LinkedIn Connection Request Message Generator
Pick why you are reaching out, fill in 2 blanks, and get 5 notes that fit inside the 300 character cap. No AI key, no signup, nothing you type leaves the page.
A thing, not a sentence. Write it so it would follow the words “their post on”.
Hi ‹first name›, your post on ‹what they wrote about› said the thing I keep failing to explain to my own team. Connecting so I catch the next one.
Fill both fields above and this becomes sendable.146 / 300 characters‹first name›, I read what you wrote on ‹what they wrote about› and we got to the same conclusion from opposite directions. Happy to connect.
Fill both fields above and this becomes sendable.140 / 300 charactersHi ‹first name›, we spent two quarters learning what you wrote about ‹what they wrote about›. Would like to follow your work properly.
Fill both fields above and this becomes sendable.134 / 300 characters‹first name›, your take on ‹what they wrote about› was the only thing worth reading in my feed this week. Sending this so the next one shows up.
Fill both fields above and this becomes sendable.144 / 300 charactersHi ‹first name›, on ‹what they wrote about›, you wrote what I have been arguing with far less evidence. Connecting, no agenda.
Fill both fields above and this becomes sendable.126 / 300 characters
What separates an accepted note from an ignored one
The note is 300 characters, and almost every rejected one breaks the same rule: it spends those characters on the sender instead of the reader.
Start with something the person can verify. A line they wrote, a group you are both in, a role they started last month. Anything checkable proves a human looked, and that proof is doing more work than any phrasing you could pick.
Then leave the ask out. A connection request is a request to connect, and the moment it also carries a demo offer it becomes a sales message with a button attached. The people who accept it were going to accept anyway, and the rest now remember your name for the wrong reason.
Keep it short even though you have 300 characters. A note that uses 120 reads as a person typing quickly, and one that fills the box reads as something prepared in advance. You can check the exact count on any draft with the character counter.
Sending them without getting restricted
Volume without targeting is what costs people their account, and it is also what makes these notes stop working.
LinkedIn allows roughly 100 invitations a week, more on an established account, and watches the ratio of sent to accepted. Ignored requests pull down the ceiling you already have, so a smaller list of people who recognise why you wrote outperforms a bigger one within a month. Work out your own number with the connection request limit calculator.
Build the list before you write anything. The ideal customer profile template gives you the titles and industries, and the notes above only work when the person genuinely fits. Once they accept, the follow-up matters as much as the invitation, and the cold message templates pick it up from there.
LinkedGrow runs this whole sequence from your own account, at a pace the account has earned. See what it costs or keep browsing the free tools.
What should a LinkedIn connection request message say?
Name one specific thing you can point to, their post, the group you share, or the role they just started, then stop. The note is capped at 300 characters and adding a pitch inside it is what turns an easy yes into an ignore. This free LinkedGrow tool writes 5 versions from your own details.
Questions about the connection request message
Everything the tool does not say on its own.
Write one line about what you sell and we will answer honestly.
Email us directlyThe note attached to an invitation is capped at 300 characters, and that includes spaces and line breaks. Every note this tool writes stays inside the cap, and the counter under each one shows how much room is left if you want to edit it.
One specific detail the person can verify, and no ask. Naming the post they wrote, the group you share or the role they just started proves you looked. Adding a pitch in the same 300 characters is what turns an easy yes into an ignore.
Send a note when you have a real reason and it fits in one sentence. A blank invitation works fine for someone who already knows your name. For a stranger, the note is the only thing standing between your request and the ignore pile.
No. It merges what you type into templates written by hand, entirely in your browser, so there is no key to add and nothing you write is sent anywhere. On 300 characters a good template beats a generated sentence, because the room for cleverness is tiny.
LinkedIn allows roughly 100 invitations a week, more on established accounts, with 15 to 20 a day as safe pacing. Our connection request limit calculator turns that into a number for your own account and gives you a warm-up ramp.
The agent finds them and writes the note.
LinkedGrow watches for the people who match your profile, reads the post or comment that surfaced them, and writes the invitation from their own words rather than from their headline. You approve it or let it run.
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