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The Multi-Account Operating System: A Complete Guide to Expandi Workspaces
TL;DR Expandi Workspaces groups multiple LinkedIn accounts into one shared operating environment. It includes five capabilities: a unified Dashboard, Global Inbox, Shared Campaigns, workspace-level integrations, and role-based access. Teams running two or more accounts use it to remove coordination overhead, build agency-client transparency, and run cross-account tests. Setup takes about 30 minutes for a five-account […]
30 LinkedIn Features for Your Business You Should Use in 2026
Ask any B2B team if they’re sure that they’re using all relevant LinkedIn features. Chances are, it’s Sales Navigator search for prospecting, connection requests and InMail for cold first touch, the DM inbox where conversations actually move, and a content cadence on the personal profile for inbound. The other 25 split two ways — underused […]
How to Add a Promotion on LinkedIn & Notify Your Network (2026 Guide)
When you add a promotion on LinkedIn, people click through to see what changed: recruiters, colleagues, potential buyers, clients, partners, all within a few days. And these visits are usually more intentional than usual. The default move is to tick the same-company box, leave the new role description blank, and let LinkedIn auto-generate a celebration […]
LinkedIn Ads for Lead Generation: How to Get Qualified B2B Leads Without Wasting Budget
Burned through your first LinkedIn Ads budget at the speed of light? The clicks cost more, the leads cost more, and the people in marketing meetings start asking why you’re not just running Meta. But the math checks out once you measure cost per qualified opportunity instead of cost per click: LinkedIn ads cost 3 […]
Thinking of Deleting LinkedIn? Here’s How to Use It for Lead Gen Before You Go
If you’ve gotten as far as searching how to close your LinkedIn account, you have a reason for it. The feed feels like a performance, the inbox is mostly cold pitches, and the news that LinkedIn was using your data to train AI by default in 2024 was the last push. Plenty of people are […]
How the LinkedIn Algorithm Works in 2026 (and How to Use It to Generate More Leads)
LinkedIn organic reach is down roughly 50% year over year, engagement is down 25%, and follower growth has slowed by 59% (Just Connecting’s 2025 Algorithm Insights Report, 1.8M posts analyzed). The platform rebuilt its ranking system around a single AI called 360Brew, which now reads each post for relevance, expertise, and dwell time instead of […]
LinkedIn Outreach Benchmarks 2026: Acceptance, Reply, and Message Response Rates from 13.2M Outreach Attempts
Expandi analyzed 13,218,869 connection requests, 6,730,447 outbound messages, and 3,766,161 accepted connections sent through 13,302 active LinkedIn accounts between May 2025 and April 2026. The platform-wide averages: 28.5% connection acceptance, 3.0% connection-note reply, 10.4% message reply. But the platform average is the least useful number in this report. Every segment breakdown that follows shows wide […]
How to Source 500+ Candidates Per Week on LinkedIn (Without Paid InMail Burning Your Budget)
Think you need to spend five figures a month on InMail credits to source at volume on LinkedIn? A team of five recruiters using connection request campaigns inside one workspace can pipeline thousands of candidates per month, sync them to the ATS automatically, and replace most of the InMail spend with a flat-rate workflow. Expandi’s […]
How to Use LinkedIn Private Mode in 2026 (and When It’s Worth It)
LinkedIn private mode (also called incognito mode) lets you view someone’s profile without your name showing up in their viewer list. It’s a free setting buried under Settings & Privacy → Visibility → Visibility when viewing other profiles, and it’s useful any time you want to study a profile before acting on it: Across recruiting, […]
Best time to post on LinkedIn to maximize reach and attract inbound leads
The best time to post on LinkedIn is Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday during business hours in your audience’s time zone — not yours. Wednesday is the consensus strongest day across Buffer, Sprout Social, and Reactin. The studies disagree on whether morning or late afternoon wins; the exact window is a variable you test against your […]