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# You pay €10,000 per month for an intern and you do not even know it.

July 3, 20262 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 September 28, 2026

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Table of contents

[The same clicks every day:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-same-clicks-every-day)[The problem is:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-problem-is)[The real question is not:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-real-question-is-not)[This is exactly where the leverage is created.](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#this-is-exactly-where-the-leverage-is-created)[A good LinkedIn process keeps working even when you are in calls:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#a-good-linkedin-process-keeps-working-even-when-you-are-in-calls)[And you?](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#and-you)[That is the difference between:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#that-is-the-difference-between)[Recruiting has the same clicks](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#recruiting-has-the-same-clicks)[CompLeadly was built exactly for this.](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#compleadly-was-built-exactly-for-this)

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[The same clicks every day:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-same-clicks-every-day)[The problem is:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-problem-is)[The real question is not:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#the-real-question-is-not)[This is exactly where the leverage is created.](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#this-is-exactly-where-the-leverage-is-created)[A good LinkedIn process keeps working even when you are in calls:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#a-good-linkedin-process-keeps-working-even-when-you-are-in-calls)[And you?](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#and-you)[That is the difference between:](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#that-is-the-difference-between)[Recruiting has the same clicks](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#recruiting-has-the-same-clicks)[CompLeadly was built exactly for this.](https://compleadly.com/blog/paying-10000-euros-per-month-for-an-intern#compleadly-was-built-exactly-for-this)

Your acquisition eats up founder time for work an intern could do.

You are not hardworking.

You are your own poorly paid sales assistant.

## **The same clicks every day:**

Search profiles  
Open profiles  
Connect  
Write message  
Follow up  
Update list  
Start all over again

And at the end of the day, it feels like work.

But not necessarily like progress.

## **The problem is:**

Many confuse activity with acquisition.

Just because you spent two hours on LinkedIn does not mean your sales system has improved.

Maybe you only did manually what should have been running in a structured way long ago.

## **The real question is not:**

“How many messages did I write today?”

But:

How many suitable contacts became visible today?  
How many meaningful touchpoints were created?  
How many follow-ups were not forgotten?  
How many conversations were prepared instead of forced?

## **This is exactly where the leverage is created.**

Not through more discipline.

But through a better system.

## **A good LinkedIn process keeps working even when you are in calls:**

It visits profiles.  
It follows suitable contacts.  
It sends invitations.  
It follows up.  
It keeps your network warm.  
It ensures you do not start from zero again every Monday.

## **And you?**

You take care of what truly needs to remain human:

Replies.  
Conversations.  
Relationship.  
Closing.

## **That is the difference between:**

“I do LinkedIn acquisition.”

AND

“LinkedIn works for my sales.”

## Recruiting has the same clicks

In recruiting the list looks almost identical: search profiles, open them, connect, write, follow up after a week, update the spreadsheet. Only here the audience is candidates. CompLeadly works through that list once you give it a candidate search from LinkedIn Recruiter (with the licence) or Sales Navigator: visits, connection requests, openers, and follow-ups only where nobody has replied yet. Job seekers lose evenings to the same clicking. If you want to write to team leads at the companies you’d like to join, the normal people search and the free version do the job, with 2 connection requests a day as a basic function with a daily limit. More on [recruiting with CompLeadly](https://compleadly.com/use-cases/recruiters) and in [10 common LinkedIn mistakes when job hunting](https://compleadly.com/blog/10-common-linkedin-mistakes-when-job-hunting-and-how-to-avoid-them).

## **CompLeadly was built exactly for this.**

Not to replace people.

But to take the dull work out of sales.

Because your time is too valuable to be your own intern every day.

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