Create a LinkedIn campaign and send the first connection request

A LinkedIn Outreach campaign automates connection requests, messages and engagement actions from your LinkedIn profile. This article creates the campaign and sets up the first step: a connection request with a personalised note.

Prerequisites

• A LinkedIn account connected to OutreachFox.
• Contacts with a LinkedIn profile URL.

Steps

1. Click Create Campaign from the campaign list.

1. Enter a name for your campaign, for example "LinkedIn Outreach". Select LinkedIn Outreach as the campaign type.

1. Click Create to start building your sequence.

1. Click Start with LinkedIn and pick your first action. Choose Connection Request.

1. Enter a personalised note for the connection request, then click Save.

What you see afterwards: step 1 (Connection Request) appears in the sequence panel. Continue with LinkedIn conditions, wait times and branching.

Tips

• Notes are limited to 300 characters by LinkedIn; aim for 150–200. Say who you are and why them, no pitch.
• Requests without a note are accepted at similar rates and do not count against LinkedIn's monthly note allowance on free accounts. Test both.
• Use variables ({{first_name}}, {{company}}) in the note so each request reads as written by hand.
• Do not mention "email" in the note; a request that reads like a follow-up to unsolicited email is more likely to be ignored.

Troubleshooting

• Start with LinkedIn is missing — no LinkedIn account is connected. Connect one first.
• Note is cut off — over 300 characters after variables are filled. Shorten it; check with a long company name.

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