LinkedIn is called social media platform, as you can connect with different people over there, but actually, it’s not social media platform. We can say it as a job searching portal or the platform where one can grow their business by finding potential clients. The main difference between other social media platforms and LinkedIn is that on other platforms people go to consume content and not people, but on LinkedIn people definitely consume content, but their main target is to connect with people.
But above all these, if one really wants to find the prospects and leads and if they want to convert these cold leads to warm leads, then they have to leverage the connections they have made on LinkedIn. Needless to say that LinkedIn is the best medium for all B2B purposes.
In this blog, we are going to make you understand the importance of LinkedIn contacts, why you should export LinkedIn contacts, and how you can export LinkedIn contacts.
The Importance of LinkedIn Contacts
According to my experience, LinkedIn is a goldmine, as today all the founders, CEOs, and marketing heads are on LinkedIn.
Having a profound LinkedIn profile, where you have enough recommendations and testimonials, will serve your purpose more than your resume.
All you have to do is just connect with the right people on LinkedIn. Because you never know which of your connections can become your potential client or which of connections can offer you a job which you were looking for a long time.
Like me, you must also believe in the fact that the stronger your network is, the more your business expands. LinkedIn is undoubtedly a place where you can expand your network, but what is the use of this network if you can’t connect with them properly.
One of the downsides of LinkedIn is, it’s very easy to connect with people here but it’s equally hard to contact them on LinkedIn. Though it’s very easy to find various company pages and their executives on LinkedIn it’s tough to contact them.
And if you can’t correctly connect them then there would not be any meaning of those connections.
There are basically two ways to contact people on LinkedIn. One, you can only send messages to the people who are in your connections not everyone. And you can send messages in the mail to the people with a common connection.
So the people with whom you are not connected, you can’t send them messages. And this limitation is often frustrating for the people like recruiters or salespeople who only can visit the profile of people whom they believe can serve their purpose but can’t contact them.
How to Export Your LinkedIn Contacts
Exporting contacts, which are already there in your LinkedIn connection, is quite easy. Follow this step by step guide to do this process
- Go to “my account”
- Click “Settings and Privacy”
- Click on the “Privacy” tab
- Scroll down and change “Download your data”
- You will get to see “How LinkedIn use your data” In this section click on “change” in front of “Get a copy of your data”
- Check-in the dialogue box of “want something in particular”
- Select the “Connection” checkbox and click on “Request achieve”
- Enter your LinkedIn password and click on “Done”
That’s it. You will receive all connections’ contact details in your mail as a link.
