May 30, 2023 · 19m · top-founders
Sniper Targeting: Tactics your competition doesn't know about, even with the 2021 LinkedIn changes
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Expandi founder Stefan presents actionable 'sniper targeting' playbooks designed to bypass LinkedIn's connection limits, extract high-intent prospects from groups, events, and posts, and dramatically increase reply rates using dynamic GIF personalization.
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Every chapter scored 0–10 on four independent dynamics. Hover any point for the reasoning behind the score. Nathan holds 4.5% of the talking time here. How this is scored →
speaking balance: gold is Nathan, purple is the guest (3 minute bins)
In an entirely non-adversarial solo conference keynote, this represents the strongest contrarian stance as Stefan dismisses conventional mass-spam outreach tactics in favor of sniper targeting.
Hardest push from Nathan ▶ 12:29 Audience member clarification requestAs Nathan is not present on stage, the closest instance of inquiry is an audience member asking Stefan to clarify the rate of time for sending free InMails.
Biggest teaching moment ▶ 3:35 Stefan explains LinkedIn group direct messaging rulesStefan educates the conference audience on the platform rule allowing direct messaging without connection requests if a user has been in a group for over four days.
Nathan holds their own ▶ 0:00 Nathan introduces SaaS Open metrics focusNathan establishes his platform's expertise and rigorous editorial standards for tactical SaaS metrics in the episode intro.
the scores for every segment, with the reasoning behind each
| Chapter | Topic | Nathan as informed peer | Guest teaching | Guest disagreement | Nathan pushing back | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Latka Introduces the SaaS Open Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nathan introduces the SaaS Open keynote recording in a pre-recorded monologue, after which Stefan takes the stage to introduce himself, Expandi, and his presentation on sniper targeting. | |
| Overcoming LinkedIn's Weekly Limits Through Sniper Targeting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefan delivers a solo stage presentation explaining how to bypass LinkedIn's 100 weekly limit through group messaging and profile visitor scraping without host participation. | |
| Scraping Post Engagement and Poll Voters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefan continues his conference lecture on scraping post interactions and poll voters to achieve high connection acceptance rates. | |
| Sourcing Leads from LinkedIn Event Attendees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefan discusses event attendee scraping and sending free InMails to open profiles, briefly answering a clarifying scheduling question from an audience attendee. | |
| Hyper-Personalization with Dynamic GIF Animations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefan lectures on dynamic GIF personalization via Hyperise, sharing case studies across sales outreach, webinar invites, and recruitment. | |
| Key Takeaways, Resources, and Conclusion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stefan summarizes key tactical takeaways, offers a downloadable playbook via QR code, and receives applause as the conference host closes the session. |
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