High on a Colorado or Wyoming mountain top is someone who teaches some business executives how to build connections on LinkedIn.

Connections on LinkedIn with strangers take time and effort, not an Autobot pitch.

When it comes to connecting with me, I am seeing a multitude of what I would term transactional sales marketing especially when seeing some LinkedIn connection follow-up messages.

Ted (not his real name) has been a passive connection of mine for five years. He’s the type who sends me a LinkedIn “Happy Birthday” message every…