Manually transferring profile information from LinkedIn to your personal database can be time-consuming and error-prone. This guide will show you how to configure Copy To Notion in 5 minutes to automatically capture LinkedIn profile data into your Notion database, saving you time and ensuring accuracy.
Setting up your Notion database:
Before we dive into capturing LinkedIn data, let's set up a Notion database tailored for LinkedIn profiles:
- Create a new database in Notion
- Add properties for key LinkedIn information that interests you, such as Profile URL, Name, etc. (see the next section).
Open Database Form Settings
- Click on the extension icon and choose “Save URL with Note” for example.
- Select your LinkedIn profiles database under Save To.
- Navigate to Database Form Settings
Set LinkedIn profile data elements
Add and match your database properties with the values provided by the extension in the following table to capture various elements from LinkedIn profiles:
LinkedIn Data | Property Type | Field Value | Description/Examples/Instructions |
Profile URL | URL | Webpage URL | Automatically captures the profile URL |
Full Name | Text | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "John Doe”
⇒ set CSS Selector input value to: h1 |
Headline | Text | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "Software Engineer at Tech Co.”
⇒ use the CSS selector picker |
Current Position | Text | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "Senior Developer"
⇒ similar to Headline |
Company | Text or URL | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "Linkedin"
⇒ similar to Headline |
School | Text or URL | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "University of XYZ"
⇒ similar to Headline |
Location | Text | Text content by CSS selector | E.g., "San Francisco"
⇒ similar to Headline |
About Section | Text | Text content by CSS selector | Captures the full "About" section content
⇒ similar to Headline |
Skills | Multi-select | Default value | Set default options like: “Design”, “English”, “React” |
Contact Info | URL | Text content by CSS selector | Captures website, email, etc. as clickable links
⇒ similar to Headline |
Page Content | Page content | Clipped content | Saves the selected text, image, note or screenshot. |
Page Icon | Icon | Webpage icon (favicon) | Automatically adds LinkedIn favicon |
Position | Select | Default value | Set default option like "React developer", "Manager", “Intern” |
Step | Select or Status | Default value | Set default option like "To Contact", "Interviewed", “In progress” |
Notes | Text | Empty | For personal notes about the profile |
Projects, Companies,
Schools, Tasks | Relation or Select | Default value | Set default option
⇒ For relation properties, ensure the related database is shared with Copy To Notion. |
For any other information available on LinkedIn profiles not mentioned here, you can capture it by adding a new URL or Text property in your Notion database. Select "Text content by CSS selector" for the corresponding field, then use the CSS selector picker in Copy To Notion to target the desired information on the LinkedIn page.
If a CSS selector stops working, LinkedIn may have updated their HTML structure. So, you need to re-select your CSS selector.
Auto-select the LinkedIn profile form database
To automatically select your LinkedIn database form when opening the extension on a Linkedin profile:
- Go to the "Site Settings" tab, then set the input to https://www.linkedin.com/in/*
- Click SAVE & RETURN to save your configuration.
Now, whenever you go to a Linkedin profile and you want to clip it to your database, open the extension, add your notes and hit Add to Notion.
By leveraging Copy To Notion's various features, you can transform the way you manage professional contacts and streamline your networking or recruitment processes. This automated approach not only saves time but also ensures that your Notion database is always up-to-date with the latest information from LinkedIn profiles.
If you haven't installed Copy To Notion extension yet, now is the perfect time to give it a go!
