Connecting LinkedIn to Letterdrop: Security
Security around connecting LinkedIn and Letterdrop
Why connect your LinkedIn to Letterdrop?
Letterdrop helps you build pipeline by sharing thoughtful content with your network of potential buyers and identifying who’s in-market.
What can we do after I connect Letterdrop to LinkedIn?
Your marketing team can:
- draft posts for you and request your approval to publish them
- like company content to distribute to more prospects without bugging you
- request comments or reposts from you
If you download a Chrome extension, you can also:
- easily create your own content in 3-4 minutes directly from sales calls and existing marketing assets
- collect intent data to find warm leads in your orbit ready for outreach
How do I connect Letterdrop to LinkedIn?
Your admin at Letterdrop will give you a link that looks something like this:
Opening it will take you to a page to let you sign into LinkedIn and authorize Letterdrop.
Once authorized, you’ll be asked to provide your work email address. Letterdrop will send email notifications to this address for notifications and approvals.
You’ll also be asked to install a companion Chrome extension.
What can be performed on my behalf once I connect my LinkedIn?
Your admin can setup permissions for what they want to be able to do. They can:
- like posts
- post to your LinkedIn feed with your permission. You’ll receive a notification via email or Slack
- comment or repost with your permission. You’ll receive a notification via email or Slack
You can opt in to only a subset of the above too — just ask your admin when connecting.
What data is collected once I download the Chrome extension?
If data collection is enabled, the following will be collected:
- prospects who like and comment on your posts
- prospects who follow or connect with you
- prospects who view your profile
- impressions on posts
Prospects are defined by job titles that your admin can setup in Settings.
Is this safe?
Liking, commenting, and posting on your behalf happen via official LinkedIn APIs. These actions are sanctioned by LinkedIn.
The Chrome extension to create content and boost posts is also safe.
Data collection from the Chrome extension is done on your behalf in a second minimized Chrome window that is open in the background. It will perform some simple actions like opening up your analytics page, profile page, followers page, connections page once a day. These actions are rate limited to fall within safe daily limits on LinkedIn and are done from your own computer only when it’s active so it’s indistinguishable from your regular activity. However, we understand that every individual has different levels of comfort, so please turn this on or off at your discretion. It has worked safely for thousands of other users.
Letterdrop is also SOC-2 Type II certified so we take your data security seriously. See our Trust Center here.
How can I disconnect Letterdrop from my LinkedIn?
You can ask your admin to disconnect your LinkedIn account from Letterdrop settings or you can disconnect Letterdrop directly from LinkedIn. Find instructions here.
How can I turn off data collection in the Chrome extension but retain creation and boosting functionality?
You can turn off data collection by opening the Chrome extension → Settings → toggle off “Collect data while tab is closed”
