Targeting LinkedIn post engagers yields a 70% to 75% connection acceptance rate
Stefan Smulders · Free Customer Formula: How I grew Expandi from $0 to $7m in 20 months without spending money on ads · Oct 18, 2022 · at 28:27
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Expandi founder Stefan Smulders explains conversion metrics from scraping post engagements at the Founder 500 conference.
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“And on average if you decide to use it and want to follow up people on LinkedIn with this strategy it still achieves Kind of a 70, 75% acceptance rate.”
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