• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Social Media Examiner

Your Guide to the Marketing Jungle

  • 🔥 Free Newsletter
  • 🎙️ Podcasts
    • Social Media Marketing Podcast
    • AI Explored Podcast
    • Social Media Marketing Talk Show
    • Our YouTube Channel
  • 🌟 AI Society
  • 🗓️ Marketing Conference
  • đź‘‹ About Us
    • Marketing Events
  • Search
  • Embrace AI & MarketingGet Ongoing Training & SupportBEGIN YOUR JOURNEY NOW

    5 Ways to Get More LinkedIn Leads

    by Shivankit Arora / June 7, 2016

    social media how toAre you struggling to build a pipeline of quality leads?

    Wondering how LinkedIn can help?

    With the right forms of targeting, pitching, and engagement, you can use your LinkedIn profile to secure warm leads for your business.

    In this article, you'll discover how to create an effective lead generation process with your LinkedIn profile.

    leads from linkedin profile
    Discover five ways to generate LinkedIn leads.

    Listen to this article:

    Where to subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Music | YouTube | Amazon Music | RSS

    #1: Use LinkedIn Search to Identify Prospects

    While getting more likes and followers for your company page is important, it doesn't necessarily generate leads.

    For lead generation, you need to connect with the right audience. Start by narrowing down the job roles you want to target; focus on the people who are most likely to understand the technical benefits of your product and have the authority to make a buying decision. You should consider talking to CMOs, CEOs, CTOs, COOs, or other heads of departments your product or service fits into.

    For example, if your product is a social listening tool that helps companies with brand mentions, crisis prevention, and other monitoring opportunities on the web, you would search for and connect with heads of marketing or digital marketing.

    After you connect with relevant people, pitch them with a soft sell. Introduce yourself and your company in a soft tone. Instead of trying to tell your new connection how amazing your company is with 500 words, ask to schedule a 10-minute call. It's also important to follow up on your pitch if you don't hear back. Follow up after a week and again after two weeks.

    linkedin lead generation spreadsheet
    Use a simple spreadsheet to manage your leads.

    Use Google Sheets and a good CRM to maintain the flow of leads and track each lead's stage in terms of conversion.

    #2: Connect With Website Visitors on LinkedIn

    When you add the following code to your website, you can see everyone who visits your website in the Who's Viewed Your Profile section on LinkedIn:

    code snippet for linkedin profile views
    Use this snippet on your blog to view website visitors from your LinkedIn profile.

    These people are validated warm leads because they've shown some level of interest in your company.

    linkedin who viewed profile
    Head over to the Who's Viewed Your Profile section and track down the people who qualify as leads for your business.

    As you find people who fit your ideal lead, you can follow up with them via a LinkedIn InMail or an email from your personal business account. For example, your message could read something like this:

    Hi NAME,

    AI Business Society

    Ready to Unlock AI Marketing Breakthroughs?

    If you’re like most of us, you are trying to figure out how to use AI in your marketing. Here's the solution: The AI Business Society—a new AI marketing community from your friends at Social Media Examiner.

    The AI Business Society is the place to discover how to apply AI in your work. When you join, you'll boost your productivity, unlock your creativity, and make connections with other marketers on a similar journey.

    I'M READY TO BECOME AN AI-POWERED MARKETER

    Hope you are doing well.

    My name is NAME and I am the DESIGNATION at COMPANY NAME.

    I just took a deeper look at your website and understand that your company might be looking for PRODUCT FEATURES OR SERVICE.

    At YOUR COMPANY NAME, we are SHORT DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PRODUCT FEATURES OR SERVICE.

    FEATURE 1/SERVICE OF YOUR COMPANY

    FEATURE 2/SERVICE OF YOUR COMPANY

    The companies that have been working with us for a long time include CLIENT 1 and CLIENT 2.

    I was wondering if we could schedule a call sometime this week to discuss this further?

    Regards,

    YOUR NAME

    DESIGNATION

    PHONE
    COMPANY NAME

    Discover Proven Marketing Strategies and Tips

    Want to go even deeper with your marketing? Check out the Social Media Marketing Podcast! Publishing weekly since 2012, the Social Media Marketing Podcast helps you navigate the constantly changing marketing jungle, with expert interviews from marketing pros.

    But don’t let the name fool you. This show is about a lot more than just social media marketing. With over 600 episodes and millions of downloads each year, this show has been a trusted source for marketers for well over a decade.

    CHECK OUT THE SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING PODCAST NOW

    #3: Make Your LinkedIn Profile a Resource

    If you follow the lead generation process thoroughly, you'll form a significant number of connections over a short period of time. You'll need to engage your growing audience by sharing educational material that can help them.

    For example, if your product is solving problems in the hospitality industry and your leads are upper management of hotels, it's best to share content from your profile that talks about that topic. You should also consider publishing similar content on Pulse.

    The point here is to share valuable content that will help you build credibility with your target leads.

    linkedin profile content
    Sharing educational content via your profile can build credibility.

    To streamline this process, you can use tools like Hootsuite or Buffer to schedule content from your LinkedIn profile.

    #4: Share Advice in LinkedIn Groups

    One of the best ways to gain credibility, and by extension the notice of prospects, is to share your knowledge and insight with the very people you want to work with. LinkedIn groups offer a way for you to find these people and warm them up.

    If, for example, your company sells products or services related to the human resources industry, you should join LinkedIn groups likely to be frequented by industry professionals.

    linkedin groups
    Talking in LinkedIn groups that are full of leads is a good way to reach new prospects.

    While talking in groups, you need to look for posts that are getting maximum traction and take part in them. As you engage, remember to offer advice in an educational way and avoid self-promotion. Additionally, be sure to share your own thoughts once or twice every week.

    #5: Go Premium to Manage Leads With Sales Navigator

    LinkedIn's Sales Navigator is a premium tool, but you can start with a 30-day free trial.

    With different filters like current company, company size, and relationship level, you can use Sales Navigator to narrow down your search to fit your ideal prospect. You can then save important leads and InMail those who are a top priority for your company.

    linkedin sales navigator
    LinkedIn Sales Navigator can help you connect with important leads who are second- or third-degree connections.

    Use the Lead Builder feature to understand the pattern of keywords that appear in your target lead's profile so you can add qualifying terms to your searches. You can also filter your leads by company size and target leads by seniority.

    linkedin lead builder
    Lead Builder in Sales Navigator is a great tool for research.

    If you find you're using the same set of filters every time, you can even save the search.

    Conclusion

    Lead generation needs to be a structured process. Using the tips and tools above, you can use your LinkedIn profile to build a steady stream of leads for your business.

    What do you think? Will these tips improve the way you target, engage, and track leads? Do you have other tactics you've used successfully? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

    Tips on five ways to use your LinkedIn profile as an effective lead source.
    Tips on five ways to use your LinkedIn profile as an effective lead source.
    AI EXPLORED

    Curious About How to Use AI?

    Our newest show, AI Explored, might be just what you're looking for. It's for marketers, creators, and entrepreneurs who want to understand how to use AI in their business.

    It's hosted by Michael Stelzner and explores this exciting new frontier in easy-to-understand terms.

    Pull up your favorite podcast app and search for AI Explored. Or click the button below for more information.

    I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AI

    Tags: LinkedIn, LinkedIn Sales Navigator

    About the authorShivankit Arora

    Shivankit Arora is a growth hacker and the founder of startup marketing agency, MarketingMasala.com. You can read more about growth hacking on his blog.
    Other posts by Shivankit Arora »

    Get Social Media Examiner’s Future Articles in Your Inbox!

    Get our latest articles delivered to your email inbox and get the FREE Social Media Marketing Industry Report (43 pages, 60+ charts)!

    Industry Report Cover

    Worth Exploring:

    Facebook

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    Instagram

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    YouTube

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    Linkedin

    Marketing Help Explore More →

    AI

    Next Frontier Explore More →

    Social Media Marketing Industry Report

    Get Free Report →

    Social Marketing Trends

    The data you've been missing!

    Need a new plan? Discover how marketers plan to change their social activities in the 16th annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report. It reveals what marketers have planned for their social activities, content marketing, and more! Get this free report now and never miss another great article from us. Join more than 385,000 marketers!

    Simply click the button below to get the free report:

    Footer

    Your Guide to the Marketing Jungle
    Copyright © 2025 Social Media Examiner®
    All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy.

    Helpful Links

    • About us
    • Our content via email
    • Our podcasts
    • Our YouTube channel
    • Our live show
    • Our social media marketing industry report
    • Our generative AI marketing industry report
    • Sponsorship opportunities
    • RSS