonable means to either gain recognition or find clients.

By: Nicki Laycoax

Nicki Laycoax — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:59:01 +0000

It's definitely possible that it's spam, but you were probably contacted because you are a very well known name in the social media world and your expertise is desired by not only professionals, but also those with little experience in the medium. I wonder if telling them that you have a large retainer fee will steer away the ones that *are* just spammers, but then possibly landing a couple of whale clients?