Use LinkedIn for a mass email without angering your connections
Do you remember my cranky post railing against people who add me to their e-newsletter lists as soon as we connect on LinkedIn? I send those people’s communications straight to spam.
However, earlier this year I received a mass email from a LinkedIn connection that did not make me angry. Why? Because the sender made it clear that she would not bombard me with emails. Here’s the start of her email:
Why did this email work for me?
- The sender immediately reassured me that I was not being added to a frequent newsletter without my consent. Also, she enhanced her credibility by explaining why some recipients might see more of her than only her annual message.
- She sounded like a human being in her writing style, as shown by the third paragraph in the image.
- She offered some interesting information in the rest of the email.
Is this a technique that you could adapt for your communications with your LinkedIn connections? Tell me how it works out if you try it.
