LinkedIn Outreach

PhantomBuster’s LinkedIn Outreach Automation helps you send personalized LinkedIn connection requests and follow-ups at scale. This tutorial covers the key steps to set up and run your outreach Automation efficiently.

• Requirements: You need a connected LinkedIn account and a list of LinkedIn or Sales Navigator profile URLs.

• Safety limits: LinkedIn limits invitations to approximately 100 per week. We recommend sending 20 per day (10–15 during warm-up).

• Spreadsheet access: Google Sheets must be shared with “Anyone with the link.” CSV uploads are available on paid plans only and must be publicly accessible.

• Free plan limitations: CSV exports are limited to the first 10 rows, and uploading CSV files as input is not supported.

• Resource usage: This Automation occupies 2 slots.

1. Choose which profiles to invite: Select your input source: use a saved LinkedIn Leads list, a profile URL, a Google Sheet, a CSV file, results from another Phantom, or a HubSpot list.

   HubSpot contacts must include a LinkedIn profile URL. If using a spreadsheet, column A is processed by default unless a different header name is specified. Sales Navigator Lists do not sync automatically; to add new leads, use the Search Export Phantom in Watcher mode.

2. Connect your LinkedIn account: Install the PhantomBuster browser extension and connect your LinkedIn session in one click. If you are not using Chrome or Firefox, follow the cookie guide to manually retrieve your session cookie.

   Keep your browser up to date to prevent session cookies from expiring quickly, which requires frequent reconnection.

3. Customize your connection request: Enable message customization to add a note to your request. Write your message within LinkedIn’s limits and use placeholder tags to personalize the text.

   Free LinkedIn accounts are limited to 200 characters and 5 personalized invites per month (Premium: 300 characters, unlimited). Emojis and hyperlinks are not supported.

4. Write and schedule follow-up messages: Schedule up to 3 follow-up messages to send if the connection is accepted but no reply is received. You can set delays between 0–15 days, write up to 8,000 characters, and attach files (up to 20 MB total).

   Follow-ups are only sent if the previous message remains unanswered. Hyperlinks in messages will appear as plain text.

5. Set daily invitation limits and schedule invitations: Choose your daily invitation volume and select a sending schedule: either weekdays during working hours or randomly throughout the week.

   Scheduling is restricted to these two options; custom launch times and advanced scheduling settings are not available for this Automation.

6. Advanced settings (optional): Adjust execution limits, retry settings, proxies, or file management options if needed; otherwise, leave the default settings.

7. Launch and monitor results: Toggle the switch to start the Automation. Monitor progress in the Leads tab and view performance metrics in the Report tab.

   The “Replied” status updates only after the full cycle (worker and master steps) completes. Use the Update button to ingest new leads from your source list.

For more details, troubleshooting tips, and advanced configurations, see the full tutorial on the help center.