# LinkedIn Person Finder

> Find anyone on LinkedIn. Get their profile, career history, and recent posts—all from a name and company.

Source: https://cotera.co/solutions/sales/linkedin-person-finder

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- **Team:** Sales
- **Tools:** Google Search, Apollo, LinkedIn
- **Difficulty:** easy
- **Setup time:** 2 min
- **Time saved:** 10 min/lookup

## How it works
1. **LinkedIn Find Someone** — LinkedIn search by name + company to find the right person
2. **LinkedIn Profile Search** — Get their full career history and current role
3. **Recent Activity** — See what they post and engage with on LinkedIn
4. **Talking Points** — Get conversation starters from their background

## Example requests
- Find Sarah Chen at Stripe on LinkedIn
- Look up the VP of Engineering at Figma
- Find John Smith, Head of Sales, based in New York

## Prompt

```markdown
## Intro

Your job is to find anyone on LinkedIn. I will give you a name and company (or just a name with some context). You find their LinkedIn profile and give me everything I need to know about them.

## Tools

- @google_search
  - To find their LinkedIn profile URL from name and company
- @LinkedIn/Get Profile with Posts
  - Use this to get their full profile, career history, and recent posts
- @Apollo/Enrich Person
  - Use this to enrich with additional contact info and company data

## Return me

- Their LinkedIn profile URL
- Current role and company
- How long they've been in this role
- Career history (where they came from)
- Recent LinkedIn posts or activity (if any)
- Talking points or conversation starters based on their background
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## Related reading
- [LinkedIn Prospecting: How We Find Leads Without Sales Navigator](https://cotera.co/articles/linkedin-prospecting-guide.md)
- [LinkedIn Profile Scraper: How to Pull Profile Data Without Getting Banned](https://cotera.co/articles/linkedin-profile-scraper-api-approach.md)
- [Beyond the Single Thread: Using Sales Workflow Automation to Map the B2B Buying Committee](https://cotera.co/articles/ai-sales-workflow-b2b-decision-makers.md)
- [Flying Blind: Why Your 5-Minute Meeting Prep Is a Joke](https://cotera.co/articles/ai-sales-meeting-prep.md)