Engage with your leads on LinkedIn in a new way by following them automatically and at scale. With our "Follow LinkedIn People Profile" action, you can easily follow specific LinkedIn profiles or a list of profiles. This helps you keep track of your leads' activities and get exposed to valuable content from people outside your direct connections.
Simply provide the LinkedIn profile URL of the person or list of people you want to follow, like this: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/. Add the key linkedin_profile_url on the platform or in your spreadsheet header, and you're good to go.
This action will help you:
- Auto follow profiles you're interested in, filling your feed with the content you want to see.
- Get noticed by registering your interest with key people.
- Boost daily engagement by setting the workflow to run repeatedly.
Following LinkedIn profiles automatically enhances your engagement strategy. It lets you show support and exposes you to valuable content beyond your connections.
How does this action work?
This action makes it simple to follow LinkedIn profiles automatically. It’s quick and easy, letting you stay engaged with your leads effortlessly. Here’s how it works:
- Create a Free Captain Data Account: Get started by signing up here.
- Connect to LinkedIn: Download the Chrome extension to sync your LinkedIn account
- Input LinkedIn Profiles: Add the LinkedIn profile URLs of the people you want to follow, either on the platform or in your spreadsheet header.
- Configure Your Workflow: Set up the workflow to follow or unfollow profiles as needed, based on your input list.
- Schedule or Launch Immediately: Decide if you want to run the workflow now or schedule it to run at a later time.
- You're All Set! The action will handle the rest, keeping you engaged with your leads on LinkedIn.
Using this action, you can easily follow profiles to stay updated with their activities and show your interest. It’s a hassle-free way to enhance your LinkedIn engagement.
How to leverage this action’s output?
By using the Follow LinkedIn People Profile action, you can significantly enhance your LinkedIn engagement strategy. Here’s how you can make the most out of it:
When you follow someone on LinkedIn, it sends them a notification. This is a subtle yet effective way to get your profile noticed. They’re likely to check out your profile, follow you back, and possibly even connect with you. This simple action can open up opportunities for further interactions and relationship-building.
Once you start following key profiles, their posts and updates will appear in your feed. This allows you to engage with their content by liking, commenting, or sharing. Such interactions help you stay on their radar and show your support. Over time, this can warm up your leads and pave the way for more meaningful conversations.
Another advantage is the ability to visit the users' profiles and extract all available information, including email addresses, and more. This is particularly useful if you're planning to reach out via email as part of your lead generation strategy. Having access to their email addresses makes it easier to initiate a direct conversation and move the relationship forward.
Following relevant profiles also helps you tap into a fresh pool of leads. Often, the connections and followers of the profiles you follow are within your target audience. You can use our LinkedIn Post Liker or LinkedIn Post Commenter actions to extract these engaged users, further expanding your lead database.
By consistently following and engaging with new profiles, you keep your lead generation efforts active and dynamic. Setting the workflow to launch repeatedly ensures that you’re always engaging with the latest updates and profiles that matter to your business.
In summary, using the LinkedIn Auto Follow action allows you to:
- Get noticed by key profiles through automatic notifications.
- Engage with content from important leads, warming them up for future interactions.
- Extract valuable information, including emails, to enhance your outreach.
- Discover new leads by tapping into the networks of the profiles you follow.
Maximizing the output of this action involves a strategic approach to following, engaging, and extracting data from LinkedIn profiles. By doing so, you can build stronger relationships, expand your reach, and ultimately boost your lead generation efforts.
Go further
To get the most out of the Follow LinkedIn People Profile action, combine it with other actions from Captain Data. These integrations will help you build a seamless workflow for your marketing, sales, and operations teams. Here’s how:
- Accept LinkedIn Received Invitations: Automatically accept LinkedIn invitations to expand your network quickly. This complements your profile-following strategy by helping you grow your connections effortlessly. Accept LinkedIn Received Invitations
- Message LinkedIn Profile: After following and engaging with profiles, use this action to send personalized messages. It’s perfect for nurturing relationships and moving leads through your funnel. Message LinkedIn Profile
- Extract LinkedIn Post Likers: Find and extract profiles of people who liked specific posts. This helps you identify and target engaged leads who are already interested in relevant content. Extract LinkedIn Post Likers
- Extract LinkedIn Post Commenters: Similar to post likers, this action lets you extract profiles of people who comment on posts. These users are engaged and ready to be added to your lead pool. Extract LinkedIn Post Commenters
By integrating these actions, you can create a comprehensive intent workflow that follows, engages, and nurtures your LinkedIn leads.
If you're looking to power up your Sales products and need one API to unveil buyers profiles, connections and signals at scale and in real-time, this intent data API make it the top choice. Try the action here!
