# Examples/Template/Advice incorporating LinkedIn profile **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890 "2020-08-12T15:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjsiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pjsiebert/32/5370_2.png) [@pjsiebert](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pjsiebert)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/1 "2020-08-12T15:21:39Z")
Hello, I am making an app just for my own personal use (for now), based on a networking strategy laid out for me by my career coach. It uses a 5-tiered approach, and she advises keeping track of contacts in a spreadsheet. Of course for me this screams Glide app, making it easier to use (color coding, stats). It’s sort of a CRM, I guess. Does anyone know if I create contacts can I then auto-search LinkedIn and have it pull or link to their profile? Any advice on what template to use as a foundation? I’m sure I would not have to start from scratch. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/2 "2020-08-12T15:57:38Z")
> [@pjsiebert](#): > > Does anyone know if I create contacts can I then auto-search LinkedIn and have it pull or link to their profile? Can you elaborate more about the process (the data flow) you want to achieve here? ---
**Author:** ![pjsiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pjsiebert/32/5370_2.png) [@pjsiebert](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pjsiebert)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/3 "2020-08-12T16:34:27Z")
If I have a sheet of contacts, I wouldn’t necessarily know their linkedIn profile. Wondering if I can link to the LinkedIn search page and autopopulate with their name. I know it’s a longshot… ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/4 "2020-08-12T16:54:12Z")
It’s definitely a long shot. 6 months ago I wrote a Python program for my friend who have to search for potential customers on LinkedIn, we concatenated a lot of pieces of information together including name, title and location to return the best matches via Google, then grab all the links Google returned, go in each of them and scrape the details we needed. Hopefully it gives you an idea. ---
**Author:** ![pjsiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pjsiebert/32/5370_2.png) [@pjsiebert](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pjsiebert)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/5 "2020-08-12T16:56:36Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/6 "2020-08-12T17:00:20Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/e/ed6b85d127f5ca855d82e157acff325a9bdfc528.png) For example a search like this returned my profile at the top. With the help of this I think you can try returning only the first result of the Google search if you’re confident about the details you have (name, company, title, location etc.). > **[Extract thousands of Google Results into your Google Sheet - NoDataNoBusiness](https://nodatanobusiness.com/extract-google-results-with-importfromweb-the-scraping-function-for-google-sheets/)** > > Scraping, i.e. the extraction of data from websites, is one of the most widely used techniques on the web. The uses are innumerable: Analysis of competitors, its SEO positioning, content generation, influencer tracking, etc., etc., etc.. Once the... ---
**Author:** ![pjsiebert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pjsiebert/32/5370_2.png) [@pjsiebert](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pjsiebert)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/7 "2020-08-18T17:12:45Z")
I will try it- thanks ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/8 "2020-08-18T17:14:58Z")
I have heard that they will find out and block these types of queries. Worth trying though! Can you keep us updated on how it works for you? I have wanted to do something similar and of course @ThinhDinh already has this covered! 🤩 ---
**Author:** ![Matthieu\_PINAULDT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/matthieu_pinauldt/32/14951_2.png) [@Matthieu\_PINAULDT](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Matthieu_PINAULDT)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/9 "2020-10-08T22:48:49Z")
Just found this thread. I am the creator of ImportFromWeb. It works perfectly fine with Google and there is no risk you’ll get blocked! You might like this article that explains how to retrieve linked in profiles. In fact it goes beyond that because it shows how to extract emails from those profiles > **[Get hundreds of targeted email addresses from Linked in profiles in an instant...](https://nodatanobusiness.com/recipes/get-hundreds-of-targeted-email-addresses-from-linked-in-profiles-in-an-instant/)** > > Linked in doesn't really let you get emails for prospects out of your network. Fortunately we found this great Growth hack from Kyrill Krystallis. In summary, the method is to query Google for Linked in profiles, telling the search engine we want... ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/examples-template-advice-incorporating-linkedin-profile/13890/12 "2025-12-01T18:18:53Z")