Set up a 21 profile (https://21.co) to receive paid messages from people outside your network. Keep the money, or donate it to charities.
It's like LinkedIn InMail, except you get paid!
Claim your 21 profile now like me:
https://21.co/josehigino/
You will be given some initial tasks to establish the baseline setup, and still, get rewarded...
So get used to it!
Allow you to be directly exposed to anyone that wishes to contact you.
By the way, get verified and don't try to mess up with the system. I will update the post once I am through the process. I think it will only take around 24 hours... but let's see.