LinkedIn profile finder via form using Bright Data & GPT-4o-mini


This n8n workflow template automates the process of finding LinkedIn profiles for a person based on their name, and company. It scrapes Google search results via [Bright Data](https://get.brightdata.com/ar8wlq0xkpv5), parses the results with GPT-4o-mini, and delivers a personalized follow-up email with insights and suggested outreach steps.

🚀 What It Does - Accepts a user-submitted form with a person’s full name, and company. - Performs a Google search using Bright Data to find LinkedIn profiles and company data. - Uses GPT-4o-mini to parse HTML results and identify matching profiles. - Filters and selects the most relevant LinkedIn entry. - Analyzes the data to generate a buyer persona and follow-up strategy. - Sends a styled email with insights and outreach steps.

🛠️ Step-by-Step Setup 1. Deploy the form trigger to accept person data (name, position, company). 2. Build a Google search query from user input. 3. Scrape search results using Bright Data. 4. Extract HTML content using the HTML node. 5. Use GPT-4o-mini to parse LinkedIn entries and company insights. 6. Filter for matches based on user input. 7. Merge relevant data and generate personalized outreach content. 8. Send email to a predefined address. 9. Show a final confirmation message to the user.

🧠 How It Works: Workflow Overview - Trigger: When User Completes Form - Search: Edit Url LinkedIn, Get LinkedIn Entry on Google, Extract Body and Title, Parse Google Results - Matching: Extract Parsed Results, Filter, Limit, IF LinkedIn Profile is Found? - Fallback: Form Not Found if no match - Company Lookup: Edit Company Search, Get Company on Google, Parse Results, Split Out - Content Generation: Merge, Create a Followup for Company and Person - Email Delivery: Send Email, Form Email Sent

📨 Final Output An HTML-styled email (using Tailwind CSS) with: - Matched LinkedIn profile - Company insights - Persona-based outreach strategy

🔐 Credentials Used - BrightData account for scraping Google search results - OpenAI account for GPT-4o-mini-powered parsing and content generation - SMTP account for sending follow-up emails

❓Questions? Template and node created by [Miquel Colomer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/miquelcolomersalas/) and [n8nhackers](https://n8nhackers.com).