Write a LinkedIn connection request message
Enter your role, their role or trade and your reason for connecting. Get five connection notes with a character count against LinkedIn's 300-character limit, plus a follow-up message. Free, no account.
Your connection notes
Example inputs, pre-filled so you can see how it works. Replace them with your own details.
Five connection notes of 135 to 178 characters, each within LinkedIn's 300-character note limit, plus a follow-up message.
Note 1
Hi Sam, I'm a web designer. I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post. Would be good to connect.
135 of 300 characters
Note 2
Hi Sam, I came across your profile as a roofing company owner. I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post. Happy to connect.
162 of 300 characters
Note 3
Hi Sam, I'm a web designer and I like to connect with people working as a roofing company owner. I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post.
178 of 300 characters
Note 4
Hi Sam, I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post. I'm a web designer, and I'd like to follow your work as a roofing company owner.
170 of 300 characters
Note 5
Hi Sam, Web designer here. I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post. I'd like to have you in my network.
144 of 300 characters
Follow-up after they accept
Thanks for connecting, Sam. I'm a web designer. I work with local roofing companies in Austin and liked your recent project post. Would a quick chat be useful? If not, no problem at all.
186 characters. A normal message, so the note limit does not apply.
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The counter is the length of the note as shown. LinkedIn can allow a shorter note on some account types, so check yours against the count. Text in [brackets] is for you to fill in with something true. Notes are written from your words only and make no claim about the person.
What a connection note should do
- Be specific: one true reason you are connecting, not a pitch.
- Be short: the note limit is 300 characters; shorter is easier to read on a phone.
- Sell later: save the offer for the message after they accept.
- Be honest: mention only what you really saw on their profile or business.
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Questions
This tool checks every note against a 300-character limit and shows the count. LinkedIn can allow fewer characters on some account types, so compare the count with your own limit.
Say who you are in a few words and one true reason you want to connect. Leave the pitch for after they accept.
Usually not. A short, specific note, then a follow-up message once they accept, reads as less pushy.
The generator cuts it at a word boundary and says so. Better still, shorten your reason.
No. The notes are written when the page is served and not saved.
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