Automated LinkedIn Outreach and Automation Debugging

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📅 2025-06-07 — Session: Automated LinkedIn Outreach and Automation Debugging

🕒 18:40–20:10
🏷️ Labels: Linkedin, Automation, Selenium, Katalon, Outreach
📂 Project: Business
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to enhance and automate LinkedIn outreach strategies using various web automation tools and techniques.

Key Activities:

  • Developed a structured outreach plan focusing on strategic objectives and execution phases.
  • Explored automation of LinkedIn outreach using Selenium and Playwright, including recording manual actions and standardizing them for automation.
  • Utilized Katalon Recorder for manual outreach automation, focusing on recording actions and exporting scripts.
  • Addressed challenges with browser automation on LinkedIn, particularly with dynamic elements and timing variations.
  • Debugged issues related to placeholder text visibility and overlap in web automation scripts using Selenium and Katalon.
  • Optimized Katalon Recorder commands for web testing, especially for React and Angular applications.
  • Troubleshot sendKeys issues in Katalon Recorder with dynamic web elements, providing solutions using JavaScript execution.
  • Automated LinkedIn messaging via the browser console, including element inspection and event triggering.
  • Analyzed console errors and warnings related to browser security policies and third-party scripts.
  • Handled user input challenges in contenteditable divs in React apps, offering solutions for UI interaction.
  • Simulated keyboard events for LinkedIn messaging to ensure UI updates and button activation.
  • Incorporated console commands into Katalon Recorder steps for automating text insertion and button clicks.

Achievements:

  • Developed a comprehensive outreach plan and automated several aspects of LinkedIn outreach.
  • Identified and resolved key issues with browser automation tools, improving reliability and efficiency.

Pending Tasks:

  • Further refine automation scripts to handle more complex dynamic elements on LinkedIn.
  • Continue exploring advanced automation techniques for improved outreach effectiveness.

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