The direct message is a miraculous and powerful tool. It’s also a tool that you can dramatically misuse perhaps more than any other. There are quite a few intricacies to understanding what makes for a good direct message. The thing is – if you can master the DM you will end up being able to grow your network quickly and dramatically. However, if you fuck it up people will think you are an idiot. So I wanted to take some time about how to generate responses, build relationships, prevent yourself from looking like an idiot, and thus leveraging it for all sorts of long term opportunities. This is something I use every single day to grow my network and connections. I hope that it rubs off on some of you guys too. Continue reading →