LinkedIn Outreach

Select where the list of LinkedIn profiles you want to invite comes from.

You can use a list from your LinkedIn Leads Page, a link to a LinkedIn Profile, or a spreadsheet (CSV or Google Sheet) with multiple LinkedIn Profile URLs.

Screenshot of lead source - lists

If you use a CSV or Google Sheet, the Flow will use Column A as input by default. If you want to use a different column as input, you can select the column from the dropdown in Spreadsheet settings.

Screenshot of PhantomBuster interface - Lead source URL

Avoid using column headers that match default placeholder tags like "firstName" or "lastName."
If your spreadsheet includes columns named "firstName," "lastName" or similar, PhantomBuster will use those values in your messages and reports, even if they’re outdated or incomplete. This can prevent the Flow from showing accurate scraped data in your final report.

You can use custom placeholder tags based on your spreadsheet column names.
For example, if you have a column called "eventName" just use #eventName# in your message. PhantomBuster will automatically replace the tag with the corresponding value from the spreadsheet

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.

Next, select how many invites you want to send per day. LinkedIn restricts anyone from sending more than 100 invites per week. We therefore recommend not sending more than 20 invitations per working day in order to stay within the limits.

We recommend mimicking your automations with how you would normally use LinkedIn, and thus recommend to send the invitations on weekdays during working hours. The working hours are determined based on the timezone your account is set to.

Screenshot of selection for "Select how many invitations to send"

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 a #firstName# placeholder tag. For example: Hey "firstName", let's connect!

• For simplicity, we have added the available placeholder tags underneath the text box, just click on one and it will be added to your text. Add placeholders for messages such as #firstName# or #lastName# into the messages to send personalized messages

• If you type the placeholder tag manually, remember that the tag is case-sensitive, so make sure to write it out correctly!

Take note: With a free LinkedIn account, you might be restricted to 200 characters and 5 personalized invites per month. If your invite message is too long or if you’ve reached your monthly personalized limit, the flow will default to a standard invite with no message.

Take note: Emojis are not handled.

This section allows you to automatically greet your new connections in a personal way with messages of up to 8000 characters on LinkedIn and Sales Navigator.

Setting up your Flow with follow-up messages

1/ Write the message of your choice.
2/ The message will be sent once the user has accepted your connection request.
3/ You can schedule up to 3 more follow-up messages at the time intervals of your choice. These messages are only sent if the recipient does not reply to the prior message—so if a user replies to your message at any point, no further follow-up messages will be sent.

Adding follow-up messages after you set up your Flow
You might want to set up your Flow without follow-up messages to start with and add them later. In that specific case, once you activate the follow-up messages, your Flow will send follow-ups to everyone who hasn't replied to the messages.

Personalizing messages

To personalize your messages, use the placeholder buttons underneath the text box to input placeholders such as #firstName#, #lastName# or #company# in the message. For LinkedIn messages, you can find the available placeholders by clicking on the + sign when "Scrape all available profile data" is checked.

LinkedIn

Sales Navigator

Use placeholders to personalize messages on Sales Navigator

Note: The real text replaced by the placeholder will count towards the total character limit, so leave some room for longer names in the message.