Try to identify the job titles and keywords that appear most often in profiles and include them in your Boolean query.It is very painful to write a long boolean query in Linkedin search engines . You can’t see the whole expression you are writing and it often gets deleted (really frustrating when you spend 15 minutes on it).
boolean search lowercase fields linkedin
It is much better to write the Boolean query outside of Linkedin in a notepad and then paste it into Linkedin.
This way you can easily spot potential errors. When the Boolean search starts to be more than 10 lines long, it is easy for errors to occur.
Keep iterating
Boolean query is a tool that will evolve as your business grows and you learn more about your ideal customers.
Every time you search, you may find profiles that you special lead think are irrelevant. Add them to your blacklist using NOT.
You may discover new keywords or job titles that you tag current work experience hadn’t thought of in the first place. Add them to your targeted keyword lists using OR.
Your Boolean query is not something. It is alive and must evolve every time you learn something new about your target.
Linkedin Boolean Search Template to Use
You can follow this pattern for Boolean searches:
(Position Keywords) AND (Field Keywords) NOT (Blacklist)
Let’s say I’m looking for sales uab directory and marketing managers.
I can add all the keywords related to the position in brackets.
