How to get leads with no followers and traffic [video training]
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I just dropped a new 16-minute video training. It's about getting leads on LinkedIn, even if you have no audience, no followers. I also walk through why most outreach fails in the first place: Templated DMs, wrong targeting, over-relying on automation And what actually works right now, since in 2025, reach went down by up to 70% for most creators. The short version: It's about building real relationships at scale with a system that doesn't eat up your whole day. In the video, I cover the three phases I use with my clients 1) profile positioning Watch it here 👇 To your success, |
Stef Curcio
Tips about LinkedIn lead generation
I keep seeing posts that tell you that “Claude replaced manual outreach”. And those posts get thousands of interactions...But my observation with AI is that depending on the level of personalization… Out of 100 messages, AI can get: 20 high-quality ones that might convert 50 “ok” ones (which might not be enough) 30 very bad messages that damage reputation I have been using Claude and AI for a year for my outreach… Automating outreach works well when you want to personalize very simple things...
I sent over 30 LinkedIn DMs this week. Wrote zero of them from scratch. Here's what actually happened. At first, I made Claude research the top 5 challenges my ICP has that my business can solve. I feed a lead's profile and recent posts into Claude. Then it generates 3 DMs for me and I pick one. Claude drafts the message. I read it, change a few words, adjust the tone, and sometimes rewrite the ending. Then I send it. The whole thing takes about 1-2 minutes per lead instead of 10. But here's...
Everyone is looking for the perfect DM script. The right words. The right length. The right emoji placement. As if somewhere out there is a magic sentence that unlocks every reply. I've sent thousands of cold DMs. The ones that work don't have better words. They have better attention behind them. When I DM an agency founder, I'm not looking for something to compliment. I'm looking for something specific that tells me how they think. Sometimes it's in a post. Sometimes the post gives me...