--- url: "https://taplio.com/blog/tips-to-save-time-on-linkedin" title: "Time-Saving Hacks: best Tips to Save Time on LinkedIn • Grow Your Personal Brand On LinkedIn" description: "Minimize the time you spend building your network on LinkedIn. These ten tips will save you hundreds of hours." type: blog h1: "Time-Saving Hacks: best Tips to Save Time on LinkedIn" author: "Annika Bautista" date_published: "Sep 17, 2026" date_modified: "Sep 16, 2026" lastmod: 2026-07-17 image: "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/695b9ec3eda25c5e9d732e90/6a5a41756d2fd6ce2801e8d6_6a5a4174fe0eb3d923f98a9b_tips-to-save-time-on-linkedin-cover.avif" fetched_at: 2026-10-06T09:08:15.275Z --- [Blog](https://taplio.com/blog)[Build Your LinkedIn Brand](https://taplio.com/blog)[Time-Saving Hacks: best Tips to Save Time on LinkedIn](https://taplio.com/blog/tips-to-save-time-on-linkedin) # Time-Saving Hacks: best Tips to Save Time on LinkedIn ![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/695b9ec3eda25c5e9d732e90/698073d08615d542bab4a642_annika.png) Annika Bautista Growth @Taplio ![](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/695b9ec3eda25c5e9d732e90/6a5a41756d2fd6ce2801e8d6_6a5a4174fe0eb3d923f98a9b_tips-to-save-time-on-linkedin-cover.avif) ## Key Takeaways 1. **Fastest ways to save time on LinkedIn:** Exhaust all 100 weekly connection requests with short personalized notes, comment on hashtag-filtered posts during dead time, and batch-schedule daily posts with a tool like Taplio (from $39/month, 7-day trial, no free plan). 2. **Paid options worth comparing:** LinkedIn Career at $29.99/month suits job seekers, LinkedIn Business at $59.99/month adds business insights, Sales Navigator at $79.99/month is best for sales pipelines, Recruiter Lite at $119.95/month for hiring, and ghostwriters can be hired on Fiverr, Upwork or FlexJobs. 3. **The number that decides:** LinkedIn caps invitations at 100 connection requests per week, so using every one of them is the single highest-leverage time investment, alongside posting at least once daily. 4. **Check before choosing:** Compare the hours a tool actually removes, whether it schedules and previews posts, whether it can message users who interact with a post, the monthly price against LinkedIn Premium's one-month free trial, and whether a ghostwriter understands the brand voice. 5. **Decision rule:** Choose a scheduler like Taplio if posting consistency is the bottleneck, LinkedIn Premium if lead or job search data is, and keyboard shortcuts plus the Invitations console snippet if daily admin clicks are eating the time. To make the most of your [LinkedIn personal brand](https://taplio.com/blog/tag/linkedin-personal-branding-profile-optimization), you need to: - Optimize your profile - Build strong connections - Post helpful content - Engage with other users But all these can consume a large chunk of your time if you don’t have a team or an efficient workflow. ✅ Improve your chances of growing on Linkedin using Taplio’s Analytics. You can also compare your stats to the average in our [LinkedIn Benchmark](https://taplio.com/linkedin-benchmark). Learn from specific Linkedin accounts and find out about their growth, posts, and engagement. [Try Taplio’s Analytics for free](https://taplio.com/lookup/?utm_source=blog)! ## Tips to save time on LinkedIn Do you want to minimize the time you spend [building your network on LinkedIn](https://taplio.com/blog/how-to-network-on-linkedin) without hurting your efficiency? These ten tips will save you hundreds of hours. ### **1\. Use all 100 connection requests each week** Exhaust your connection requests every week to get as many connections as possible. The more relevant connections you have, the better your chances of [growing your LinkedIn personal brand](https://taplio.com/blog/how-to-build-a-personal-brand-on-linkedin). With connections, your brand visibility increases and you get more engagement from your posts. For better results, send a short, simple message with each connection request. Used up all your connection requests for the month? Use [this hack](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-get-around-new-linkedin-connection-request-limit-2021-alex-gray/) to unlock more requests. ### **2\. Search for posts you can comment on** Don’t waste your time scrolling aimlessly on your LinkedIn feed. Instead, **search using relevant hashtags** to discover posts you can engage with. Remember, you’re on LinkedIn to build your brand and expand your audience. For example, to find posts related to UI/UX design, search for *#uiuxdesign* and filter by *Posts*. This brings up all the posts with that hashtag. Don’t comment on posts for the sake of commenting. Ensure your comment adds value to the reader. ### **3\. Use your free time to comment on posts** Commenting on posts builds your rapport with other LinkedIn users and makes your brand more visible to your target audience. There’s so much free time wasted unnoticed that you can use to engage with posts on LinkedIn. Comment on posts: - On the train, bus, or flight - While waiting for your date to show up at the restaurant - In the loo - While waiting for your appointment - During break periods for your favorite game ### **4\. Have a constant flow of new content to post each day** Create your own content, [repurpose your existing content](https://taplio.com/blog/repurpose-content-for-linkedin), or curate other people’s content. Whichever option you choose, **showing up daily** with content is crucial if you must etch your brand in the mind of your target audience. Posting content at least once daily is the most effective way to attract and engage your audience. Plan your content ahead of time. Don’t wait till tomorrow to create tomorrow’s content. For example, you can create a calendar that covers your content for the next three months. ### **5\. Use a tool to automate your Linkedin posts** Scheduling your posts before time helps you **post content at optimal times** for your audience. For example, if you discover that your ideal audience is always active between 12 pm-3 pm on Fridays, you can schedule your Friday posts at that time to gain maximum reach and engagement. 💡 Use a scheduling tool like Taplio’s [LinkedIn post scheduler](https://taplio.com/linkedin-post-scheduler) to automatically post your content at the right time even when you’re unavailable. With Taplio’s LinkedIn post scheduler, you can: - Write, schedule, and publish all your posts - Preview your posts to see how they’ll appear when posted - Mention other users in your post - Automatically message users who interact with your post ### **6\. Outsource your content to a ghostwriter** Sometimes, you can’t meet up with the content demands of your audience. Do you give up and stop creating content altogether? No! **You hire someone else to write content for you**. This saves you time and allows you to focus on your [LinkedIn content strategy](https://taplio.com/blog/linkedin-content-strategy) while your ghostwriter creates the content. You’ll find talented ghostwriters on freelance platforms like [Fiverr](https://www.fiverr.com/), [Upwork](https://www.upwork.com/), or [FlexJobs](https://www.flexjobs.com/). Make sure whoever you’re outsourcing your content to understands your target audience and brand voice. ### **7\. Use Linkedin Premium** LinkedIn premium is a powerful tool that helps you - Develop your professional skills with LinkedIn Learning courses - Grow your network with more connection capabilities - Find leads more effectively - Browse other users’ profiles anonymously - Gain premium job insights to help your job search - See who viewed your profile - Find and hire talent faster **LinkedIn Career** helps you land your next job for a $29.99 monthly or $239.88 annual fee. **LinkedIn Business** gives you detailed business insights to help expand your business. It costs $59.99 per month or $575.88 per year. 👉🏼 [**LinkedIn Sales Navigator**](https://taplio.com/blog/linkedin-sales-navigator)exploits the business opportunities on LinkedIn and helps you build better sales pipelines to increase sales. It costs $79.99 per month or $779.88 yearly. LinkedIn Recruiter Lite helps recruiters find qualified candidates for hire. It costs $119.95 monthly or $1,199.40 annually. Explore LinkedIn Premium with their [one-month free trial](https://www.linkedin.com/comm/premium/products?trk=pre_hub_b_upgrade&src=or-search&veh=www.google.com) to see [if LinkedIn Premium is worth it](https://taplio.com/blog/is-linkedin-premium-worth-it) and which plan suits you. ### **8\. Automate your connection requests** Save hundreds of hours every month by automating and personalizing your LinkedIn outreach. Use a LinkedIn auto-connect tool to - personalize your connection requests - and send bulk connection requests to your target audience with a few clicks Personalized connection requests are more likely to be accepted than generic requests. Also, they prevent your requests from being flagged as spam. After automating your connection requests you can use tools like [Poked](https://www.pokedhq.com/) to manage your new LinkedIn contacts in the easiest way. ### **9\. Use LinkedIn shortcuts** Hit *Control* \+ *Enter* (or *Return* on Mac) to send a private message. Press *Tab* to shift between the different options and post types while creating a post. #### **Shortcuts for LinkedIn Recruiter Lite** When viewing a list of candidate profiles in search results, use - Left and right arrows to view the previous and next user, respectively - *S to save a profile to your pipeline* - *H* to hide a profile #### **Shortcuts for LinkedIn Learning** While watching a video, use - Space bar to play/pause - M to mute audio - Up and down arrows to increase and reduce the volume, respectively - Left and right arrows to skip backward and forward by 10 seconds, respectively - C to enable/disable closed captioning - F to make the video full-screen ### **10\. Accept or decline all connection requests at once** Log in to your LinkedIn account and click on the *My Network* tab on the menu. In the *Invitations* section, click on the *See all* option to view [all the connection requests](https://www.linkedin.com/mynetwork/invitation-manager/) you’ve received. On the *Invitations* page, right-click and select the [*Inspect Element*](https://blog.hubspot.com/website/how-to-inspect#:~:text=let%E2%80%99s%20learn%20how.-,How%20to%20Inspect%20Elements,-To%20inspect%20elements) option on your browser to launch Developer Tools. Switch to the *Console* tab in Developer Tools. **To accept all the connection requests**, paste this code in the area indicated by the red arrow: var x = document.querySelectorAll(‘button.artdeco-button–secondary’); for (var i=0 ; i