LinkedIn/X Outreach automation

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I am building a LinkedIn/X Outreach automation. I scraped LinkedIn URLs through Apify and sent the connection requests through PhantomBuster, but when I checked my LinkedIn account I discovered that no connection was sent to those specific profiles in the Google sheets at all.

What is the error message (if any)?

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Hey @Philemon_Firone Welcome !

I would say first, review your automation logs carefully. Look for silent blockers like “Already connected,” “Pending invitation,” or “Invitation limit reached.” These don’t always stop the run, but they do stop the invite as linkedin doesn’t like automating stuff.

Next, double check that the LinkedIn profile URLs are valid and properly formatted. Even small issues like tracking parameters or non profile URLs can cause LinkedIn to ignore the request.

Make sure your connection message stays under 200 characters. Longer messages won’t throw obvious errors, they’ll just quietly fail.

Keep an eye on LinkedIn’s weekly/daily invitation cap, which is roughly 50 to 100 connection requests per week. Once you hit it, everything looks like it’s running, but nothing gets sent.
(If you try send those manually you will see that error in your linkedin account as limit reached)

Or one reason could be if your linkedIn account if your session cookie has expired. (Reconnect if possible)

If you still face any problems then you can go through phantom buster’s support ticket or checkout linkedin’s Automation rules or invitations cap limits.

I hope it helps

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Hi @Philemon_Firone

In most outreach automations, when everything runs but no invites are sent, the root cause is almost always LinkedIn’s weekly invitation limit being reached, which fails silently.

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Hi @Philemon_Firone
If you never see any connection requests on LinkedIn, it means the PhantomBuster automation completed but LinkedIn blocked or skipped sending invites this could be due to invalid profile URL, existing or pending connections, message limits, or LinkedIn rate limitations just ensure your input does not contain any mistakes and stay within LinkedIn’s limits.

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Hey @Philemon_Firone I’m really glad you liked it.
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