Two ways to search
The lead finder form takes keywords, job titles, an industry and a company. Search Export takes a LinkedIn people-search link you paste, and reads the filters inside it. Both run through Apify, a scraping service, not through your LinkedIn account, and both put the results in the same lead list.
The form
| Field | What it takes |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Free text, such as CTO fintech |
| Job titles | Up to three. Each is searched separately and your count is split between them |
| Industry | One industry from LinkedIn's own list |
| Company | One company name per search |
| How many | Up to what is left of your monthly finds |
There is no location field on the form. For location, use a link.
A LinkedIn search link
- On LinkedIn, search for people and open the People tab.
- Apply the filters you want: Locations, Current company, Industry, and keywords or a title in the search box.
- Copy the address from the browser's address bar.
- Paste it into Search Export in the app and say how many people you want.
Search Export reads the link's location, industry, current company, title and keyword filters. Check the first results of a new search before asking for a large number; a filter that LinkedIn applied loosely gives you a loose list.
What doesn't work
- Sales Navigator links, filters or saved lists. The lead finder runs a regular LinkedIn people search.
- Company size, funding stage, seniority or years in role. LinkedIn's regular search doesn't expose them.
- Email addresses or phone numbers. Leads carry name, headline, company and location when LinkedIn returns them.
- Exporting the results as a CSV. Leads stay in the app for the other tools.
How finds count
Each person a search returns counts as one find. Ask for a hundred and get sixty back, sixty count. A search that fails counts nothing. People already in your list are skipped. The plan includes 300 finds a month, reset on the 1st, India time. Leads you upload from a CSV or add by hand don't count.
Which field to use for what
- Keywords are free text, matched loosely. Good for a technology or a niche, such as Golang or ecommerce; poor as the only filter.
- Job titles are the sharpest filter you have. Use the title people write on their own profiles, such as Head of Growth rather than growth leader.
- Industry is one entry from LinkedIn's own list, such as Software Development or Financial Services. It describes the company, not the person, so pair it with a title.
- Company is one name per search. For a list of named accounts, run one search per company and keep each one small.
The search runs through Apify, a scraping service, not through your LinkedIn account, so building lists never touches your account. Each result arrives with its profile link and, when LinkedIn returns them, name, headline, company and location.
Getting a better list
- One title and one location beats three titles and no location. Narrow first, widen if the results run thin.
- Three titles split your count three ways, so ask for enough people to make each slice useful.
- Use the headline. Delete anyone whose headline says they aren't the person you meant before any request goes out.
- Keep searches the size of a week of requests. A hundred people is a week at the daily cap, and a list that waits a month goes stale.