Linkedin tool review: Linked Helper

I love exploring new LinkedIn tools so that I can make recommendations to my coaching students (executives, entrepreneurs and salespeople that want to learn how to use Linkedin to find leads, nurture prospects and close deals).

LinkedIn has a rich and ever-growing ecosystem of inexpensive (and sometimes free!) tools which you can use to achieve your business aims on autopilot: building lists of leads, growing your network, publishing content, sending personalised messages from you, and so on.  That said, the use of third-party Linkedin software violates the Linkedin user agreement – you use these tools at your own risk. If you want to see other LinkedIn tools that I’ve reviewed, please go here.

UPDATE (1/8/19): In light of Linked Helper pausing operations due to increased scrutiny from LinkedIn, I have written this post on Linked Helper alternatives: “Linked Helper alternatives: What to do when automation doesn’t work anymore”.

What is Linked Helper?

Linked Helper is a Chrome plugin and desktop application that can be used to automate various LinkedIn functions including inviting people to connect, messaging 1st connections, creating autoresponder messaging for new connections, inviting 1st connection to join a group, and much, much more!

How you can use Linked Helper:

There are lots of different ways to use Linked Helper. Once Linked Helper is installed, it will pop up on the bottom right-hand side of the screen and allow you to turn on what you want.

Here are a few:

1) Expand your social networks to an unlimited number of contacts in a few steps

• Open LinkedIn or Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite search page and your filters
• Choose Relationship : 2nd or 3rd
• Choose “Collect, Select & Invite 2nd contacts” from dropdown menu
• Click “Collect contacts for inviting”
• Set invitation message template using {firstname}, {lastname}, {company} & {position} variables
• Click “Start profiles inviting”

2) Auto mailing system to reach your business partners | Message sequence to 1st connections

• Open LinkedIn OR Sales Navigator or Recruiter Lite search page and set your filters
• Choose Relationship: «1nd Connections »
• Set filters and press “Collect message recipients”
• Check collected contacts before sending
• Create a message template, using the variables {firstname} & {lastname} that will be replaced with the recipient’s first name & last name in each message
• Press «Start message broadcast»

3) Autoresponder for LinkedIn : send messages to recently added connections

• Go to “My connections” page and collect all your 1st connections
• Move them into Excluded sub-list
• Recollect again, when you get new 1st connections

4) Send messages to LinkedIn Group Members

• Open Linked Group page
• Create new broadcast campaign
• press “Collect message recipients”
• Create a message template, using the variables {firstname} & {lastname} that will be replaced with the recipient’s first name & last name in each message
• Press «Start message broadcast»

5) Invite 1st connections to join a LinkedIn Group

• Collect 1st connections from search page (normal LinkedIn | Sales Navigator | Recruiter), My Connections page, Alumni page
• Go to group page
• press “Invite collected”

6) Export your LinkedIn contacts to CSV file / Build targeted mailing list

• Go to “Profiles extractor” settings. Choose create new list, type list name and click “Add” button
• Go to search page. Set your search criteria. Set Relationship: «1st Connections»; And press “Collect contacts from search”
• Go to “Extract” tab and click “Extract collected profiled”
• Go to “Export” tab and click “Download CSV File”. By default CSV file will be created compatible with Google Sheets, but you can switch to MS Excel format

7) Boost your profile and get hundreds of endorsements from other users

Linked Helper automatically sends endorsements to all your contacts. Between 10% to 30% on your contact list will endorse you in return.

• Press «Collect contacts for endorse»
• Open Linkedin.com in a separate tab or window
• Press «Endorse my contacts»

8) Automatically add your signature to messages

• Go to “My signature” settings
• Write your signature & click Save button
• Switch-on “Adds signature” mode

9) Profiles Auto-visitor – another way to generate leads from LinkedIn

• Go to “Profiles Auto-visitor” settings. Choose create new list, type list name and click “Add” button
• Go to search page. Set your search criteria and press “Collect contacts for auto-visiting”
• Click “View collected” to check list and statistics
• Go to “Visit” tab and click “Start profiles auto-visiting”
• Go to “Export” tab and click “Download CSV File”. By default CSV file will be created compatible with Google Sheets, but you can switch to MS Excel format

How much does Linked Helper cost?

Linked Helper is free for 14 days and then it costs $15/mth – which, when you consider the all the value it delivers, is incredibly good value-for-money!

Want to automate LinkedIn to achieve your business aims quickly?

My name is Jonny Rose and I’m the founder of Win At LinkedIn, a LinkedIn coaching service that trains B2B professionals to find leads, nurture prospects and close deals in a GDPR compliant way.

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