You can send a message to your connections from your Inbox or your My Connections page. The message will be sent to the recipient's LinkedIn inbox and possibly to their email address, depending on their notification settings.
To send a message from your inbox:
- Click Inbox at the top of your home page.
- Click Compose Message on the left.
- Type your connection's first or last name in the To field.
- You can also click the Address Book icon, check the boxes next to connections, and then click Finished.
- Enter a Subject and write your message in the large text box.
- Check the boxes next to "Allow recipients to see each other's names and email addresses" or "Send me a copy" (optional).
- Click Send Message.
From My Connections:
- Click Contacts at the top of your home page.
- Check the box next to the recipient's picture (maximum of 50 connections).
- You can also sort and filter your connections under the Filter Connections column on the left.
- Click the Send message link to the right.
- Enter a Subject and write your message in the large text box.
- Check the boxes next to "Allow recipients to see each other's names and email addresses" or "Send me a copy" (optional).
- Click Send Message.
Note: If your message exceeds 7000 characters you'll need to shorten it before sending.
