I was looking at my connection requests on LinkedIn the other day.
I do my best to connect with people I’ve met or know in some capacity. But I also do my best to respond to people who write a message.
Roughly 80% of invites come without a personalized message.
Out of the 20% that do come with a message that share some reason for connecting, I always respond with some version of “happy to speak over messages.”
Less than 5% follow up.
I think these numbers are representative of what we see in life. Few make the effort go the extra mile.
And significantly fewer follow up.
Often, the act of following up alone is a stand out act.
It is why 80% of success is just consistently showing up.
