Maura, I have found it emminently more value using LinkedIn Navigator and well worth the monthly fee. I have been able to narrow my search results to execs in certain professions, organizations and groups, geographically, and a variety of other ways. When you do that, and click to Navigator, the click to Search Leads, it will give you a total number of people who fit your criteria. It will then narrow in certain categories, including people who have been active in the past (I think it is) 90 days, and a category I use regularly, People Who Have Shared Experiences With You. That is where I go to do my daily connection requests. So, I am always connecting with people in the Denver Metro Area, and one of my favorite categories is sustainability. So my connection acceptance rate is very high, around 40%, and the conversations, meet-ups etc. keep me busy.

Hi @maura-bain-2, please look at @ken-deshaies awesome response above. I’d have to agree. If you do want more tools to access, upgrading will always be beneficial.