3 comments on their posts > 1 cold DM.
Cold connection requests get ignored. But when someone has seen your name in their comments three times, your request feels like a natural next step. FliesReplies makes that warm-up take 5 minutes per day.
3
comments before connecting = warm request
60–80%
acceptance rate (warm) vs 20–30% (cold)
5 min
daily to warm 10–15 new connections
Cold networking doesn't work anymore.
You send connection requests with personalized notes. Response rate: 20–30% on a good day. Most people ignore messages from strangers, no matter how well-written.
The professionals with the strongest networks didn't build them through cold outreach. They built them through presence — showing up in the right people's comment sections, adding value, and letting relationships form naturally.
The warm approach: comment on someone's posts 2–3 times over a week. When you send the connection request, they recognize your name. Acceptance rate jumps to 60–80%. But doing this for every new connection takes serious time.
Warm every connection before you request it.
Build familiarity before asking anything.
Comment on their posts first. When your connection request arrives, you're not a stranger with a pitch — you're someone who engages with their ideas.
60–80% acceptance rate vs 20–30% cold.
The difference between warm and cold is recognition. Three comments over a week creates enough recognition to transform your acceptance rates.
Build genuine relationships, not just a contact list.
When connections start with engagement, they're more likely to become real relationships — ones that lead to conversations, referrals, and opportunities.
How it works
Identify people you want to connect with.
Follow them, bookmark their profiles, or simply notice their posts in your feed. You pick the relationships to build.
Engage their content for a week.
Comment on 2–3 of their posts over 5–7 days. FliesReplies generates relevant comments inline — add your personal insight and post.
Send the connection request warm.
After they've seen your name in their notifications a few times, send your request. Reference a recent post or conversation. Watch acceptance rates climb.
Connections built on engagement last longer than connections built on pitches. 15 free replies over 3 days. Start warming your network.
Common questions before starting
This takes longer than just sending a request.
It takes slightly more total time — but the acceptance rate doubles or triples. Five warm connections are worth more than fifty ignored cold requests.
I don't know what to comment.
FliesReplies handles that. It reads the post, generates a relevant comment in your voice — a question, an insight, or a related experience. You just review and post.
What if they don't post much?
Engage with posts they've commented on, or react to their activity. Even 1–2 visible engagements creates more familiarity than zero.
The bottom line
The strongest professional networks aren't built through mass outreach. They're built through consistent, genuine engagement that creates familiarity before you ever ask for anything.
FliesReplies makes this approach scalable. Warm 10–15 new connections per week through 5 minutes of daily engagement. The 3-day trial gives you 15 replies to test whether comment-first networking changes your acceptance rates.
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If you comment 2–3 times each: Starter plan (300/month) lets you warm 20–30 new connections per week. Growth plan (750/month) covers 50+.
Especially well. Senior professionals are bombarded with cold requests. Engaging their content first puts you in a different category entirely — you're someone who reads and values their perspective.
FliesReplies shows engagement stats. For tracking specific relationship-building targets, pair it with a simple spreadsheet or CRM.