LinkedOut

I have wrote a lot of advertising trends that are the future or trends that I like. I have to write something that I actually dislike. I know anybody could write about an advertising annoyance but this one will be different. This is about something that is actually misleading to people that use the product and can be very frustrating. It is something that actually hurts the brand.

Any person who has LinkedIn has most likely experienced this annoyance. I will get to what this issue is in a second but first I want LinkedIn is for people who are trying to grow their connections and help out their business profile. It is a very serious form of social media. It is a very useful outlet for people to try and become something of themselves professionally. So one thing that has become very frustrating and misleading is when I get a notification that someone has messaged me but ends up being from LinkedIn. I believe it is someone who is contacting me about a potential job but sadly it is a LinkedIn employee letting me know about a limited time offer to upgrade to join LinkedIn Premium. I get these messages a couple times a week and it has become very frustrating. I am not the only one who feels this way either. According to many other blogs I have read, these people also hate this annoying constant messaging from LinkedIn about LinkedIn. LinkedIn hurts itself because people are stubborn and don’t like to be annoyed. When stubborn people get frustrated it becomes a war. Stubborn people will refuse to buy LinkedIn Premium now just because of the never ending messages from LinkedIn. Many people want it to end, and hopefully it is not a strategy for the future.