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Vent: Everyone says you need a LinkedIn Premium to network here, but I found a huge flaw
I tried to connect with a local marketing director for three weeks using InMail, but the message just sat unread. I finally just went to a Chamber coffee in Buckhead and met them in person in five minutes. Has anyone else found the paid online tools here just don't work as well as showing up?
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barbaradavis2mo ago
Showed up in person in five minutes" is the part that got me. I spent six months trying to get a meeting with a client over email, then ran into them at the hardware store. We had a deal before I even found the mulch aisle. Sometimes the internet just makes the simple stuff way too hard.
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zaranelson2mo ago
Honestly, I was all about email until that happened to me too.
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david9202mo ago
Oh man, that's so true! I once spent weeks emailing back and forth with a supplier about a tiny problem. We finally set up a video call to fix it, and my cat walked on the keyboard and hung up. Called their office landline on a whim, got a real person, and it was sorted in two minutes. Felt like the biggest goof for not just picking up the phone way sooner.
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michael_williams13d ago
Look, I gotta push back on this a bit. I've been on LinkedIn Premium for about 14 months now and I actually landed a solid consulting gig through an InMail that sat for 11 days before they replied. The key is you have to target the right people - that marketing director probably gets 50 InMails a day from randos. At the chamber coffee, you had a built-in advantage because you were standing right there. But for me, I live in a tiny town an hour from Atlanta, so in-person networking isn't always an option. The search filters alone on Premium have saved me hours of digging through profiles, and the salary insights helped me negotiate better than I would have otherwise. Plus, not every meetup or coffee event is going to have your exact target waiting there. Sometimes the online tools fill a gap when the real world just doesn't line up for you.
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