“Oops! My LinkedIn account is restricted!”
I am sure majority of you have faced this situation. And it’s a real pain for those who drive a massive traffic and potential to their business from LinkedIn. Isn’t it?
So, why does LinkedIn restrict your account? Does it envy you personally?
No! It’s not the matter of any personal envy. But, certain mistakes can get your LinkedIn account restricted.
So, let’s dive in and learn what those mistakes are.
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Creating a LinkedIn profile by entity name
Many users create a LinkedIn profile with the name of a company or the institute. If you are also the one, LinkedIn will identify it eventually. And you stand a high chance to get your LinkedIn account restricted. So, it’s better to create a Company Page/Entity page for such a purpose and ask your customers to follow you.
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Too many connection requests/messages in a day
Sending too many connection requests in a single day puts you on the radar of LinkedIn. LinkedIn identifies such an activity as suspicious and blocks your account. So, try to keep the number of daily connection requests between 100 and 150. The same goes for the messages.
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Having a stock of pending requests
If you have sent out too many connection requests, and they are still pending, remove them. Though pending requests don’t restrict your account, LinkedIn will ask you to enter the email Ids before sending any new connection requests. So, if you remove the pending requests, you can avoid such a situation.
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Sending messages with a repetetive content
Sending too many messages to your first degree connections on LinkedIn makes them look like a spam. It’s always good to personalise your messages; not only to keep off the spam radar but also for a better response rate and stronger sales conversion.
Always include the name of the person and the purpose of the message.
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Creating multiple profiles from a single system
This sounds a bit unrealistic but many users have observed this. If you create a lot of LinkedIn Profiles from one system, then all or a few might be blocked or restricted. LinkedIn allows its users to create not over 2 to 3 profiles from one single laptop. However, this doesn’t mean you cannot access multiple accounts from one single system.
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Viewing too many profiles in a day
If you visit the profiles of too many LinkedIn users in a day, it surmounts to too many clicks from your account. And LinkedIn penalises you by restricting your account. So, if you wish to visit other people’s profiles for your business, spread out the activity over a few days. Visit only 100-150 profiles in a day.
Conclusion
No doubt, one can get a massive number of qualified leads from LinkedIn. And it’s only natural to get carried away. But, it’s advisable to keep certain things in mind when you make a profile on LinkedIn. These are absolutely necessary to avoid getting your LinkedIn account restricted.
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