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Earn the LinkedIn reply with a connection note built on one verified fact
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The resultas reported
In September his LinkedIn messages got 80x the response rate of his emails.
Give AI only verified facts about the buyer and what you can truly offer. It drafts a short connection note and a follow-up; you review them and send them yourself.
By Carson V. Heady, sales leader and author, posting on X · Carson V. Heady on X ↗ · Oct 11, 2026
If you sell: run it before your 10am
- Find a real reason to connect: the prospect’s role and a priority they have shared publicly.
- Paste those facts plus what you can genuinely offer into the prompt.
- Review the note in your own voice and send it personally.
- After they accept, send the two-sentence follow-up with a reason to meet.
- Track acceptance rate, reply rate and meetings.
Copy-paste prompt · From the source
Here are my prospect’s role, a verified priority they’ve shared, and what I can genuinely offer: [insert facts]. Write a connection note under 180 characters and a two-sentence follow-up for after they accept. Make the relevance clear. Explain what they gain from responding. Include a simple invitation to talk. Keep my voice natural. Don’t invent pain points, relationships, or results. Ask for missing information if needed.
If you lead a team: roll it out
- Have reps log the verified fact they used in each note.
- Review the notes that got replies in 1:1s.
Watch out for
- 80x is his own one-month comparison of channels, not a controlled test.
- Never let AI invent the priority. If you can’t point to where they said it, don’t use it.
Source: Carson V. Heady, Carson V. Heady on X, Oct 11, 2026. Results are as reported by the source; we did not measure them.
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