First, find your target prospect in LinkedIn’s search bar on your desktop.
You’ll probably want to take some time to do some research while you’re on their profile.
The Kapsr widget will pop up. Click on it.
👉 Psst, sign up to Kaspr to access phone numbers via the LinkedIn Extension - it’s free.
Ta-da. We told you it was quick. 💯
All the contact info Kaspr finds is revealed for one credit.
That’s how you can easily get personal phone numbers from LinkedIn. *Unlimited B2B email addresses too.
You can go one step further, though…
*Subject to fair use policy.
Kaspr comes with a LinkedIn Chrome Extension and dashboard.
The dashboard is where it gets really interesting. You can do all sorts of automation to enrich potential prospect contact details and start off your sales outreach.
✅ GDPR and CCPA aligned data.
With the workflows, you can enrich at a:
This makes enriching contacts in bulk easy and keeps your other sales apps up-to-date with integrations.
There are other ways to get phone numbers from LinkedIn, but they aren’t as accurate and easy. We’re just being honest. 🤷
Two commonly used other methods are:
Let’s look at each.
For this, you just need your LinkedIn account.
You start again by going onto your target prospect’s profile on LinkedIn.
Then, just click the contact info button. If your prospect doesn't hide their data, then you might be in luck. Let’s just hope they are keeping it up-to-date as well…
This method is completely free, all the time. But there are reasons for that.
Barriers include:
Yep, we’ll be honest; this way is unlikely to give you a high success rate. Why leave getting cell phone numbers to chance? You’ve got a quota to hit.
For anyone serious about prospecting, manually getting data on LinkedIn just won’t cut it. 🙅
This method involves exporting a CSV file from LinkedIn Sales Navigator and enriching the data in a bulk phone finder.
Examples of these platforms include:
You start with your leads in Sales Nav. Once you’ve applied the filters you want to create a target list, you export it as a CSV. The CSV is then uploaded to one of the bulk finder tools, and your data is hopefully enriched with phone numbers.
Sure, unlike manually finding contact information on LinkedIn, it can be done more at scale.
Barriers include:
This method is also not great if you’re a regular at prospecting. There are just still too many steps involved.
Now that you’ve got your phone numbers from LinkedIn, you need to put them to good use in your sales cadence.
Before you start dialing, you need a plan in place.
There are also some best practices for sales calls that you should consider.
Here’s our 3-point plan for success on approaching your first touch:
Let’s look at each in more detail 👇
In other words: really know who you’re speaking to.
This will help you increase your chances of success. And becomes even more important if you’re selling in uncertain times like a recession.
Do a little digging.
Check out your prospect’s LinkedIn profile to learn more about them.
Consider points like:
And that’s just for starters. 😅
The more research you do, the more you can tailor your approach.
A cold calling script will help keep you focused.
Plus, make sure you cover all the important points during the call.
We know some people like to wing it, but remember, it’s just a guide.
Feel free to adjust it as the conversation unfolds.
Let’s look at a script structure by Ryan Reisert, previously a Subject Matter Expert at Cognism.
It goes like this. 👇
The opening line is crucial for making a great first impression.
And setting the tone for the rest of the call.
Here are some tips to get you started:
Remember, the goal of the opening line is to establish trust and get the conversation going.
So, make sure to practice and tailor your opening line to fit the prospect you are speaking with.
📹 We did a full series on a cold calling blueprint with Elric Legloire; find it on prospecting on demand - watch now.
Here are some questions usually asked about finding phone numbers for prospects on LinkedIn.
You can easily get phone numbers while prospecting on LinkedIn using the Kaspr Chrome Extension.
You can export phone numbers from LinkedIn via a CSV file if the person has chosen to share it with their 1st-degree connections.
While on your profile, go to “settings & privacy” once there, select “data privacy”. Once here, you’ll see the option to “get a copy of your data”, select “connections” and then click “request archive”. LinkedIn will email you when your requested data is available; click the link in the email and then “download archive” to get the CSV.
Kaspr provides a much easier (and more accurate) way to get contact data from LinkedIn. The data will be enriched from Kaspr’s own database and checked against 150 sources when you request it.
If your prospect chooses to show their contact information, it’s only visible to 1st-degree connections. So, you can’t view contact data without connecting to them if you’re trying to get phone numbers on LinkedIn manually.
We’ve already told you how easy it is to get phone numbers from LinkedIn with Kaspr. 😉
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