LinkedIn Why-Now Account Brief

Get briefed on any account in one run — and know exactly why to reach out now.

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What this Actor does

Give it one LinkedIn company URL. The Actor pulls five signals and combines them into a single pre-call brief:

• Hiring & headcount — employee count, growth, hiring trend, open roles by function.
• Content — recent posts read, total engagement, and the best-performing post.
• Funding — total raised, last round type, date, and amount.
• People movement — how many people joined and left in your window.
• A why-now score and reasons, plus ready-to-use talking points.

"Find the why-now on every account" is the promise behind seven different paid GTM products. This Actor delivers it from public data, with no cookies and no login.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
company_url	string	Yes	LinkedIn company page URL or slug
max_posts	integer	No	Recent posts to read, 1–25 (default 5)
days_ago	integer	No	Job-change window in days, 1–365 (default 90)

Example:

{
  "company_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/globex",
  "max_posts": 5,
  "days_ago": 90
}

How to use it

1. Paste the company URL.
2. Click Start.
3. Read whyNowReasons and talkingPoints before the call.
4. Run it per account before each meeting, or loop it over a target list.

Output

One row per company — the brief:

{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "checkedAt": "2026-09-25T10:00:00+00:00",
  "companyUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/globex",
  "companyName": "Globex",
  "companyIndustry": "Software Development",
  "companyHeadcount": "850",
  "companyWebsite": "https://globex.example",
  "totalEmployees": 850,
  "headcountGrowthPct": 12.5,
  "hiringTrend": "up",
  "totalOpenRoles": 41,
  "topHiringFunction": "Engineering",
  "recentPostsCount": 5,
  "recentEngagementTotal": 1240,
  "topPostText": "Public post text (truncated)",
  "topPostUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/globex_activity-123-X/",
  "fundingTotalUsd": 45000000,
  "lastRoundType": "Series B",
  "lastRoundDate": "2026-06-01",
  "lastRoundAmountUsd": 25000000,
  "recentJoiners": 14,
  "recentLeavers": 3,
  "whyNowScore": 92,
  "whyNowReasons": ["Headcount grew 12.5%", "Hiring is trending up", "Raised $25,000,000 (Series B)"],
  "talkingPoints": ["They are hiring heavily in Engineering.", "Last funding: Series B (2026-06-01)."],
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-25T10:00:00+00:00"
}

The OUTPUT key-value-store record reports the company, why-now score, reasons, and posts read.

Pricing

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.05
Account brief	$0.10

You pay per brief produced. Briefing 100 accounts is about $10.05.

Common uses

• Pre-call research — walk into every meeting knowing the current why-now.
• Account prioritisation — rank a list by how strong the reason to reach out is.
• Personalised outbound — use the talking points as the opening line.
• CRM enrichment — attach a why-now to each account record.

Limits

• Insights, funding, and job-change coverage depend on what LinkedIn and Crunchbase expose for that company.
• A signal that cannot be read is omitted; the brief still returns with whatever was available.
• whyNowScore is a relative ranking aid built from public signals, not a forecast.
• One company per run — loop or schedule it for a list.

Automation

Run from the Apify API, schedules, or webhooks. Download the same dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Feedback and support

Use the Actor's Issues tab for reproducible problems. Include the affected company URL, but do not include credentials.

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LinkedIn Post Reactions	LinkedIn workflow
LinkedIn Post Reposts	LinkedIn workflow
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FAQ

How much does it cost to run this Actor? Pricing is listed in the Pricing section above, charged per row returned. You only pay for the rows the Actor actually produces, so a small test run costs cents.

Do I need cookies or a LinkedIn login? No. This Actor reads public data only - no cookies, no account, no browser automation.

Can I schedule it? Yes. Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or via a webhook, and export results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What if I need a slightly different output? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab describing the shape you need.