Who Allen reaches out to, and who it skips
By default, people who replied to your comments and people in your audience whose posts Allen commented on. Allen reads every profile first and shows you who it skipped and why.
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Who, by default
With "Only reach out to people Allen commented on" switched on (it is, unless you changed it), Allen sends connection requests to two kinds of people:
- Anyone who replied to one of your comments. These go first.
- People who match your audience whose post Allen commented on.
Each contact shows where they came from: "Replied to you", "Commented on", "Engaged with you", "New from your search", or "Messaged you first".
Going wider
Switch "Only reach out to people Allen commented on" off (Communications, "How Allen sends") and Allen also reaches people who engaged with your own posts, and, only after all of those, new people from the Find Prospects search of an audience, to fill the rest of each day's requests. Each audience's playbook has its own "Cold outreach" switch, so you can keep it off for one audience and on for another.
Allen reads the profile first
Before sending a request, Allen visits the person's profile and checks it against "Only reach people like this" under Train Allen, More options (or the audience's job titles when that is empty), the audience's skip list, and your goal. If it is not a fit, the request is skipped and the person goes on the Not a fit tab with Allen's reason in a sentence. Press "Send anyway" on any of them and Allen sends it.
People Allen leaves alone
- Anyone you already have a one-to-one conversation with on LinkedIn. Allen checks before the first message and skips, so it never barges into a thread you are in.
- Anyone already connected to you is not sent a request, only a message.
- Anyone on the audience's "Never these titles" list.
- Anyone who said no, or whose conversation Allen handed to you.
Find new people now
In "How Allen sends", the button "Find new people now" makes Allen look for new people right away instead of waiting for its next hourly look. It only works while Auto connect is on.
How many a day
Whatever is lowest of: your "Invites a day" setting, the warm-up ramp for a new account, and what the week still allows. See "Daily limits and the warm-up".
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