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01The problem is the gap, not the feed
LinkedIn shows you leads all day. A founder announces a round. A head of sales says she's hiring. Someone asks which tool people use for a job you do. You notice, you mean to follow up, and by Friday you can't find the post.
Nothing about this needs more time on LinkedIn. It needs thirty seconds of capture at the moment you notice.
02Which posts are leads
| Kind of post | Why it's a lead | Example |
|---|---|---|
| An announcement | Something changed, so priorities and budgets are moving | "We just closed our seed round" |
| A hiring post | A need exists and nobody is doing the work yet | "I'm hiring our first designer" |
| A question | The person is choosing a solution right now | "What does everyone use for onboarding?" |
| A complaint | They're unhappy with what they have | "Third outage this month from our provider" |
What these share is a change. Posts with no change in them, such as advice threads and anniversaries, are pleasant to read and rarely worth saving.
03What to capture before you scroll on
- The company. A post by an employee is about their employer. File it there.
- What happened. A few words: raised a seed, hiring sales, switching tools.
- The link. You'll want to quote the post, and you can't quote from memory.
- When to act. A date, even a rough one.
A screenshot keeps the second item and loses the other three. A spreadsheet row keeps all four if you have the patience to type it.
04How to follow up
If the post invites replies, comment first, and make the comment useful on its own. A day later, send a message that refers to the post and offers one thing.
Saw your post about hiring your first two sales reps. When a team makes its first sales hires, the site and the deck usually need updating for them. Here's a one-page checklist we use. Happy to walk through it.
Keep the pitch out of the comments. A sales message under someone's announcement reads badly to them and to everyone else who sees it.
05A word on automation
Tools that like, comment, connect or message on your behalf are a different thing from saving a post. LinkedIn's terms don't allow automated activity, and accounts get restricted for it. Doing the outreach yourself is slower and it's the part that works.
06Where Save This Lead fits
The extension adds a Save button under each LinkedIn post. A save keeps the post text, the author's name and profile link, and the post link, and files them under a company you confirm. LinkedIn is on the Solo plan and higher.
It never posts, likes, follows or messages for you, and it doesn't scrape profiles or collect contact details. It keeps the post you chose to save.
