When should I send the first message after someone accepts?
They accepted a connection, not a meeting. If your first DM lands 30 seconds later with a Calendly link, you taught them the accept was a mistake. Wait a business day, sometimes two. Same-week is fine. Same-minute is not.
Reference the same trigger you used in the invite, or something they can see you actually looked at. If the invite was blank, the first DM has to introduce a reason from scratch. Keep it to two sentences and a question they can answer without a budget review.
Do not recap your whole company. Do not send a loom in message one unless they asked. Curiosity first, proof later.
If they message you first after accepting, answer that thread. Do not fire the sequence on top of a human hello. That collision is how "automated" becomes obvious.
Omentir can wait and draft. You still decide whether the first line is a pitch. If you want more on the copy, hooking the prospect is a longer piece on openers.
Frequently asked questions
Still send a first DM, but do not pretend it happened yesterday. A short "thanks for connecting, still looking at X?" is enough. The original trigger may be stale. Pick a new one or keep it light.
A real comment before or after the accept helps. It is not a license to pitch in the same hour as the accept.
Do not paste it. Advance it. The invite got you in. The DM should ask something or offer one useful observation.
Then skip the DM that day. An empty new connection is better than a spammy one. Queue it for tomorrow.
Run the outreach from your own LinkedIn account
Omentir finds ICP-fit buyers, drafts connection notes and messages, and keeps replies in one inbox. You still choose the daily send limits.
Try Omentir