LinkedIn Introductions Search

LinkedIn
Introduction Requests
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Introductions let you contact members in your extended
network through the people you know.
If you want to contact someone who is two or three degrees
away from you; you can request an introduction through one
of your connections.
Introduction Requests
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Your connection will, in turn, decide whether to forward your
message on to the desired recipient (if in your 2nd degree network)
or on to a shared connection (if in your 3rd degree network).
Sending Introduction Requests is another very effective strategy
to continue to grow your network!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Planning & Research
Introduction Requests - Facts & Figures
Sending Introduction Requests
Maintenance & Clean-Up

OVERVIEW
Section 1

LinkedIn Introductions are an integral part of the social networking platform.
LinkedIn has given you the ability to search for someone and see how they are connected to you, and it
is with this information that you can request an Introduction from your connection just as you would
request a referral from a friend in real life.
Very few people however actually ask for an Introduction on LinkedIn in the same manner that they ask
for an introduction in a real-life.
Make sure that each Introduction is not only diplomatic and tactful but it also has a Personal Touch.
You need to remember that there are three (3) people involved in the introduction, and this action will
impact on all of the participants’ names and reputation.
You only have one chance so get it right!
Overview

# 1 Clear Message
You need to be able to articulate your message in a few short paragraphs. Demonstrate how you can be useful, and why
it is important to them for you to connect.
# 2 WIIFM – What’s In It For Me?
This is the oldest concept in sales and marketing, yet very few people use it effectively. When writing the note to the
person you’d like to be introduced to, understand that the person receiving your note is thinking – “What’s in it for me?”
# 3 Don’t SELL In The Introduction Request
Before you can sell anything, there needs to be an element of trust and at this stage of the proceedings, there is NO trust.
# 4 Think Of The Person Making The Intro:
• Will they be comfortable with your language, your approach, and the relevance of your note?
• Is there a chance of embarrassment?
• What will happen if you don’t deliver?
• What will be the implication on their friendship?
# 5 Your Credentials
Keep in mind that once your introduction request has been forwarded, the person you’ve approached will immediately
check your profile. Make sure your profile is 100% complete, and it showcases who you are, professionally.
Recommendations are important, as they will tell people reading your profile, not just what you think of yourself, but also
how others think of you!
# 6 Follow Up!
So How Do You Do It Effectively?

If you don't know someone's email address and you were not a colleague or classmate in the past, then
you can contact LinkedIn members using an Introduction or InMail.
Unlike InMails, Introductions are FREE to all users!
“If you want to contact someone who is either two (2) or three (3) degrees away from
you, you can request an introduction through one of your connections.“
You won't however become 1st degree connections when you your Introductions are successfully
forwarded unless one of you invites the other to connect and the request is accepted.
InMails extend your reach even further and enable you to contact any LinkedIn member directly.
InMails are basically private messages that enable you to contact or be directly contacted by another
LinkedIn user, while still protecting the recipient's privacy.
With InMails, you also won't become 1st degree connections unless one of you invites the other to
connect and the request is accepted.
InMail is a paid feature or part of a premium account.
Note: You can always send a standard invitation to someone to connect if you know their email address!
What is the difference between Introductions & InMails?

PLANNING & RESEARCH
Section 2

You can use Introductions on a casual / as needed basis or you can adopt a more systematic approach
over time to rapidly grow your network.
To do this, you first need to carry out a series of Advanced People Searches that will help you identify
potential connections who are either two (2) or three (3) degrees away from you.
Once you have printed all the results; you will need to keep them in a safe place as you will ONLY be
able to send a limited number (Section 3: Introduction Requests – Facts & Figures) of Invitation
Requests at a time dependant on your type of LinkedIn Account.
The key to growing your network is planning & research!
Introduction

Go to the home page of the LinkedIn website and Sign in using your account details:
Type your Email Address into this box:
Type your Password into this box:
Planning & Research

Select the Advanced search page by left clicking your mouse:
Note:
Some or all of the search parameter options marked with a gold Premium Badge on the following
pages may or may not be accessible to you unless have a Premium LinkedIn Account.

Type the first Title (explained in detail on the next page) that you want to get introduced too in the Title:
box and also select : Current from the drop down menu.
# 1 Select Located in or near from the down menu of the Location: box
# 2 Select Australia, United Kingdom or United States from the down menu of the Country: box
# 3 Type in the Post Code or Zip Code in the Postal Code: box
# 4 Select the search Radius from the drop down menu of the Within: box
Note: Leave all other boxes blank for now.
Make sure that you are in the Advanced
People Search tab.

You need to choose very broad key words for each Title to capture the maximum number of Search
Results to pick your Introduction Request targets from. Create a list of Job Titles relevant to you like the
example below to help you choose your own 3 or 4 key words for casting the widest net possible.
Example:
Title – Selecting Key Words
Associate Director, Associate Vice President, Audio Visual Sales Manager, Australian General Business Software Sales Manager, Business
Director, Australia CEO, CEO & Director, Company Director, Channel Sales Manager, Chief Executive Officer, Client Director , Client Director -
Southern Region, Commercial Manager - AsiaPac, Consulting Director, Corporate Sales Manager, Director , Director - Sales and Customer
Experience, Director & Co-Founder, Director & Principal, Director | Corporate Services, Director Business Development , Director of Marketing &
Sales, Director of Sales, Director of Sales - Asia Pacific, Director of Sales & Marketing, Director Professional Services and Product
Development, Director Sales, Australia and New Zealand, Director Strategic Accounts, Director Strategic Programs & Marketing, Director, Corporate
Engagement & Human Capital, Director, Sales & Marketing, Enterprise Sales Manager, Executive Director, Field Sales Manager, Founder, Founder &
CEO, Founder / Director, Founder and Managing Director, Founding President, General Manager - Regional Sales VIC/SA, General Manager and VP
of Software Asia , General Manager Sales, General Manager, Victorian Sales, Global Head of Sales & Marketing, Global Sales Operations Manager
, Global Services Director, Group Sales & Marketing Manager, Head of Sales/Branch Manager Victoria, Manager, Sales Manager, Tech Sales, Business
Solutions, Managing Director, Managing, Director Aust/NZ, MD, National Sales and Marketing Manager, National Sales Manager, Owner, Owner and
Director, Owner and Principal Consultant, Portfolio Sales Manager, President , Regional Director APAC, Regional President - Asia Pacific, Regional
Sales Director, Regional Sales Manager Regional Sales Manager ANZ, Sales & Marketing Manager, Sales & Strategy Manager, Sales and Marketing
Director , Sales Director, Sales Manager, Sales Manager - Australia, New Zealand, Sales Manager ANZ, Sales Manager Australia & New Zealand , Sales
Manager, Australia, Sales Manager, Southern Region, Sales Manager/Account Director, Sales Operations Manager , Sales Team Manager - Online
Marketing , Senior Regional Sales Director - Financial Services, Senior Vice President Sales Australia & New Zealand, Services Sales
Manager, Enterprise and Public Sector, SMB Sales Manager, Australasia & South Africa, Southern Commercial Sales Manager, Southern Region Sales
Manager, Southern Region Sales Manager Enterprise & Financial Services
 Sales Manager  Director  CEO  President
One or more of the four (4) key words or Titles below covers everyone of the Titles above:

Select the first Industry or industries (explained in detail on the next page) that you want to search for
from the Industries: menu
ONLY Select 2nd Connections and 3rd + Everyone
Else from the Relationships: menu
Select English from the Groups: menu
Select All LinkedIn Members from the Groups: menu
IMPORTANT!
There is no need to select Group Members if
you are already inviting them to join you
network as per the “Invite Group Members”
tutorial.

There are approximately 144 different industries on LinkedIn so only select the ones that are most
relevant to you:
Industries
Create a matrix of industries & key
words to cover as many possibilities as
you can.
This will help you capture the maximum
number of Advanced Search results!

Select All Functions from the Function: menu
Select All Company Sizes from the Company
Size: menu
Select Relevance from the from the drop down menu of
the Sort: box
Select Basic from the from the drop down menu of the
Views: box

IMPORTANT!
Make sure the Open Link radio button is not ticked:
Each of these default selection
boxes should be ticked:

Select the Search button to start the search by left clicking your mouse:

The total number of search results is shown here:
A summary of your specific search criteria is shown here:

To be able to extract all of the necessary contact information, you need to physically print out each &
every page of the search results on A4 or Letter sized paper in one go.
The fastest way to do this is to press: Ctrl + P, next page, Ctrl + P, next page, Ctrl + P, next page …
Print on Paper & Achieve
Tip
Store (Achieve) all of the printed pages in a folder / binder marked “Invitation Requests”. You will need
to refer to this file on a weekly or monthly basis as detailed in Section 4 – [Sending Introduction
Requests].

Once you have completed your initial Advance People Search (Introduction Request Search) and
printed the results; repeat the steps detailed in slides #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, # 13, #14, #15 & #16 to
capture more results from prospects who you can get introduced too:
Example:
Introduction Request Search # 1 – Sales Manager / Melbourne / Information Technology (25 results);
Introduction Request Search # 2 – Sales Manager / Melbourne / Telecommunications (23 results);
Introduction Request Search # 3 – Sales Manager / Melbourne / Computer Software (37 results);
Introduction Request Search # 4 – Sales Manager / Melbourne / Finance (81 results);
Introduction Request Search # 5 – Sales Manager / Melbourne / Medical Devices (13 results);
Introduction Request Search # 6 – Director / Melbourne / Information Technology (34 results);
Introduction Request Search # 7 – Director / Melbourne / Telecommunications (43 results);
Introduction Request Search # 8 – Director / Melbourne / Computer Software (30 results);
Introduction Request Search # 99 – CEO / Melbourne / Medical Devices (26 results)
SEARCHES 2, 3, 4 …

INTRODUCTION REQUESTS -
FACTS & FIGURES
Section 3

The following points will give you a better understanding of LinkedIn Introductions:
1. All LinkedIn members have introductions they can request
2. Basic (or Free) Account = 5 per month
3. Premium Accounts = 15, 25, 35 or 50 outstanding
4. Introductions expire after 6 months if the receiver doesn't respond
5. Once the member accepts your introduction you can exchange information and do business
6. You won't become 1st degree connections unless one of you invites the other to connect and the
request is accepted
Note: LinkedIn recommends that you only connect with contacts you know and trust.
Introduction Requests – Facts & Figures

Unlike Basic (or Free) Accounts which have a total monthly allocation of Introductions, Premium
Accounts have a maximum number of outstanding Introductions that you can have in play.
Once you send your full allocation of Introductions; you either have to:
(i) Wait 6 months for them to expire or;
(ii) Withdraw any unwanted outstanding Introductions before you can send anymore!
Refer to Section 5, Maintenance & Clean-Up for details of how to withdraw Introductions.
52lists strongly encourages ALL of our Users to upgrade their LinkedIn account to one of the Premium
Accounts offered by LinkedIn to take full advantage of the Introductions feature.
Monthly v Outstanding

SENDING INTRODUCTION REQUESTS
Section 4

The purpose of sending Introductions is to get introduced to 2nd and / or 3rd level contacts who are not
already part of your current network of 1st level LinkedIn connections.
“Every 2nd or 3rd level contact that accepts an invitation will
become a 1st level contact!”
Because you are ONLY able to send a limited number (Section 3: Introduction Requests – Facts &
Figures) of Introductions at a time it is important that you use them wisely.
Until a 1st level contact that you ask to assist you takes action by either forwarding the Introduction
request or rejecting it – LinkedIn will not allow you to send that Introduction to someone else.
Example:
You are a Premium LinkedIn Account holder allocated 35 outstanding Introductions
If you send 10 Introductions and no one either forwards or rejects them and you don’t withdraw them
(See Section 5: Maintenance & Clean-Up) then you would only have 25 available to send .
You need to be proactive and NOT wait six (6) months for outstanding Introductions to expire.
Note: Your acceptance rate will be much higher if you personalise your Introduction messages .
Introduction

Select the Home search page by left clicking your mouse.
Make sure that People is selected in the drop down
search menu box:
Type in the full name of the 1st person to send the
Introduction to from your multiple pages of printed
contacts:
Left click using your mouse on the Magnify Glass
icon to START the 1st individual search:

To narrow the number of search
results, start typing “Melbourne
Area, Australia”
LinkedIn will auto complete the
operation for you.
IMPORTANT!
Be sure to select “Melbourne
Area, Australia” and NOT
“Melbourne Florida, Area” which is
the USA.

Hover your mouse over the small drop down
menu icon next to the connect button
The next step of the process involves clicking on the Connect icon of each of the 2nd or 3rd level search
results. Ignore the 1st level results as they are already a part of our network. Also ignore Group ones.
Left click on the Get Introduced menu item:

Now you are ready to get introduced to Fraser Hodgson via one of your current 1st Level connections …
Left click on the 1st level contact at the TOP of the list with the HIGHEST # of Shared Connections that
can help you get introduced to the contact (Fraser Hodgson)

Cut & Paste the Subject from the .txt file on the following slide into each request

A smart way to save time when you are sending Introduction Request messages is to use Google Docs,
Notepad, OneNote or Microsoft Word to create MASTER templates.
All you then need to do then is CUT & PASTE your preferred template into the Introduction Request
message field and personalise it as needed:
Tips

Cut & Paste the BODY from the .txt file on the following slide into each Introduction Request.
Personalise each
message by using the
FIRST name only of
the 1st level contact
who is helping you
get introduced.
Personalise each message
by using the FIRST & LAST
name of the contact you are
trying to get introduced too.
Left click Send Request!

The following message or similar should be displayed.
You can check if it worked for the first couple of times by looking in the Sent Messages folder below:
In Progress / Waiting for Stephen to respond

Click on the Home icon to find the next contact from the printed search results and continue the process
one by one up to the maximum number of Introduction Requests you can send.
Note:
Refer to Section 3: “Introduction Requests – Facts & Figures” for details on the maximum number of
Introduction Requests you can send.

TIP
Some search results don’t include a name and are private. They are of little or no use so ignore them!
These two (2) are OK!

TIP
As you do searches 2, 3, 4 for a specific Title … You often ONLY need to change the Industry.
Select one or more Industries from the Industry menu without exceeding
the number of allowable results you can display.
or
Start typing the first few letters of the Industry name … There are over
140 Industries to choose from and fall within the limits.
Left click the Search button to generate the next set of results.

TIP
As you do searches 2, 3, 4 for a specific Industry … You often ONLY need to change the Title.
Type the next title to search for - Director or CEO or President or …
Note: The other search parameters you selected will not be effected .
Left click the Search button to generate the next set of results.

MAINTENANCE & CLEAN-UP
Section 5

As explained in Section 3: Introduction Requests – Facts & Figures, LinkedIn allows Premium Account
holders to have a maximum number of outstanding or un-answered Introductions Requests in their
account at a time.
The only way to redeem these Introductions is to withdraw them manually one-by-one. This is a fairly
simple task to do as explained in the following slides:
The vast majority of contacts that you send Introductions too will either accept and / or respond to them
in less than a week so there is NO issue in withdrawing ALL Introductions from the previous week.
If you are a Premium Account holder, you should perform this Maintenance & Clean-Up task on a weekly
basis so you can continue to send Introductions and make the most of your Introduction allowances.
It should only take you 5 to 10 minutes a week.
Maintenance & Clean-Up

Step 1. – Left click on the Inbox / Then left click the Sent Messages tab:
Step 2. – Left click on the Sent menu

Step 4.
Left click on the Sort
menu and select
Oldest:
Step 3. – Left click on the Introductions menu option

Step 5. – Left click on “Friendly LinkedIn Introduction Request …” TEXT of each Introduction that is 1
week old or older and has the (In Progress) message next to the name of the invitee
NOTE: DO NOT left click on the messages with the GREEN (Responded ) message displayed!

Step 6. – Left click on the Withdraw button to withdraw the un-answered Introduction Request and
return it to the pool!

Step 7. – Left click on the 1st radio button - “The need has been filled”:
Step 8. – Left click on the Withdraw button:

The following message or similar will be displayed …
Step 9. – Left click on the Sent Messages tab to return:

Step 10. You can now withdraw the other remaining Introduction Requests that are in progress and
either 1 week old or older as per Steps 1 ~ 9
WARNING: Make sure that each of these menu items are selected before continuing!

The ONLY thing left to do is delete all the (Withdrawn) Introductions plus the ones with a green
(Responded) message
Tick the correct boxes and left click on the Delete button:

IMPORTANT!
You can check how many of the Introductions are available by left clicking on the Settings tab
underneath your name:
This shows that there are
currently only 3 of a
possible 35 Introductions
available.
You would need to
withdraw any which are I
week or older to free up
some more!

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