{"id":4428,"date":"2017-10-08T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3.14.248.234\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2020-05-08T04:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:22:18","slug":"import-connections-linkedin-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bamf.com\/import-connections-linkedin-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import Connections From LinkedIn Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Have a co-founder?\u00a0Or several other people on your sales team? Make good use of LinkedIn connections!<\/strong>\u00a0Import each other&#8217;s connections by using your email addresses.\u00a0Go to My Network, then click on More options.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4429 lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_image3-9.png\" alt=\"BAMF How to Import Connections From LinkedIn Connections Article Image\" width=\"700\" height=\"876\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/1_image3-9.png\" \/>\u00a0You\u2019ll see an interface where you can plug in your email.\u00a0\u00a0Don\u2019t do that.\u00a0It rarely &#8211; if ever &#8211; works.\u00a0Instead, click on the Gmail icon and log-in with your co-worker&#8217;s email address.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4430 lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-11.png\" alt=\"BAMF How to Import Connections From LinkedIn Connections Article Image\" width=\"1530\" height=\"528\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image2-11.png\" \/>\u00a0This will prompt you to connect with hundreds and possibly thousands of individuals.\u00a0Click Add connections.\u00a0This sends connection requests to all of these people.\u00a0You can filter them beforehand to add only people with specific job titles.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4431 lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image4-10.png\" alt=\"BAMF How to Import Connections From LinkedIn Connections Article Image\" width=\"1924\" height=\"468\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image4-10.png\" \/>\u00a0The screen will prompt you again to send connection requests to people. Use this opportunity as a great excuse to show up in someone\u2019s email feed organically because LinkedIn\u2019s promoting it.\u00a0However, these people are less targeted because you can\u2019t readily filter them by job title.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4432 lazyloaded\" src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image4-11.png\" alt=\"BAMF How to Import Connections From LinkedIn Connections Article Image\" width=\"1924\" height=\"468\" data-src=\"http:\/\/bamf.lovelacecreative.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/image4-11.png\" \/>\u00a0In a couple of minutes, you\u2019ve added possibly thousands of new connections to your LinkedIn network &#8211; boom!\u00a0It takes 6 &#8211; 8 touches to generate a viable sales lead. By having different people from the same company produce content in front of the same audience, it hits the number of touch points faster. Moreover, it provides social validation to how active your company is on social.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have a co-founder? Or several other people on your sales team? Make good use of LinkedIn connections! Import each other&#8217;s connections by using your email addresses. 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