How To Grow 10K LinkedIn Connections with Jess Tiffany #250

Our guest today is Jess Tiffany, public speaker and author of the book Growth Hacking: Strategically Grow Your Business Connections from Zero to 10K in 365 Days. Jess has over 18K LinkedIn connections in LinkedIn and leverages those connections daily to grow his digital marketing agency, book sales and speaking engagements. Now get this, he grew nearly half of those in just one year. In this episode Jess will share his process on how to grow 10K LinkedIn connections with practical advice on how to take action.

Grow Connections from Connections

The process for growth is really quite simple. It’s not a hack. The three steps include:

Leverage the relationships you have
Add new people strategically based on what you want to do
Grow your business

But before we start, this is question we must all ask. Why are you on LinkedIn?

If you’re trying to keep up on friends and past colleagues, that’s all well and good. But if you’re trying to build a business you need a different approach. Consider the people you wish you knew. Who are your ideal clients, dream mentors, possible employers, possible hires you want to meet in the future. Now is the time to take action. Build it BEFORE you need it.

Over 10K in One Year

Jess currently has over 18K LinkedIn connections. This is how he did it and recommends:

Personalize your messages
Have your profile stand out
Professional photography
SEO your LinkedIn
When they look at your profile they will see value
Send 10-30 invites a day, religiously

Personalize Your Reach

When you reach out grow your LinkedIn connections, personalize your message. Answer

why you want to connect
what’s your purpose to connect

Use the term “open to connect”. For example are you oen to connect with other top business professionals.

The less “pending” connections you have the less likely you will be put in LinkedIn Jail (Blocked from sending too many spammy connection requests). When you personalize (I see you’re in Boy Scouts too) the more likely they will connect. Then start a conversation.

Engage in LinkedIn Posts

Jess recommends not only posting but engaging in other’s post to build up some familiarity. Both Jess and I met this way. It was through a common conversation via comments in a post that we started communicating. Then we took the conversation offline onto a phone call and then eventually to this podcast episode.

Take Action Tips

Set aside some time every day. Use search tool and look for people with a common interests. Use the QR code to connect with people in the real world. Click the Find nearby and in LinkedIn and get large groups of people to connect with you quick!

How To Find Jess Tiffany

This is Jess’s book: Growth Hacking: Strategically Grow Your Business Connections from Zero to 10K in 365 Days

Jeff’s speaker page: https://jesstiffany.com/speaker/

Resources:

LinkedIn Cheat Sheet: https://mnudigital.com/linkedin-marketing-cheat-sheet/
Speaker page: jesstiffany.com
Company pages: marketingandnetworkinguniversity.com and mnudigital.com

Social media:

Social Selling

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