You’ve done the hard work. You’ve masterfully wielded the filters of LinkedIn Sales Navigator, slicing through millions of profiles to build the perfect, hyper-targeted list of prospects. It’s a thing of beauty. A potential goldmine.
You lean back, ready to reap the rewards, and look for the button that will unleash this data into your sales process. The “Export” button.
Except, it’s not there.
Suddenly, that goldmine feels more like a digital prison. You quickly discover that LinkedIn, by design, does not offer a native way to export your lead lists. Your only built-in option seems to be a soul-crushing marathon of manually copying and pasting every single name, title, and company.
If you’re feeling that frustration, you’re not alone. But before you search for a simple scraper, let’s talk about what you really need. This guide will not only show you how to get your data out but will also reveal why simply exporting to a CSV is a trap—and how a modern workflow can revolutionize your prospecting.
Getting a CSV file feels like the goal, but it’s actually just the first, frustrating step in a broken process. A basic export leaves you with a file that is fundamentally incomplete.
The goal isn’t to get a file. The goal is to get actionable, enriched data into your sales workflow as fast as possible. With that in mind, here are two vastly superior methods.
This method directly answers your need for a file but skips the painful, multi-tool process. Instead of just scraping names, you can generate a single, clean file that is already packed with the contact data you need to start your outreach.
The Workflow at a Glance: Sales Nav → One-Click Export/Enrich → Complete Data in a Single CSV or Live Google Sheet
With a tool like LeadCRM, you combine the export and enrichment steps. In one action, you generate a file that contains the prospects’ names, titles, companies, and—most importantly—their verified work emails and direct-dial phone numbers.
This is powered by an advanced waterfall enrichment process. Instead of relying on a single data source, it checks multiple premium data providers in a sequence (and can even include your own preferred vendors) to find the most accurate contact information available.
Why a Google Sheet is Better Than a CSV:
While you can download a traditional CSV, LeadCRM’s direct-to-Google Sheets sync is a game-changer for file-based workflows. A Google Sheet can be a living document:
This is the most powerful method and the one that top-performing sales teams are adopting. It’s built on a simple premise: files create friction. The fastest path from prospect to pipeline is a direct connection.
Instead of exporting to a file, this workflow syncs data directly from Sales Navigator to your core sales platforms. With one click, you:
There are no intermediate files. No manual uploads. No data mapping. You go from prospect discovery to an actionable lead in your HubSpot, Salesforce, or Pipedrive account in seconds. This allows you to automate lead enrichment by pulling in data and syncing it directly with your CRM.
Ready to unlock your Sales Navigator data? Here’s how to use LeadCRM to execute either method in minutes.
First, add the LeadCRM extension to your browser. It’s a lightweight tool that integrates seamlessly with the LinkedIn interface you already use.
The quality of your results depends on the quality of your search. Use Sales Navigator’s power filters to build a list of your ideal customers. Go beyond title and industry—use filters like “Seniority Level,” “Company Headcount,” and “Years in Current Role” for a truly targeted list.
Once your search results are loaded, you’ll see the LeadCRM widget on your screen.
Once you click on Export to CRM button you will see options like “Enrich & Add to CRM as Contact” or “Add to CRM as Contact”, select Enrich if you want to Enrich while Contacts are being Added to CRM or if you just want to push your Linkedin Profile data and messages to CRM use 2nd option.
Select preferred option and LeadCRM will get to work in the background.
LeadCRM will keep you updated on the progress and inform you in real time how many profiles have been processed. At the end of the list it will give you the option to View all the data in a single screen.
All the data is now Synced to your CRM based on your Field Mapping to each data is perfectly available in your CRM. You can also find all those prospects on LeadCRM dashboard as well so that if you want to look at some specific details its there for any future reference.
Your time as a sales professional is your most valuable asset. Every hour spent wrestling with CSV files is an hour you aren’t building relationships, giving demos, or closing deals. Every minute you’re not manually cleaning data is a minute you could be on the phone with a qualified prospect.
LinkedIn Sales Navigator is where your pipeline begins, but it shouldn’t be where your efficiency ends. By implementing an intelligent workflow tool like LeadCRM, you can finally break down the walls of LinkedIn’s data silo and build a more powerful, efficient, and effective sales engine.
Ready to revolutionize your prospecting? Install the LeadCRM Chrome Extension for free and turn your Sales Navigator lists into revenue.
Yes, when you use a reputable tool built with safety in mind. LeadCRM is engineered to mimic human behavior, processing data at a safe speed to ensure the integrity of your LinkedIn account.
While many tools offer basic scraping or single-source enrichment, LeadCRM is an end-to-end platform. We combine the export with a sophisticated waterfall enrichment process that finds both emails and phones. This multi-layered approach, which can even integrate your own data vendors, yields higher data accuracy. We then complete the workflow with a direct, native sync to CRMs and Google Sheets, eliminating all intermediate steps.
Not with LeadCRM. While LinkedIn offers a native Salesforce sync for its most expensive “Advanced Plus” tier, LeadCRM provides powerful sync capabilities for popular CRMs like HubSpot and Salesforce at a much more accessible level, democratizing this powerful feature for all sales teams.
This is a common point of confusion. You can upload a CSV file of accounts to create targeted account lists in Sales Navigator. However, you cannot upload a CSV of people to find their profiles. The workflow is for finding leads on Sales Navigator and exporting them out.
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Disclaimer : LeadCRM is not endorsed or certified by LinkedIn. All LinkedIn(tm) logos and trademarks displayed on this tool are property of LinkedIn. LeadCRM is distributed AS IS. Your use of LeadCRM is at your own risk.
Disclaimer : LeadCRM is not endorsed or certified by LinkedIn. All LinkedIn(tm) logos and trademarks displayed on this tool are property of LinkedIn. LeadCRM is distributed AS IS. Your use of LeadCRM is at your own risk.
