Top perspectives
Top perspectivesZayd AliBuilt a LinkedIn automation tool that stays safe under LinkedIn’s crackdown
Chief Executive Officer at Valley$3.2M raised from Antler, CalacanisServes Front, Cardlytics, 70+ startups“That fear is exactly why we built Valley the way we did: every account gets its own dedicated IP, stays inside LinkedIn's daily limits, and never simulates browser behavior. We've run 1,000+ accounts for over a year with zero restrictions, and we back it with a 5x money-back guarantee if your account is ever suspended because of Valley.”
Joe ApfelbaumBuilt evyAI LinkedIn AI assistant for safe automation
LinkedIn Trainer at LinkedIn“I get it, because I saw it happen to a client who used a bot for outreach and got flagged every time he logged in. I run my own agents through my own computer and IP, with a human reviewing the list before a single connection or message goes out. Bot prepares, human posts.”
Adrian ShielGot their LinkedIn account restricted after using automation tools
Founder & Growth Systems Architect of LinkedCoachFounded LinkedCoach, a LinkedIn growth systemRaised €4,000 for war‑hit Kherson“I had my account restricted twice in one week just for batching birthday replies, so your fear is not theoretical. If the whole pipeline depends on one personal LinkedIn, keep the human outreach manual and move the repeatable stuff, lead magnets, email nurture, and revenue tracking, onto infrastructure you own.”
Michael FalatoSends 10,000+ LinkedIn messages monthly using automation
CEO/Founder of GTM Full ThrottleGenerated $1M revenue in first yearBooked four Fortune 500 meetings in weeks“I run 10,000+ LinkedIn messages a month across profiles and the only ones that get restricted are the ones that blast generic invites and ignore daily limits. If your whole pipeline lives on your personal profile, don’t automate the risky stuff there: use it for warm engagement and thought leadership, and run the high-volume outreach through secondary profiles or email infrastructure that you can afford to test.”
Mandy McEwenLinkedIn Top 24 B2B Marketer
LinkedIn, Personal Branding, and Sales Navigator Instructor at PavilionCreated 8+ marketing courses“I’d be scared too, and I’ve watched it happen to people who treated LinkedIn like a volume dial. The safest move is to automate the research and the first draft, then put a human in charge of every message that goes out.”
Jaspar Carmichael-JackFounder & CEO of Artisan
Y Combinator W24 batchRaised around $35M for Artisan“I ran the same fear early on at Artisan, almost every email we sent got flagged as spam until we rebuilt our deliverability infrastructure. If your whole pipeline depends on one personal LinkedIn, I'd move the outbound volume onto dedicated accounts or email before LinkedIn throttles you.”
Katheline Jean-PierreLimited Partner at BAG Ventures
Head of Sales at Google, 10 years$26M revenue at Flickr“I built my entire pipeline on LinkedIn too, and the fear is real: one flagged action can freeze the one channel your revenue runs through.”
Mohammed AdrisDirector at Responsum Global Ltd
$10M+ from recruitment businessCourse watched by tens of thousands“I had a client wake up to a permanent LinkedIn ban and her whole pipeline was tied to that one profile, so your fear is real. Split it now: keep your personal profile for posting and real conversations, and build a separate prospecting engine, email plus a dedicated LinkedIn seat, so one restriction does not kill the business.”
Tami CreaDone-For-You Lead Generation | AI Client Genius
Publisher of up to five local magazinesEnglish and Journalism, University of Minnesota“I used to be nervous about the same thing, so I separated what touches LinkedIn from what doesn't. My Scout AI finds signals off-platform, follow-ups go through email, and anything that stays on LinkedIn stays manual and human. The pipeline grew without putting my main profile at risk.”