Once you connect your LinkedIn account to Reply with an auto cookie, you can use extended features of LinkedIn steps in a sequence, such as LinkedIn automatic steps.
When you run a sequence with automatic LinkedIn steps, messages, and connection requests will be sent automatically if you use public LinkedIn or Sales Navigator.
Please note: If you use Sales Navigator, you will have higher limits for connections and messages than with public LinkedIn.
You have the flexibility to mix automatic and manual LinkedIn steps to align with your preferences. For instance, you can manually send connection requests while automating message delivery, or vice versa. To message LinkedIn users outside your network, include both Connect and Message steps in your sequence.
Reply identifies responses to manually crafted LinkedIn messages or those sent automatically within a sequence, marking the contact with a "Replied in LinkedIn" status and logging the interaction in the contact's Activity log.
Important: If the sequence with automatic LinkedIn steps includes any contacts without LinkedIn URLs, Reply will assign them the 'Missing Data' status.
Automatic LinkedIn Connect
The automatic LinkedIn connect step will be processed only if you are not connected to the prospect yet.
When you add an automatic LinkedIn connect step to a sequence and run it, Reply checks if a LinkedIn account is connected to this sequence and if the prospect is already a connection. If the prospect that goes through this step is not a connection of yours, there will be an attempt to send a connection request. If you are already connected to the prospect, this step will be skipped and the prospect moved to the next step in the sequence.
Automatic LinkedIn Message
The automatic LinkedIn message is sent to the prospect only if you are already connected to them on LinkedIn no matter what triggered the connection, an automatic or manual LinkedIn connection request.
Once you add an automatic LinkedIn Message step to a sequence, Reply checks if a LinkedIn account is connected to this sequence and if the prospect is already a connection. If the prospect that goes through the step is a connection of yours, there will be an attempt to send the message. If you are not connected to this prospect, this step will be skipped and the contact moved to the next step in the sequence.
LinkedIn automation schedule
Automatic LinkedIn messages and connection requests are sent to prospects according to the schedule assigned to the sequence. You can assign and customize a schedule on the sequence Steps tab.
View the Progress of your LinkedIn automatic steps
Reply allows you to track all the activities that relate to your LinkedIn automatic steps. Here's how you can view it:
Open the contact profile (from the People tab or just the Sequence page). The right sidebar with the card with the prospect's data will be shown.
Click on < icon to extend the sidebar.
3. Navigate to the Activity tab.
In this tab, you can view the history of all activities: the progress of all set tasks, and the exact test messages you sent. In case a prospect leaves you a response, this tab will show you a notification that the reply was detected and will show you the full text of the message.
Other than that, you can leave notes for each prospect using the text field 'Add note' + clicking on the Save note button.
4. You can also view brief information on the progress of your sequence in the Log tab. To do this, open Sequence → navigate to the Log tab.
Important
Take into account your daily LinkedIn Safety limits. If you saved your Automatic LinkedIn steps and run sequence, but your Daily limits have been hit, execution of the automatic LinkedIn steps will be postponed to the next day.
If a prospect responds to your LinkedIn message, or connect request, he will be automatically marked as finished. Take into account your Replies handling settings (Sequence → Settings):
Your LinkedIn account connection directly affects sequence performance. If the connection is lost, the sequence stops. Auto cookie connection ensures seamless operation without interruptions due to lost connections. However, this connection remains active only as long as you're logged into LinkedIn via its official website. Logging out interrupts the automatic session.
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