Do you pay for LinkedIn Premium?

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LinkedIn Premium is not cheap. How do you justify paying for it?

Rupal Saini · Accepted Answer

@feichen_ Are you using any automated tools on your LinkedIn? That may be the reason if you haven't set limits for the tasks you're performing with those tools. Or perhaps you're engaging in activities such as reaching out to first-degree connections very quickly. These are common reasons why accounts may be restricted.

Mark Lemuel M · Answer

I don't. Infact, I got my leads on linkedin groups which is very useful!

Graham Lipsman · Answer

If I was doing more cold sales work I'd get it in a heartbeat. Since I'm mostly focusing on content marketing at the moment I'm not using it—Premium doesn't seem to boost your reach at all.

Abhishek Dutta · Answer

Hey Jonni, yes I do.

Sarah Mooney · Answer

I do! it's good for cold outreach.

Marvin Mändle · Answer

I use the free version. It's super expensive for me and I don't use it for sales, so I get all I need from the free version.

Jonni Gani · Answer

@tonib Hey Toni. LinkedIn massively limits its free version now, so there's more (forced) reasons to upgrade these days.

Jonni Gani · Answer

@busmark_w_nika The free version only provides either 5 or 10 free custom message per month when you're connecting with someone new. They lowered this dramatically recently.

Business Marketing with Nika · Answer

No. Considered but really do not know what would be benefit for me rn.

Elena Tsemirava · Answer

I do it to have the ability to send connection invitations.

Julia Engelsmann · Answer

I just use the free version

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@jgani I have a friend, @m_anees , who tried this premium feature but said it is not worth it.

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I use the free version. though I receive messages like " Your profile is gaining traction, and people have been looking you up. See who they are with a free month of LinkedIn Premium."
But I haven't tried that yet maybe in near future

Rupal Saini · Answer

I am using the free version of it, but if you use it as an outreach channel to your prospects, then I do think eventually purchasing it will help. Because LinkedIn wants more people to purchase its premium version. I noticed that we can now only send 5 invites to connect with a personalized message, and even the character limits for messages have been reduced to 200 from 300 characters.

Toni Bruno · Answer

Hi Jonni: I did once, but I didn't find it offered much for the price.

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