LinkedIn - Introduce Me Feature

[marylou]

How is this feature viewed by others?

I have a totally awesome super cool meeting with a high level exec in my dream field on Thursday. I think, as long as I'm not a total creeper at our meeting, he wants to help me get my foot in the door.

So of course I'm being a total creeper and I looked him up on LinkedIn.

Apparently we are like friends-of-friends and there is a link I can click to be "introduced". Is that weird, though? Should I probably just wait until after the meeting to connect directly?

I don't know LinkedIn etiquette. I've never really used it before now, but I'm trying to be better about networking professionally.

[Deleted]

I would think that's a bit weird -- I'd wait until you've established a real relationship before connecting with him.

Also, as a high-level exec he may get a lot of these types of requests so you don't want to annoy him.

I don't think it is at all weird or creepy that you looked him up on Linkedin. I think you're just doing your homework and preparing for a productive meeting, and that's a good thing (though I wouldn't be all "So I see you graduated from Colgate in 1984" at the meeting... I'd pretend to be ignorant).

[marylou]

Dec 31, 2012 14:49:34 GMT -5 v said:

Also, as a high-level exec he may get a lot of these types of requests so you don't want to annoy him.

That's true, I didn't think of that. He has over 500 connections. I have 63. I'll hold off.

[y4m]

You'll have a perfect opportunity to connect after you meet. Definitely wait until then.