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How we find leads on LinkedIn with a tiny following

We run Sponsy. Our LinkedIn page is small. Not many followers. Not much reach.

But we still find good leads every week. Here is how we do it.

The idea is simple. You don't use your own posts. You use other people's posts.

In every niche there are people who post a lot and get lots of likes and comments. You can call them influencers or creators. It doesn't matter. The point is their posts pull in the exact people you want to talk to.

So instead of waiting for people to find you, you go to where they already are.

Here is the step by step.

Step 1: Pick the right people
Find 2 or 3 people in your space who post often. They should talk about the topics your customers care about. Their audience is your audience.

Step 2: Find a post that fits
Look at their recent posts. Find one that matches what you sell. For us that means posts about newsletters, ads, or growth.

Step 3: Open the likes and comments
Click the people who liked the post. Read the comments too. These people showed they care about the topic. That makes them a warm lead.

Step 4: Check if they fit
Open a few profiles. Do they match your customer? Right job, right company, right size. If yes, keep them. If no, skip them.

Step 5: Reach out
Save the good ones. Find their email or send a connection request. Then start a real conversation. No spam.

That is the whole method. It works. We do it every week.

The only problem is time. By hand it is slow. You click, you copy, you check, you repeat. One post is fine. Fifty posts is painful.

That is why we built Linked Panda.

It does all the steps above for you. You give it a profile. It pulls the people who engaged. It finds their verified emails. It scores them against your ideal customer. Then it gives you a clean list.

Want to see it without signing up?

Comment below with a LinkedIn post you want leads from. I will enrich it for you and send you a free list, made just for you. No account needed.

on June 28, 2026
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    Before automating the scraping, the real test is whether a founder can manually get 5 genuine replies in a week using this method. If you can't do it by hand, automation just spams faster.

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    great , informative and valueable

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    This is one of those strategies that sounds obvious once you hear it. You're not creating demand—you’re showing up where demand already exists. The manual version is something a lot of founders could start doing today, even before they automate it.

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        Exactly.

        I actually think that's where the bigger strategic question starts, not where it ends.

        I'm curious—when you built Sponsy, did you always think of it as helping founders find buyers, or did that understanding emerge after watching customers use it?

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    Curious about your approach — did you find cold outreach
    worked differently when targeting freelancers vs businesses?

    I'm trying to reach independent developers who work
    with clients abroad and struggling to not come across
    as a seller from the first message.

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