Effective Strategies for Unanswered Networking Requests on LinkedIn

Many LinkedIn users face the challenge of how to deal with unanswered networking requests. This article presents various strategies to effectively handle this situation and increase the chances of successful networking.

Withdrawing the Networking Request

A common practice is to withdraw a networking request if it has not been accepted. It is recommended to retract requests after five days if there’s no acceptance (via CompLeadly). Moreover, LinkedIn blocks a repeat request to the same person for the next 30 days. CompLeadly automatically adopts this period as a waiting time, so the request will not be resent.

Reattempting to Connect

For users aiming to reach specific target groups or premium contacts, there are further strategies. One of them is liking the posts of target contacts. This increases visibility and reminds the persons of you and thus your pending networking request. After a networking request is made, a person can be added to a special group for liking posts, enabling further interactions.

Additional Contact Attempts

Another method is to include the person, whose invitation was withdrawn, in a special target group for InMails. This allows contacting the person with an InMail after a predetermined period. It’s also possible to check if the profile is an OpenProfile to send free messages via InMail.

Profile Visits as a Strategy

Another approach is to regularly visit the target person’s profile. This increases the likelihood of the target person becoming aware of your profile, as LinkedIn shows who has visited the profile.”