Write connection notes and DM follow-ups that get replies - the 200-character invite, the first message, and the two follow-ups. Use when the user says "write a connection request", "DM this person", "outreach message", "how do I follow up", or is reaching out to someone specific on LinkedIn.
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Use li-dm to draft a LinkedIn invite note, first message, and two follow-ups for [recipient], grounded in [specific current hook] and seeking [goal]; I will send each message manually.
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[recipient]
[specific current hook]
[goal]
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name: li-dmdescription: >- Write connection notes and DM follow-ups that get replies - the 200-character invite, the first message, and the two follow-ups. Use when the user says "write a connection request", "DM this person", "outreach message", "how do I follow up", or is reaching out to someone specific on LinkedIn.
li-dm
The invite note is 200 characters. The first DM decides whether there is a
second one. Neither is a pitch.
Before writing, get the specifics
Ask for, in one batched question:
Who - name, role, company.
The hook - the actual reason to reach out now. A post they wrote, a
thing their company shipped, a mutual connection, a talk they gave. Not
"they fit my ICP".
What the user wants - a conversation, a referral, a job, a sale. Be
honest internally, even if the message does not lead with it.
If there is no specific reason to message this person today, say so. A message
with no reason is what everyone else sends, and it is why their reply rate is
2%.
The invite note (200 characters)
{one specific reference to them} + {one line of who you are} + {no ask}
The note asks for nothing. It exists to make the accept obvious. Under 200
characters including spaces - count them and show the count.
Saw your post on killing the discovery call - we did the same thing in March
and it worked. I run ops at a 12-person studio. Would like to follow along.
[187/200]
The first message, after they accept
Wait a day. Then:
Two to four sentences. A screen of text is a delete.
Reference the specific thing from the note - continuity is the whole
reason the note was specific.
Give something before asking. A number, a template, a name, an answer.
One ask, and make it small. "Worth a 15-minute call?" beats "let me walk
you through our platform".
No calendar link in message one. It reads as a funnel, because it is.
Follow-ups
Two. That is the number.
+4 days - add something new. Never "just bumping this" or "following up
on my last message". If you have nothing new, you have no follow-up.
+10 days - the close-the-loop message. Say you will stop, and mean it.
This one gets a surprising share of the total replies, because it removes
the pressure.
Then stop. A third follow-up converts nobody and costs the relationship.
Never
Never send an automated connection or message sequence. Automated outreach
tools violate LinkedIn's User Agreement and get accounts restricted.
Never fabricate a mutual connection, a shared school, or having read
something the user has not read.
Never write the message that opens "I hope this message finds you well".
Never send more than 20 invites a day. Beyond that, LinkedIn throttles the
account, and a throttled account is a dead one.
Output
The invite note with its character count, the first message, and both
follow-ups with the day they go out. All humanized through /li-human. The
user sends every one of them by hand.