We have conducted extensive testing with Prosp, and here are the key metrics to help maximize your outreach volume while maintaining account safety.
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Connection Request Limits
Free & Premium Accounts
- Daily recommended: 20 requests
- Weekly limit: 100 requests
Sales Navigator
- Weekly limit: 150-250 requests
- Daily recommended: 30-50 requests
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Messaging Limits
Direct Messages
- Free accounts: 100/week
- Premium accounts: 150/week
InMail Limits
- Sales Navigator: 50/month
- Recruiter Lite: 100/month
- Recruiter: 1000/day
Connection Request Messages
- Free accounts: 1-2/week (200 character limit)
- Premium accounts: Unlimited (300 character limit)
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Profile View Limits
- Free accounts: 80/day
- Premium accounts: 150/day
- Sales Navigator:
- LinkedIn profiles: 150/day
- Sales Navigator profiles: 1000/day
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Best Practices for Safe Automation
- Start Slow & Warm Up
- Begin with lower numbers
- Gradually increase activity over weeks
- Never jump straight to maximum limits
- Use Proper Automation Tools
- Use a tool like Prosp with built-in rate limiting
- Set conservative daily/weekly limits
- Monitor account health regularly
- Split Testing Across Profiles
- Use multiple accounts for larger campaigns
- Keep activity levels natural on each account
- Distribute actions across different times
- Optimize Your Profile
- Improve your Social Selling Index (SSI)
- Enable Creator Mode for better visibility
- Join relevant groups for expanded reach
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Pro Tips
- You can send up to 400 connection messages weekly to event attendees and group members
- Maximum total connections: 30,000
- Best times to send requests: Tuesday-Thursday during business hours
- Always personalize connection requests for better acceptance rates
Remember: LinkedIn's primary goal is maintaining authentic professional connections. While automation can help scale your outreach, it should enhance, not replace, genuine relationship building.
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