The Cold Outreach
Wall of Fame
Screenshots of the wildest LinkedIn messages that made us laugh, cringe, and wonder if AI wrote them. Spoiler: it probably did.
"Would you mind introducing me?" Classic move — skip the cold call, go straight for the mutual connection play.
"Not saying I'd be an immediate buyer or anything" — narrator: they were absolutely saying that.
"I've been following you for a while now" — has definitely never seen your profile before hitting send.
"It's always better to be introduced" — agreed, which is why this unsolicited message is peak irony.
"Great to connect with another sales pro" — the LinkedIn equivalent of "we have so much in common" on a first date.
"Let's connect on this" — the vaguest call to action in the history of professional networking.
"It would mean the world to me" — stakes have never been higher in a cold LinkedIn DM.
The audacity of cold-messaging someone to ask them to introduce you to someone else. Legendary move.
"Congrats on expanding to the European market" — they checked your company page for exactly 4 seconds before hitting send.