Using LinkedIn to get Clients

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 50195" data-quote="laurenaria10" data-source="post: 639887" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=639887" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-639887">laurenaria10 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My approach consisted of direct contact with marketing managers and CEOs. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yeah, I think it&#039;s a great platform for making direct contact.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Interesting point about people keeping their LinkedIn profile more up to date than in other databases (and probably their CVs!).</div>

 

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[Nicoknowsbest]

<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;ve been playing around with LinkedIn for a few months now and grew my network by 200%, partly manually, partly automated.<br /> <br /> While I find it hard to generate actual work from it, I seem to have cracked some part of it for my business.<br /> <br /> I reach out to interesting connections locally within my industry and related ones and engage in a conversation.<br /> <br /> I seem to get into a rhythm of meeting 1-2 a week for a coffee and chat about business and how to create win-wins.<br /> <br /> It seems it&#039;s a great way for me to <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/spend-your-money-on-diesel-and-coffee.70072/" class="link link--internal">&quot;Spend your money on diesel and coffee&quot;</a>.<br /> <br /> I have also signed up for a lead gen service on LinkedIn and forked out $150 for a month - not worth it at all so far.<br /> <br /> I have had a chat with a business owner who offers LinkedIn lead gen among other things and asks $800/mth in exchange for 5-6 leads a day.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ll keep chipping away at it and hope to crack it - there seems to be big business behind it.<br /> <br /> I&#039;d suggest to not try to pay yourself out of it, like I tried, because if you don&#039;t know what you are doing, then doing it at scale won&#039;t work either <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":-)" title="Smile :-)" data-shortname=":-)" /></div>

 

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper">Quite a few people have been having success with the simple strategy I told them of:<br /> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Create a relevant title.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Connect with people on LinkedIn.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Optionally, let people know in a non-needy way that &quot;Some space has freed up in my calendar. Do you know anyone who needs help with XYZ?&quot;</li> </ol><br /> <br /> I&#039;m revisiting my profile and have a few things to update:<br /> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">[Done] Changed it so my First Name is &quot;Andy Black&quot;, and my Last Name is &quot;(Google AdWords Specialist)&quot;.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I&#039;ll get a better logo for my company. Something square or round.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I&#039;ll add a header image.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I don&#039;t like the profile bit. It&#039;s a summary of what I&#039;ve done, and some of it is good, but it doesn&#039;t read like a WiiFM profile.</li> </ol><br /> <script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json"> { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.", "lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow", "lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow", "lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen", "lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails", "lightbox_download": "Download", "lightbox_share": "Share", "lightbox_zoom": "Zoom", "lightbox_new_window": "New window", "lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar" } </script> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="9WFT2Ns.png" data-src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9WFT2Ns.png&amp;hash=30e92db98eb912bfbed6cb1a490e3cdf" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9WFT2Ns.png&amp;hash=30e92db98eb912bfbed6cb1a490e3cdf" data-url="https://i.imgur.com/9WFT2Ns.png" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="9WFT2Ns.png" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div></div>

 

[DisLife]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 699809" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=699809" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-699809">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I don&#039;t like the profile bit. It&#039;s a summary of what I&#039;ve done, and some of it is good, but it doesn&#039;t read like a WiiFM profile. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Try treating that section like a cover letter. Instead of just a bullet point list of accomplishments, you could spell out how you can help people, use the bullets to highlight examples of how you&#039;ve helped people and then put a call to action. This is basically you&#039;re advertising space on linkedin.</div>

 

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1504" data-quote="DisLife" data-source="post: 700305" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=700305" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-700305">DisLife said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Try treating that section like a cover letter. Instead of just a bullet point list of accomplishments, you could spell out how you can help people, use the bullets to highlight examples of how you&#039;ve helped people and then put a call to action. This is basically you&#039;re advertising space on linkedin. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks. Good advice.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ll figure something out.</div>

 

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper">In an interesting turn of events I&#039;m finally happy with my LinkedIn profile.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve not used LinkedIn to get clients for years anyway, and I no longer see myself as a &quot;Freelance AdWords Consultant&quot; (the title that got me work in the past).<br /> <br /> What I like about the below is that I&#039;m a Business Owner not a freelancer or consultant. I&#039;m also building a marketing technology company and not a digital marketing agency.<br /> <br /> For me, LinkedIn is there for when people check me out. I&#039;m their peer, and we&#039;ll talk business rather than AdWords.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/upload_2018-6-14_22-49-50-webp.19815/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/16/16444-3e12342c7f92d6e7780bf41c0a454ec9.jpg?hash=RE9ZtHYJ1-" class="bbImage " style="" alt="upload_2018-6-14_22-49-50.webp" title="upload_2018-6-14_22-49-50.webp" width="295" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

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[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 17246" data-quote="Joe Cassandra" data-source="post: 609641" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=609641" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-609641">Joe Cassandra said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Right now, sending a connection request message is as rare as sending a hand-written letter to someone. At some point, some software buff will create a plugin so you can automatically add connection messages. Then, marketers will have ruined another thing. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Dux-soup and Linked Helper are a couple I&#039;ve heard of.</div>

 

[FreedomXX]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34918" data-quote="MattR82" data-source="post: 639560" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=639560" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-639560">MattR82 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> A friend of mine did a presentation on LinkedIn marketing this year at a coworking space.I was blown away by it. Completely free, just put in ten mins a day. Pretty much as said above. Niche down, establish yourself as an expert, reach out, give out free value, join groups, build your own. That&#039;s a simplified version obviously. He has hundreds of thousands of connections now and does very well with it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I have grown my first business 70% in 1 month only through linkedin DM.<br /> Than I teached them to my friends and they sky rocketed, find many clients, find managers, doubled their revenue.<br /> I just released a program explaining the method &lt;Link removed by mod. Keep adding value and people will ask you for your program&gt;<br /> <br /> Linkedin is great now, can be crowded 2 years later <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

[ShadowX]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 57558" data-quote="FreedomXX" data-source="post: 700597" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=700597" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-700597">FreedomXX said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Linkedin is great now, can be crowded 2 years later <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Do you recommend Linkedin also for lower ticket items, eg software $99 a month?</div>

 

[FreedomXX]

<div class="bbWrapper">Yes absolutely, 99 $ is a moving price point, easy to pay if you provide avarage+ value.<br /> Actually, I sold many 99$ and 299$ niche digital products through Linkedin DM, you have to adjust your copywriting and reach to selected people (job title atc.) that suits your products profile.<br /> After you fine tune it, you can scale the messages and bingo!<br /> I explain this step by step with templates on my website but you can probably figure out like I did.</div>

 

[Elopezpicazo2103]

<div class="bbWrapper">thanks andy, great post</div>

 

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[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 116109" data-quote="Elopezpicazo2103" data-source="post: 1112539" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1112539" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1112539">Elopezpicazo2103 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> thanks andy, great post </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Whoa. Thanks for the bump. I completely forgot I wrote this.</div>