Free LinkedIn connection message generator

LinkedIn caps a connection note at 300 characters, so there's no room for a pitch, only a reason. That reason has to be specific enough that the prospect can tell the note was written for them and not copy-pasted to fifty other people that day.

The tool pulls in your title, their title, and the specific thing you share, whether that's a shared industry or a post they wrote, and builds the note around that shared context instead of your product.

The generator keeps the ask soft. Most accepted requests don't ask for anything beyond the connection itself; the pitch, if there is one, comes after they've said yes, not in the first message they ever see from you.

It also checks length before you send, since a note that gets cut off mid-sentence reads as careless, not personal.

Keep it under the character limit, name a specific reason you are reaching out, and make it about them, not your pitch. A shared context or a genuine compliment beats a template every time.

Open with the specific reason you're reaching out, not your own introduction. "I saw your post on X" does more work than "My name is Y and I work at Z," because it proves you did the reading.

Keep the note under the character limit with room to spare. A message that gets cut off mid-thought looks unfinished, and rewriting it after the fact is harder than writing it tight the first time.

Skip the pitch entirely in the first message. The connection request's only job is to get accepted; save the actual ask for the message you send after they say yes.

Reference something genuinely specific to them, a recent post or a shared connection, not a generic compliment that could apply to anyone in their role.