LinkedIn Auto Connect

Here's a tutorial to help you set up the LinkedIn Auto Connect Phantom:

You have two options:

1. Process a single profile
Copy the LinkedIn profile URL and paste it into your Phantom's setup.

2. Process multiple profiles
Create a spreadsheet with Google Sheets. Copy the LinkedIn profile URLs and paste them into your spreadsheet - one URL per row, all in column A.

Make this spreadsheet public so PhantomBuster can access it.

Copy the spreadsheet URL and paste it into your Phantom's setup.

This automation acts on your behalf on LinkedIn. The safest and most efficient way for the Phantom to connect to your account is by using your session cookie, which you can retrieve using PhantomBuster's browser extension. It's a simple 2-click installation:

• Get it for Chrome

• Get it for Firefox

If you're operating from another browser, you can find your cookie manually.

This section allows you to automatically greet your prospective connections in a personal way with a message of up to 300 characters.

Write the message of your choice and customize it with variable placeholder tags. For this, you can use any column in your input or output spreadsheet by placing it between #s. For example:

Hey #firstName#, let's connect!

Any piece of data scraped from a profile can be used to personalize your messages, such as #company#, #jobTitle#, and #location#. You can find a comprehensive list of these potential tags in the "We will output..." section on the LinkedIn Auto Connect Phantom's overview page.

For simplicity, we have also added the available placeholder tags underneath the text box. Just click on the one you want to use and it will be added to your text.

If using any of these fields other than #firstName#, you must ensure that you have checked "Scrape all available profile data" on the "Behavior" step of your Phantom's setup so that they are scraped.

LinkedIn Message Sender scrape all available data screenshot

Where the same column name is found in both your input and output spreadsheet, the input spreadsheet will take priority.

Take note: These tags are case-sensitive, so make sure to write them out correctly!

Turn LinkedIn profiles into full-fledged leads by enriching them with professional email addresses.

How email discovery works:
The service uses each profile’s full name and company name to search for a professional email address, verify it, and return the result.

Choose your enrichment method:
1. Use PhantomBuster credits
Each PhantomBuster plan includes monthly email discovery credits:

• 1 credit = 1 attempt to find and verify an email for 1 profile.

• Credits reset monthly.

2. Use your own third-party service
Connect an external email discovery tool by entering your API key from one of these platforms:

• Dropcontact

• Hunter.io

• Snov.io

Take note: Not every profile will return a verified email address, but this step can dramatically increase your chances of landing in inboxes, not just InMail. It depends on the data available, so your number of emails found may be lower than your credits used.

Choose how many connection requests you want to send each time the Phantom runs.
To stay under LinkedIn’s weekly invite limit (100 per week), we recommend no more than 20 invites per working day.

If you're using an email discovery service alongside this, cut this number in half to reduce risk.

Advanced behavior settings (optional)

• Simulate LinkedIn's dwell time: Check this box if you want to have the Phantom wait about 1 minute per profile before sending an invite. Use this if you notice frequent logouts or want to reduce the chance of triggering LinkedIn’s spam detection.

• Only invite 2nd-degree connections: Check this box to limit invites strictly to 2nd-degree profiles, which helps keep your outreach more relevant and within LinkedIn’s comfort zone.

Automation always produces better results in the long run. Set the Phantom to launch repeatedly and get results while you're away!

This Phantom runs from the cloud, which means you don't even need to have your browser open or computer on for these launches to happen.

For more automatic launch options, click on the three little dots in the top right and "Show advanced settings."