Authors read their replies
A VP posts about a product launch on Monday. Over the next few days she checks who responded. A relevant comment on Tuesday is read by the exact person you hoped to reach, and by the people who follow her.
LinkedIn Post Finder:
find posts worth commenting on
Search public LinkedIn posts by keyword and see who is writing about your subject right now. Choose a window from the past day to the past year and get up to 10 posts, newest first. It is free, and you never sign in to LinkedIn.
- ✓ Up to 10 posts per search
- ✓ From 24 hours back to a year
- ✓ No LinkedIn login, no card
How to use the post finder
Three steps take you from an empty search box to a post you can answer this afternoon. Nothing gets installed in your browser, and you never hand over a LinkedIn password.
Start with the words your buyers use
Name a problem (“onboarding churn”), a job they are trying to get done (“hiring an SDR”), a category of tool, or a role. Narrow phrases bring back people who care about your subject. Broad single words bring back noise.
Decide how far back to look
If you plan to comment, stay inside 24 hours or 7 days. A reply under a three-month-old post is seen by almost nobody. The longer windows are for research: who writes about this, and how often. Tapping a different window re-runs your last keyword.
Open the post and add something
Read the whole post on LinkedIn before you type. Offer an example from your own work, a number, or a fair question. Leave the pitch out. A first comment has one job: the author notices a thoughtful person they had not met.
Why the comment section is the right place to start
A direct message from a stranger asks for attention the reader never offered. A post is the opposite. Its author published it hoping somebody would respond. A good answer, given in public, is the one kind of outreach people are glad to get.
One comment is a start, not a result
A single reply rarely changes anything. The fifth or sixth does. By then your name has sat under their posts for a few weeks and they have a fair idea of what you know. That familiarity is why an invite gets accepted and a message gets an answer. The whole method is written up in a warm-first outreach strategy.
The finder starts it. Icebreakly keeps it going.
This page is a keyword search you run by hand. Icebreakly follows people, not keywords. Add the leads you want to win by profile URL, and it picks up each new post they publish, drafts a comment in your voice, and posts it once you approve or on Autopilot. It does not search by keyword and it does not score posts. See listening to people instead of keywords or how Icebreakly works, step by step.
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FAQ
LinkedIn Post Finder: questions and answers
How the search works, what it costs, and where Icebreakly comes in. Still deciding who to follow? The ICP generator helps you choose who to warm, and the Sales Navigator filters generator turns that choice into a search.
Is the LinkedIn Post Finder free?
Yes. Anyone can run 3 searches a day at no cost, with no LinkedIn login and no card. Before your first search we ask for a name and an email address, once per browser. Icebreakly accounts on a trial or a paid plan get a larger daily allowance when signed in.
How does the search work?
Enter a keyword or short phrase and choose a time window. The tool returns up to 10 public LinkedIn posts that match, newest first. Each result shows the author, the date, the opening of the post, the number of comments so far and a link that opens it on LinkedIn.
Can I search LinkedIn posts by topic or hashtag?
Yes. Any word or phrase between 2 and 120 characters works, and you can type a hashtag as your keyword. Specific phrases such as “SOC 2 audit” bring back people who care about that subject. Broad single words bring back a mixed bag.
Which time range should I choose?
Choose 24 hours or 7 days if you plan to comment, because a reply lands best while the author is still reading responses. Choose 30 days to a year for research: who writes about a subject, how often, and which angles keep coming up.
What makes a post worth commenting on?
Three things. It was written by someone you would like to know, or someone your buyers follow. It is recent enough that the author is still watching the replies. And it says something you can add to with an example, a number or a fair question. If all you can write is “great post”, skip it.
Does Icebreakly search posts by keyword for me?
No. Icebreakly does not do keyword monitoring. It monitors people: you add the leads you want to win by LinkedIn profile URL, and it picks up each new post they publish and drafts a comment in your voice. This finder is a separate, manual tool for discovering posts and their authors.
How do I go from a post I found to a lead I am warming?
Open the post, read it, and leave a real comment by hand. If the author is someone you want as a customer, copy their profile URL and add them to an Icebreakly campaign. From then on Icebreakly watches for their new posts and drafts each comment for your approval, or posts on Autopilot inside your guardrails.
Is the Post Finder any good for content ideas?
Yes. Set the range to 3 months or longer and read what has been written on your subject. Note the questions people keep asking and the claims nobody has challenged, then write your own view. Borrowing the format of a popular post rarely works as well as having something to say.