How A Software Company Saves 6 Hours Automating Lead Prospecting Every Week
Using Bardeen’s exceptional LinkedIn to Airtable playbook, I am able to save 6.5 hours per week. Usually, it would take me 3 minutes to export a contact, now it takes me 15 seconds. I found that Bardeen truly reinvented my workflow and I am able to focus more on actually building relationships rather than endless menial tasks!
DGT Network, a software company operating since 2017, specializes in providing web infrastructure solutions to traditional enterprises. Their mission is to help companies tokenize assets and establish data sharing ecosystems. Alexander, one of the founders, primarily focuses on business development and seeking investments. As the company grew, managing contacts for business development became increasingly challenging and time-consuming, leading them to seek a solution to streamline their contact management processes.
On a daily basis, here are the tasks that Alexander focuses on:
Working with new business development contacts on LinkedIn
Exporting them to Airtable CRM, adding them on LinkedIn, sending cold messages
Conducting calls with potential partners, investors, and clients
Problem
DGT Network faced a specific challenge in effectively managing their contacts for business development and seeking investments. The previous manual process, combined with the use of external tools like Phantom Buster and Excel, resulted in messy data, duplicates, and limited functionalities. Additionally, automating interactions on LinkedIn posed risks of account lockouts and restricted any sales outreach processes altogether.
Bardeen's Solution
DGT Network recognized the need for an efficient solution that seamlessly integrates with LinkedIn and enhances their contact management workflows. They discovered Bardeen, a powerful automation tool that could export LinkedIn contacts to Airtable, enabling them to manage their contacts more effectively and efficiently. Upon implementing Bardeen, DGT Network experienced significant improvements in their contact management processes and overall efficiency. Alexander estimated saving approximately 6.5 hours per week, thanks to Bardeen's automation features.
Here's an example of how Alexander's BDR tasks of copying LinkedIn profiles to Airtable were automated with Bardeen:
Using this LinkedIn profile as an example, Alexander wants to add this information to his Airtable CRM to begin outreach
With Bardeen, he can push one button and voila!
All the information from that LinkedIn profile is added to Airtable where he can keep track of all his leads for sales and outreach
Results & Benefits
Time Savings By automating the export of contacts from LinkedIn to Airtable, DGT Network saved approximately 6.5 hours per week, allowing team members to allocate more time to strategic initiatives.
Improved Efficiency Bardeen eliminated the manual efforts, messy data, and duplicates associated with their previous processes, enabling the team to leverage the full functionalities of Airtable for better contact management.
Enhanced Operations
With streamlined contact management, the team experienced improved efficiency, reduced errors, and increased productivity, enabling them to focus on essential business development activities
Final Thoughts
Based on the positive experience with Bardeen, DGT Network recommends the solution to other companies facing similar contact management challenges. The time savings, improved efficiency, and enhanced operations achieved through Bardeen's automation features make it a valuable tool for any business seeking to streamline their sales and outreach processes. Additionally, DGT Network wants to build more automations with Bardeen, such as automating social media postings and synchronizing tasks. This reflects their confidence in the solution's capabilities and their commitment to leveraging automation to drive greater efficiency and growth.
Bardeen's integration with LinkedIn and Airtable proved to be a valuable solution for DGT Network, enhancing their BDR workflows and setting the stage for future automation opportunities.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bardeen?
Bardeen is an automation and workflow platform designed to help GTM teams eliminate manual tasks and streamline processes. It connects and integrates with your favorite tools, enabling you to automate repetitive workflows, manage data across systems, and enhance collaboration.
What tools does Bardeen replace for me?
Bardeen acts as a bridge to enhance and automate workflows. It can reduce your reliance on tools focused on data entry and CRM updating, lead generation and outreach, reporting and analytics, and communication and follow-ups.
Who benefits the most from using Bardeen?
Bardeen is ideal for GTM teams across various roles including Sales (SDRs, AEs), Customer Success (CSMs), Revenue Operations, Sales Engineering, and Sales Leadership.
How does Bardeen integrate with existing tools and systems?
Bardeen integrates broadly with CRMs, communication platforms, lead generation tools, project and task management tools, and customer success tools. These integrations connect workflows and ensure data flows smoothly across systems.
What are common use cases I can accomplish with Bardeen?
Bardeen supports a wide variety of use cases across different teams, such as:
Sales: Automating lead discovery, enrichment and outreach sequences. Tracking account activity and nurturing target accounts.
Customer Success: Preparing for customer meetings, analyzing engagement metrics, and managing renewals.
Revenue Operations: Monitoring lead status, ensuring data accuracy, and generating detailed activity summaries.
Sales Leadership: Creating competitive analysis reports, monitoring pipeline health, and generating daily/weekly team performance summaries.