I really pushed to make sure I could reach out to 25 new LinkedIn connects. Out of those 25 people I reached out to I got 2 replies within 12 hours. So pretty good return on reaching out.
Now I need to focus on trying to increase these reach outs from being "one star" connects to "two star" connects. Two star connects just being more of a conversation happening not just a blanketed reply to my initial reach out.