If you have ever tried to update the company and job title information of your contacts, you should know that is not an easy task. LinkedIn's internal search is of great help when you are looking for one particular person or a company. But it's totally helpless when it comes…

What if you already have a list with hundreds of company names on it? Or what if you can't use your personal LinkedIn account for lead generation? This add-on lets you search for leads on LinkedIn without using LinkedIn account, straight from your spreadsheet.…

LinkedIn is a great source for B2B lead generation - around 80% of B2B leads come from LinkedIn, out of all leads sourced from social networks. Headhunters, growth hackers, sales assistants, independent developers like myself - we all use LinkedIn for sourcing.

You can search manually with a free account or you can gear up your work with LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

But what if you already have a list with hundreds of company names on it?

Or, what if you can't use your personal LinkedIn account for lead generation? 🤔

Here comes Lead Beagle.

This add-on lets you search for leads on LinkedIn without using LinkedIn at all, straight from your spreadsheet. There is no need to integrate or connect LinkedIn to Google Sheets.

Let’s see how it works in a step-by-step guide.

What you need:

• List of company names.
• Job titles of your target segment.
• Google Sheets.

Step 1. Install Lead Beagle for LinkedIn add-on from G-Suite Marketplace

Step 2. Open or create a spreadsheet in Google Sheets and run the add-on from the Add-ons menu.

Step 3. Add company names and job title keywords for each company

Searching LinkedIn profiles by company name and role

You can search as many companies and roles as you wish. For smaller companies, you would usually search for decision-making roles like CEO, founder, CTO, CMO, marketing, product, sales, support, procurement.

Step 4. Run search

Lead Beagle's search demo video

Now you have a list of specific people and their roles at the companies of interest.

What's next:

• Approach them manually on LinkedIn or set up an automated workflow with a tool like Dux-Soup.
• Enrich profiles with external data - country, industry, website, etc.
• Find work emails by name and company domain.

How to generate more leads on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a great source for B2B lead generation - around 80% of B2B leads come from LinkedIn, out of all leads sourced from social networks.

Either you are running a lead generation agency that is mining LinkedIn for leads as a service or generate leads for your real estate sales team, you would definitely benefit from using LinkedIn for sourcing.

You can do prospecting manually with a free account or you can take advantage of LinkedIn Sales Navigator if you have a business account. You can even automate your lead generation job with the tools like Dux-Soup, LeadFuze, FindThatLead, Phantombuster, and others.

But what if you already have a list of companies to target?

Or, what if you do not want to use your own LinkedIn account for lead generation? (or perhaps you are already using it too intensively)

Here comes Lead Beagle, which makes it possible to search for leads on LinkedIn -- without an account, straight from your Google Sheets document.

Let’s see how it works is a step-by-step guide.

What you need:

• List of companies and job titles to search for.
• Google Sheets.

Install and run the add-on

1. Search by names

1. run ….

2. Add company names and job title keywords for each company

You can search as many companies and roles as you wish. For smaller companies, I would normally search for CEO, founder, CTO, CMO, marketing, product, sales, support.

Run search

2. Search by Companies

3. Search by keywords

https://beagle.dev/how-to/how-to-search-linkedin-by-keywords/

There are many tools to search LinkedIn by keywords, but only Lead Beagle lets you do it right from your Google Sheets spreadsheet. Here is how it works:…

Keyword search is very helpful if you need more flexibility compared to search by the combination of company and role. This is especially useful when you need to target a specific industry, skill, or location. For example, you may want to search for real estate broker chicago or target all insurance attorney  profiles.

There are many tools to search LinkedIn by keywords, but only Lead Beagle lets you do it right from your Google Sheets spreadsheet.

Here is how it works.

Step 1. Open any spreadsheet in Google Sheets and run the add-on from the Add-ons menu.

Step 2. Enter the keywords

You can use as many keywords as you want, but for optimal results it's better limit their number to 4-5. Normally your query will include industry, skill or profession, location.

Searching LinkedIn profiles by keywords from Google Sheets

Creating a good search query might be challenging! To do it right, take a look at these three simple hints on how to improve accuracy of your search.

Step 3. Run search

LinkedIn keyword search in action

You've got a list of people with their titles and direct links to LinkedIn profiles. Now, approach them manually or automate your outreach with a tool like Dux-Soup or enrich your leads further with our enrichment tool.

Enjoy the results!

Now you have a list of specific people and their roles at the companies of interest. You can approach them manually, set up an automated workflow with a tool like Dux-Soup, upload them to your CRM, or enrich your data even further with Clearbit.

Good search! 🤞

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