As LinkedIn grows in popularity and becomes more like Facebook, it is easier to spot the obvious outreach attempts of sales people. I recently received a connection request from a marketer that said, to paraphrase: “Hi, I’m a marketer, you’re a marketer, would you like to sign up for a free trial of my app.” I immediately recoiled and deleted the request. I thought for a moment about calls-to-action in the buyer’s journey, and when is the right time to send out each call to increase the likelihood of conversion. read more