hey everyone welcome back to the channel it's your girl simranjeet kaur mann here and i
am a trainee solicitor for a uk top 20 law firm i make videos that help
aspiring solicitors with getting a training contract as well as general careers advice
personal development and vlogging my journey to becoming a solicitor and beyond now today we are
going to be talking about how to reach out to people on linkedin i've already done a video
on creating your linkedin profile making sure it's impressive i even had my linkedin profile reviewed
by this ai website so if this is something that interests you head over to the link above however
in this video what we're going to be talking about is actually the act of reaching out to people on
linkedin that's essentially what linkedin is all about and this video is going to be five
easy tips that you can implement when reaching out or wanting to reach out to individuals
so the first tip i would say for reaching out to individuals on linkedin is look out for insightful
posts on your feed so a lot of linkedin nowadays has become a lot of flexing like i've got this
vacation scheme or you know i've got this open day and stuff like that when you feel past those
posts sometimes you'll get posts where people are actually generally sharing information they
are sharing tips something that may resonate with you for example i did a tip for example about name
and identity and it did quite well on linkedin and the number of messages i got after that for people
just engaging in conversation just continuing the conversation has been absolutely fantastic
and that's one way in which you can also reach out to people on linkedin you can send them a message
and say hi i saw your recent post on xyz it really resonated with me or i have a couple of questions
on it because could you please answer that kind of thing and it kind of sparks up the conversation
and you can have a really healthy discussion about a topic that you're really interested in
now this leads on to my next point about posting on linkedin if you are an active poster on
linkedin people will dm you so let me give you an example of this i've become an active poster
on linkedin for about a year now maybe more than a year and the number of connection requests that
i've had has probably increased by around 5k if i'm really honest with you and the number of DMs
i get i'm pretty sure i get around two to three DMs from new individuals every day on linkedin
now the main reason for this is because i've been actively posting people are always seeing
my posts on their timeline and i've somehow kind of built this i guess an image of someone who has
a bit of an awareness about the training contract process placed myself as an individual who people
can go to if they have any questions and thus i get quite a few DMs coming pretty much every day
and that's one way in which you can also build your presence and allow people to reach out to you
on linkedin if you're an active poster for example say about the training contract process
about entrepreneurship about productivity people will come to you for advice on those specific
topics because you have shown yourself to be a trusted individual in that particular area now
i mentioned earlier about linkedin kind of being a flex kind of thing and there's nothing wrong with
talking about your achievements on linkedin that can really get you noticed by grad recruitment
however when you're thinking about things to post really think about what can actually be of value
to your connections so if you learned something recently if you learned something via your job or
if you just had a recent highlight in life or an epiphany moment that you just want to talk about
post about it on linkedin if you feel like it's relevant to professional development if you feel
like it's relevant to the workplace definitely talk about it because linkedin is that space
for you to do that some people i know actually did a 30-day challenge on linkedin where they post on
linkedin every day for a whole month and all of them from what i've kind of gathered have had
really positive insights into this they've really kind of built their own brand as being someone
within that specific field as that kind of go-to person because they have a lot to say and a lot of
people have basically just kind of talked about how when they've posted on such a regular basis
so many people have reached out to them and also when it comes to reaching out to other people they
have that credibility to reach out to people and they have that confidence to reach out to other
people because they've been actively posting on linkedin and putting themselves out there anyway
now for these people who posted every single day on linkedin of course you may be thinking how do
they not run out of ideas so one thing that could really help with this is journaling if you journal
perhaps i don't do journaling to be if i'm honest with you but i do make notes of certain things
that have happened throughout my week that i feel like are a highlight or something to talk about
later on either for a blog or a linkedin post or a video so definitely if something happens to you
in the week make note of it because that could be a potential post idea for you on linkedin my
next tip for reaching out on linkedin if you are if you come across someone for example
who you really want in your connections don't just send them a connection invite send them a
personalized invitation i tend to read every single personalized invitation i receive
on linkedin they tend to actually receive a better response for example a lot of people just message
me saying hey i absolutely love your content on youtube and i sometimes reply back saying well
if you've got any questions feel free to shout and then that person has now built a relationship with
someone who they feel like they can ask questions with about law about the training contract process
that's one way in which personalized requests are really really useful because that person ends up
replying back to you and then you can kind of build the conversation from there so and you
also i guess for certain people as well they only accept requests from people when the invitation
has been personalized so to actually increase the chances of that person accepting your request in
the first place sending personalized invitations is the way to go now a lot of people are scared to
ask or reach out to people in the first place and i guess this relates to my next tip about biting
the bullet if you don't ask you don't get if you don't put yourself out there you don't know the
possibilities or the opportunities you can achieve and i know that putting yourself out there is
difficult i think for me my first linkedin post was the most difficult the first time i reached
out to someone on linkedin was difficult that's what i would really recommend is just one day just
biting the bullet and just putting yourself out there and asking a question to someone for example
or putting a post on linkedin because the more you do it the more you get used to it now think about
when you are messaging someone technically there's no harm or there's nothing that
really bad that can happen from that if that if that makes sense the worst that can happen is
that person just doesn't reply or they ghost you or you know they decline to help you out so it's
really not that deep it's you know as long as you approach someone in a professional manner you ask
a valid question or have something valid to say i honestly don't believe that it's a problem to
reach out to people on linkedin if you wish now my final tip for reaching out to people on linkedin
is don't copy and paste messages to individuals of the same team or the same firm because it will
we all know about it basically let's just say that there's no point sending a generalized copied
and pasted message to for example to every single member of grad recruitment of a firm
they will know about it and it won't create the best impression for you so
if you are going to message someone on linkedin do it with the intention of you are messaging that
person specifically because of something that they've posted or because of their experiences
rather than just sending the same generalized copied and pasted message to everyone i
promise you that will not create the best impression of you all right so
those are my tips for reaching out to people on linkedin now if you do find
someone that you are you know you're really interested in their experiences or their post
definitely do take that element of reaching out check your spelling and your grammar beforehand
obviously make sure you are approaching them in a professional manner obviously ending your messages
for example say hi make sure you spell their first name right and then kind regards with your name
that's that's yeah that's kind of like a quick speed tour into my tips for reaching out to
people on linkedin finding people to reach out what to talk about and what not to do so thank
you so much for watching i hope you enjoyed today's video see you all in the next one