Step 1
Decide if Residential Building Construction is the right industry to target
The Residential Building Construction industry
The Residential Building Construction industry focuses on businesses that build, remodel, and renovate homes meant for people to live in. This includes single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums, and apartment buildings. The category covers new constructions, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs.
What businesses are included
Residential Building Construction covers a wide range of activities, from building new homes from the ground up to renovating existing ones. This includes tasks such as framing, roofing, installing windows and doors, plumbing, electrical work, and interior finishing. For example, a company that builds custom homes on empty lots or a contractor that specializes in bathroom renovations would both fall under this industry.
When targeting the Residential Building Construction industry on LinkedIn, your search will automatically cover all related sub-industries. To maximize the relevance of your leads, you may want to exclude certain sub-industries that don’t align with your ideal customer profile.
Sub-industries included in Residential Building Construction:
Which businesses are not included
While this industry covers various residential building types, it excludes constructing buildings intended for non-residential purposes such as offices, schools, or hospitals. These fall under Nonresidential Building Construction. Furthermore, companies focusing solely on specialized trades like plumbing or electrical work are not part of this industry, even if they primarily work on residential projects. These businesses fall under Specialty Trade Contractors.
Industry size on LinkedIn
Step 2
Pick job titles to target
Focus your LinkedIn search on these key decision-maker roles within the Residential Building Construction industry to find high-value leads. These roles are typically involved in B2B purchasing decisions and are most likely to respond to your outreach.
Influential roles in Residential Building Construction
Step 3
Run your Sales Navigator search
Setting your lead filters
Open LinkedIn Sales Navigator and select the ‘Leads’ tab. Use the filters on the left side to narrow down your search. Enter 'Residential Building Construction' in the ‘Industry’ filter, and add the job titles you want to target in the ‘Current job title’ field.
How many leads can I export?
You can export up to 2,500 leads per day from Sales Navigator. If your search results is higher than this limit, consider narrowing your filters or breaking your search results into multiple saved lead lists that can be exported over several days.
Do I have to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator?
Yes, to effectively target specific industries like Residential Building Construction, you'll need LinkedIn Sales Navigator. It provides the advanced filtering options you need to find the right leads and it has much higher export limits than the regular version of LinkedIn.
What does Sales Nav cost?
Sales Navigator offers a 30-day free trial, after which it costs around $90 per month.
Considering the quantity and quality of the targeted B2B leads you can export from Sales Nav, we think this is a bargain - certainly cheaper than almost any other way of generating leads.
Step 4
Export your leads
Install the Exportli Chrome Extension
To start exporting your leads, first install the Exportli Chrome extension.
Exportli works seamlessly with Sales Navigator and does two main things:
It allows you to export lead lists into a CSV
It uses 20+ email enrichment providers to find and verify business email addresses for your leads.
When you sign up, you’ll receive 50 free credits to get you started.
Run your lead export
With Exportli installed, you’re ready to run your export. The extension guides you through the process of exporting your selected leads into a CSV file.
Step 5
Import to your CRM or email tool
With your leads exported to a CSV file, you can now import them into your CRM or email outreach tools.
Most tools will let you import CSVs including:
Start exporting Residential Building Construction leads today
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