How to Get a Free Weekly Lead from LinkedIn

If you are not familiar to “LinkedIn” here's some short description, LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. , LinkedIn had more than 75 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

LinkedIn is well known because it featured called Saved Searches. Which it characteristic to find or to search one of the specific types of your contacts and automatically can save in an instance on criteria. after that LinkedIn will email you a weekly update with new contacts from your saved search.

If you set this up the right way, you'll get a steady stream of new leads every week from LinkedIn. Let's take a closer look at how this works.

Here is how to set-up:

1. Next to the Search Box, click on the Advanced link for a People search.

2. Enter a specific Title. For a broader search you you may want to use the Keyword field instead and enter a job function (such as Sales or Human Resources).

3. If you only want to show people within a certain geography, use the Postal Code filter

4. Now here's the most important part. In the Relationship section select 2nd Connections. This is because you only want to see a list of new people who could be introduced by your 1st degree connections.

Optional Search Criteria for Paid Subscribers:

Some of the search options are only available to people who pay for the enhanced version of LinkedIn. I think it's worth investing in. However, if you're only using the free version you can skip this optional search criteria.

5. Once you have entered all the search criteria, click the Search button. After it displays your list of 2nd Degree Connections, click the Save Search link in the upper right corner.

Now just sit back and let LinkedIn do the work. Each week you'll receive a list of new 2nd Degree Connections who are qualified leads. Use the "Get Introduced" feature in LinkedIn to initiate a conversation with someone.