--- title: "I was my own most expensive intern." description: "Do you spend hours every day on manual LinkedIn outreach?" url: "https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings" lang: "en" lastModified: "2026-10-22T07:15:00.000Z" alternates: de: "https://compleadly.de/blog/ich-war-mein-teuerster-praktikant-2-stunden-taglich-0-planbare-termine" en: "https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings" fr: "https://compleadly.com/fr/blog/j-etais-mon-stagiaire-le-plus-couteux-2-heures-par-jour-0-rendez-vous-previsibles" es: "https://compleadly.com/es/blog/yo-era-mi-becario-mas-caro-2-horas-al-dia-y-0-reuniones-planificables" it: "https://compleadly.com/it/blog/ero-il-mio-stagista-piu-costoso-2-ore-al-giorno-0-appuntamenti-pianificabili" pt: "https://compleadly.com/pt/blog/eu-era-meu-estagiario-mais-caro-2-horas-por-dia-0-reunioes-previsiveis" x-default: "https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings" --- [Blog](https://compleadly.com/blog) [Automation & Tools](https://compleadly.com/blog/category/automation-tools) # I was my most expensive intern—2 hours a day, 0 predictable meetings. May 25, 20261 min read ![Sebastian Andes, Philipp Krapp & CompLeadly Team](https://media.compleadly.de/media/8b720e679e2f2b08cc017d1938d026c62e625a21790c6df1284c2d4075cb3582-2.webp)Sebastian Andes, Philipp Krapp & CompLeadly Team Last updated on October 22, 2026 ![A smiling bald man with glasses and a beard in a navy blazer holds a smartphone with an app screen towards the camera, with a laptop and large office windows behind him](https://media.compleadly.de/media/00e317374b7ffe5cf27d345305fc283c322d0601f758957d406bc8a604d1a515.png) --- Table of contents [Since then, CompLeadly has handled exactly that for me:](https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings#since-then-compleadly-has-handled-exactly-that-for-me)[Two hours a day, in recruiting too](https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings#two-hours-a-day-in-recruiting-too) // contents [Since then, CompLeadly has handled exactly that for me:](https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings#since-then-compleadly-has-handled-exactly-that-for-me)[Two hours a day, in recruiting too](https://compleadly.com/blog/i-was-my-most-expensive-intern-2-hours-a-day-0-predictable-meetings#two-hours-a-day-in-recruiting-too) Do you know the feeling? You sit in front of LinkedIn, click through profiles, copy names, and paste messages. 20 times. Every day. Diligent. But ineffective. At some point, I did the maths: 2 hours × 5 days × 4 weeks = 40 hours a month spent on copy-and-paste work. That is an entire working week—for tasks a machine can do better. The turning point came with a single thought: I do not need people for repetitive work. I need a system. ## Since then, CompLeadly has handled exactly that for me: ① Find suitable profiles and connect with them ② Follow up consistently ③ Build a presence—even when I am not online Today, I drink my coffee. Meanwhile, the machine has already contacted 40 people. I now only see replies from people with genuine interest. No cold outreach. No empty pipeline. No stress. 2 hours a day regained—for real conversations and real strategy. Automation does not replace people. It gives them back the time to be human again. If you don't want to run the system yourself either, hand it over completely: our team then takes care of setup, daily activity, copy, audiences and the weekly report. How it works: [Outsource LinkedIn outreach](https://compleadly.com/services/done-for-you) 👉 How many hours do you still spend on copy and paste—instead of with customers? ‍ ## Two hours a day, in recruiting too If you spend two hours a day finding candidates in Recruiter search, messaging them and following up, that adds up to the same working week per month described above for sales. CompLeadly can handle those three steps here too: send connection requests to profiles from Recruiter search, a pipeline or a Sales Navigator list, send an opening message when someone accepts, and follow up if they don’t reply. For job seekers, the list is shorter, but the approach is the same: find team leads at the companies you want to work for through the standard people search and contact them directly. The free version covers the basic features with a daily limit, such as 2 connection requests and 1 follow-up per day. Getting started for recruiters: [the recruiting page](https://compleadly.com/use-cases/recruiters); for job seekers: [How to use Open to Work effectively](https://compleadly.com/blog/open-to-work-linkedin). --- Was this post helpful? // newsletter ### Want more? Sign up and get new articles on LinkedIn outreach and automation straight to your inbox. You will receive a confirmation email (double opt-in). You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email. Details: [privacy policy](https://compleadly.com/privacy). ![Sebastian Andes](https://media.compleadly.de/media/8b720e679e2f2b08cc017d1938d026c62e625a21790c6df1284c2d4075cb3582-2.webp) [Sebastian Andes](https://compleadly.com/blog/author/sebastian-andes) Managing Director · CEO Marketing coach & business consultant. An experienced entrepreneur and marketing strategist, he has been co-building CompLeadly since 2019. [LinkedIn – Sebastian Andes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-andes/) ![Philipp Krapp](https://media.compleadly.de/media/5f21a7708967b449194687bb2101d4f657472eae4f1382d605d6904a027aab22-2.webp) [Philipp Krapp](https://compleadly.com/blog/author/philipp-krapp) Managing Director · CTO Software engineer & app developer. An innovative software developer, he has been co-building CompLeadly since 2019. [LinkedIn – Philipp Krapp](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-krapp/) ![CompLeadly Team](https://media.compleadly.de/media/9109d0d881666addb60c3164d0302e5f499991f811381c2c8d17b8fb37e2f9e9-2.svg) [CompLeadly Team](https://compleadly.com/blog/author/compleadly-team) We build CompLeadly so LinkedIn outreach stops being a matter of luck. Our content team writes up what actually works in real campaigns. // keep reading ## You might also like [![A bald man with glasses and a beard sits in a brown leather armchair by a window reading a yellow book, with a white bookshelf and a side table with a cup behind him](https://media.compleadly.de/media/881e96a400bae550cb0a1e039a5691bd6b41e6a30206c3cab8cf38f3a20006ce.png)Automation & ToolsWhy I only need 30 minutes a day for outreach now.2 min read](https://compleadly.com/blog/why-i-only-need-30-minutes-a-day-for-outreach-now)[![AI in sales as an image: a stream of profiles and messages runs automatically up to a line of light, behind it a hand leads the single conversation](https://media.compleadly.de/media/fe4e9d514630d098faec96f39cfa51c5985884ed229613e06d968006a826f220.jpg)Automation & ToolsAI in Sales: What AI Agents and AI SDRs Take Over in 2026, and What They Don't12 min read](https://compleadly.com/blog/ai-in-sales)[![A row of small translucent automation modules floats above a layer of clouds, linked by cyan lines to a laptop below, illustrating automations that run in the cloud, in navy and cyan](https://media.compleadly.de/media/d70f7a629f7776cba0f12540bcaf24de67f8ac2c0f9f98a9f6039bb717879503.jpg)Automation & ToolsPhantombuster for LinkedIn: Features, Pricing and Alternatives8 min read](https://compleadly.com/blog/phantombuster-linkedin) ## Ready for answers instead of cold lists? 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