For 2 years straight, I was doing LinkedIn wrong. Everyone kept saying “DM people, that’s how you grow.” So I did and I sent hundreds of DMs. And all I got in return? Silence. I thought maybe I wasn’t good enough. Or maybe everyone was just lying. Or maybe LinkedIn wasn’t for me. But here’s what I later realized: LinkedIn is a networking platform, not a sales platform. I was trying to sell to strangers instead of starting conversations with people who already showed interest in me. That's...