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Connect a LinkedIn account

Connect your LinkedIn account to FluenzR and set its limits.

Connect a LinkedIn account

One LinkedIn account is included for each sales rep of the Pro plan (see Plans and pricing). For one more account, invite one more sales rep. LinkedIn powers LinkedIn steps in sequences, searches and received invitations.

Warning LinkedIn does not allow any automation tool, FluenzR included: its user agreement forbids it. Your account may be restricted for a few days, or closed in case of abuse. FluenzR reduces the risk (invitations limited and spread over the day, sending during office hours, stopping as soon as a contact replies, never extracting emails), but you remain responsible for your account and what you send.

Connecting

  1. Open Email accounts, then the LinkedIn tab.
  2. During the trial, first save a card: it is requested only to connect LinkedIn and is not charged before the trial ends.
  3. Click Connect a LinkedIn account, read the warning and tick the box to continue.
  4. Enter your LinkedIn email or phone, password and country, then click Connect. These credentials are used to open the connection and then forgotten: FluenzR does not store them.
  5. If LinkedIn asks for a check, FluenzR shows it: authenticator code, code received by SMS or email, approval in the LinkedIn mobile app, phone number or contract number. You have limited time to validate.

The account becomes Active. Other states are Verification requested, Restricted by LinkedIn, Disconnected, Error and Paused. A disconnected account is restored with Reconnect.

Limits

For each account you set invitations per day and per week, messages per day, visits per day and InMails per day. Each field shows the recommended value and a max. Above the recommended value a warning appears and you must tick I understand the risk: LinkedIn may then restrict the account, and that risk is the account holder's. Above the max (safety cap), the value cannot be saved.

If LinkedIn restricts an account anyway, FluenzR automatically slows down to 50% for 7 days.

Gradual ramp-up

The Gradual ramp-up checkbox of each account limits invitations to 5 per day in the first week after connection, then 10 per day in the second week. It is unticked by default: tick it for a new or low-activity profile, leave it unticked for an old, active account. When ticked, it also limits invitations to 5 per day while the account has fewer than 150 connections.

When invitations go out

LinkedIn actions go out Monday to Friday (according to the sending days set on the campaign), from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm in your time zone. An account's invitations are spread over that whole range, with a variable gap between each, instead of leaving in one block. An action planned outside the range waits for the next opening.

When several LinkedIn searches feed campaigns with the same account, the account's invitation cap is shared between them in proportion to their targets (see LinkedIn search).

Removing an account

Remove deletes the account from FluenzR. Sequences using it are put on hold.

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