Relationship-first LinkedIn prospecting

Generate LinkedIn leadsby building relationshipsbefore you pitch.

With AI doing the work.

A relationship-first system

Build the LinkedIn relationship first.Then start the sales conversation.

LI relationship first

Prospects recognise your name through relevant engagement before the business message reaches their inbox.

Built around your sales team

Your buyers, offer, proof, voice and CRM rules shape every step of the workflow.

Prospects ready to meet

The system handles the prospecting and relationship-building. Your salespeople step in when a qualified prospect is ready to meet.

AI system installed

The complete prospecting system is configured, tested and installed for your team to keep using.

3½-minute AI LinkedIn system walkthrough

Watch the video.See the full AI LinkedIn prospecting system in action.

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Customer result · Two-month campaign

58 meetings held.16 clients won.

A SaaS provider for national sports federations.

The system qualified C-suite buyers against strict criteria, researched each prospect and ran the relationship-first sequence at scale.

Connectionacceptance

≈ 57%

Qualifiedconnections

621

Prospectreplies

84

Meetingsheld

58

Clientswon

16

Value perclient

€15k – €50k
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Janis Strauss

Founder-led implementation

My sales experience built the method.AI systems made it repeatable.

Hi, I'm Janis Strauss, the founder of Impact Outreach. I design and implement every system personally.

I learned prospecting by selling books door to door. The work was repetitive, but the lesson was human: people listen when you first earn their attention and trust.

Since then, I have worked in sales and LinkedIn prospecting while developing AI systems for companies. I built this system by testing what creates recognition, what starts real conversations and where AI saves time without replacing the salesperson.

I learned how people buy

Door-to-door sales taught me to earn attention before asking for the sale.

I adapted it to LinkedIn

I turned that lesson into a relationship-first prospecting method.

I made it repeatable

I built AI systems that run the research, engagement and follow-up consistently.

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The complete LinkedIn sequence

How the system works.From the right prospect to a sales conversation.

A

Find the right prospect

  1. 01Identify the prospect
  2. 02Qualify the prospect
  3. 03Skip previous contacts and poor fits
  4. 04Find a post you can leave a meaningful comment on
B

Build familiarity

  1. 05Like the post
  2. 06Write a meaningful comment
  3. 07Follow the comment with a connection request
  4. 08Endorse two key skills
C

Start the conversation

  1. 09Send the first text or video message
  2. 10Send two follow-ups
  3. 11Salesperson takes over when the prospect replies

Personalised video at scale

Send video messages personalised to each prospect.Without recording a new video every time.

Video gets attention because few people send it. Your salesperson records one approved core video. AI changes only the prospect's first name and, when available, company name. The message, offer and CTA stay fixed.

3.1 sec
Approved source

Core video, recorded once

Hey [first name], I wanted to send you something personal.
2.8 sec
Personalised output 01

For Andrew

Hey Andrew, I wanted to send you something personal.
2.8 sec
Personalised output 02

For Austin

Hey Austin, I wanted to send you something personal.

Built for sales teams

Give every salesperson a steady flow of qualified prospects ready to meet.

Illustrative steady-state model per salesperson: 20 new connection requests per day, 60% acceptance and 1–2 meetings per day.

Illustrative daily activity and meeting model for one and five salespeople
TeamRequests / dayAccepted / dayMeetings / day
One salesperson20≈ 121–2
Five salespeople100≈ 605–10
One salesperson · 20 working days

Monthly at the same pace

400 requests ≈ 240 accepted 20–40 meetings

Five salespeople · 20 working days

Monthly at the same pace

2,000 requests ≈ 1,200 accepted 100–200 meetings

Illustrative model. Actual results vary by audience, offer, messaging and sales follow-through.

What your company receives.The strategy, installed system, training and launch support.

Deliverable 01

Prospecting strategy

Your buyers, offer, positioning, messaging and relationship-first sequence mapped into one practical campaign plan.

Deliverable 02

LinkedIn profile optimisation

Each participating salesperson’s profile refined so prospects see a credible, relevant profile when they engage or connect.

Deliverable 03

Sales materials

The campaign materials needed to convert interest, such as the outreach video, landing page, PDF brochure or supporting proof.

Deliverable 04

Your installed system

The AI prospecting system installed and adapted to your audience, offer, voice, approval preferences and CRM.

Deliverable 05

First campaign launched

Your first campaign built, tested with a controlled group and refined from real output before wider use.

Deliverable 06

Team training and operating guide

Hands-on training for your salespeople and manager, with simple operating guidance for day-to-day use.

Deliverable 07

Launch support and repair coverage

One month of active launch support, plus repair coverage for 12 months from go-live if the installed system breaks.

Implementation and support

Your team is using the system within 4 weeks.

Two weeks to set it up. Two weeks to test it with real prospects, refine it and train your team. Then one month of active launch support and repair coverage for 12 months from go-live.

  1. Plan the campaign

    Agree the buyers, offer, positioning, voice and campaign goals.

  2. Prepare and install

    Optimise LinkedIn profiles, create the agreed sales materials and install the system.

  3. Test with real prospects

    Run a controlled live campaign and refine the audience, sequence and messages.

  4. Refine, launch and train

    Review live results, finish the adjustments, train the team and begin daily use.

  5. Active launch support

    Monitor the rollout, answer user questions and adjust the working campaign.

  6. Repair coverage

    If the installed system stops working as agreed, I repair it. New features and campaigns are separate.

The exact scope, support and required third-party services are confirmed before implementation begins. Review the implementation details →

Questions buyers ask

Frequently asked questions.

How do you protect our LinkedIn accounts?

LinkedIn can restrict third-party automated activity, so nobody can honestly promise zero risk. We reduce exposure with a staged rollout, conservative per-account limits, approval options, duplicate and reply stops, and an immediate pause control. Across the client campaigns I have run over multiple months, no client has reported an account restriction. That is useful operating history, not a guarantee.

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How do we make sure the outreach sounds like us?

Your team approves the voice, claims, examples and patterns the system must avoid. We review real outputs during the initial rollout, and approval gates can remain in place for as long as you want. Anything outside the agreed rules does not have to be sent.

Will this work for a niche or complex offer?

It does not depend on generic scripts or enormous audiences. It works best when you have a clear buyer, a valuable offer and enough LinkedIn activity to create genuine context. We review prospect quality, acceptance, replies and meeting quality before expanding.

How much work will this create for our team?

Your team helps approve the campaign and initial samples. Once it is running, salespeople focus on replies and meetings while a manager retains visibility and pause controls. It is designed to remove daily prospecting work, not create another full-time operating job.

Are there monthly agency fees or hidden subscription costs?

The implementation is a one-time build and installation, not an agency retainer. One month of launch support and repair coverage for 12 months from go-live are included. Your company keeps paying for the third-party services it uses, such as Sales Navigator, CRM, connectivity and AI infrastructure. New campaigns, new features and ongoing optimisation are quoted separately.

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Live demo for your team

See how this would work for your sales team.

I’ll show you the live system, answer your questions and discuss whether it fits the way your team sells.

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