If you use Notion for organizing your work, it makes complete sense to want your LinkedIn contacts in there too. Notion is where your notes, tasks, and projects live — your contacts should live there as well.
The problem is LinkedIn doesn't make it easy to export data, and copy-pasting profiles is painfully slow.
This guide covers every method for getting LinkedIn profiles into Notion — from free manual approaches to the fastest one-click solutions.
Why Save LinkedIn Profiles to Notion?
Notion is one of the most flexible tools out there. Unlike a dedicated CRM, you can build exactly the system you need — whether that's for sales, recruiting, networking, or just keeping track of people you meet at events.
When your LinkedIn contacts are in Notion, you can:
- Search and filter contacts any way you want
- Link people to deals, projects, or companies
- Track your outreach history in one place
- Share your contact database with teammates
- Build custom views for different use cases
The question is just how to get data from LinkedIn into Notion efficiently.
Method 1: Manual Copy-Paste (Free, but Slow)
The most obvious approach. Open a LinkedIn profile, copy the name, paste it into Notion. Then the title. Then the company. Repeat for every field.
Pros: Free, no setup required Cons: Extremely slow. Takes 3–5 minutes per contact. Doesn't scale past a handful of profiles.
This works if you only need to save one or two contacts occasionally. For anything more than that, you'll want a better method.
Method 2: LinkedIn's Built-In Export (Incomplete)
LinkedIn lets you export your connections as a CSV. Go to Settings → Data Privacy → Get a copy of your data and request your connections export.
You'll get a CSV with names, companies, and job titles. You can import this into Notion.
Pros: Free, gets all your existing connections at once Cons: No LinkedIn URLs in the export. Only works for 1st-degree connections. Doesn't help with profiles you haven't connected with yet.
It's a decent starting point for an initial import, but it's not great for ongoing use.
Method 3: Zapier or Make Automation (Moderate)
You can connect LinkedIn and Notion through tools like Zapier or Make (formerly Integromat). Set up a workflow that triggers when you save or connect with someone and pushes data to Notion.
Pros: Automated, works in the background Cons: Requires paid plans on both Zapier/Make and LinkedIn. Setup is complex. LinkedIn's API is restrictive, so the data you get is limited.
This can work for enterprise teams with existing automation budgets, but it's overkill for most individuals.
Method 4: SaveKontact Chrome Extension (Recommended)
This is the fastest and most complete method. SaveKontact is a Chrome extension that adds a one-click save button to every LinkedIn profile you visit.
Click the button, and it instantly saves to your Notion database:
- Full name
- Job title
- Current company
- Location
- Profile picture
How to Set Up SaveKontact with Notion
Getting started takes about 5 minutes:
1. Install the extension Go to the Chrome Web Store and install SaveKontact. It works on Chrome and any Chromium-based browser like Arc, Brave, or Edge.
2. Connect your Notion workspace Open the extension and sign in with Notion. Grant it access to your workspace.
3. Choose or create your database Point SaveKontact at an existing Notion database, or create a new one. If you're starting fresh, grab the free CRM template from our site — it's already configured with all the right properties.
4. Start saving profiles Visit any LinkedIn profile and click the SaveKontact button. The profile is saved instantly.
What a Good Notion Contact Database Looks Like
Whether you're using SaveKontact or another method, here are the properties worth having in your database:
- Name — Title field
- LinkedIn URL — URL field, so you can jump back to their profile
- Role — Text field
- Company — Text field
- Location — Text field
- Tags — Multi-select (e.g. Prospect, Customer, Partner, Recruiter)
- Status — Select field to track where you are with each person
- Last Contacted — Date field
- Notes — Text field for anything else
This gives you a flexible, searchable contact database that works for almost any use case.
Tips for Keeping Your Database Clean
A contact database is only useful if it stays organized. A few things that help:
Avoid duplicates. Before saving a profile, do a quick search in Notion. SaveKontact also has built-in duplicate detection that will warn you if a profile already exists.
Add context immediately. Right after saving a profile, add a tag or a short note while you still remember why you saved them. "Met at conference" or "inbound lead from Twitter" is way more useful than a blank record six months later.
Review old contacts periodically. People change jobs. Set a reminder to clean up stale data every few months.
Final Thoughts
Saving LinkedIn profiles to Notion manually is fine for occasional use, but it doesn't scale. If you're serious about using Notion as your CRM or contact database, you need a way to add profiles quickly and accurately.
SaveKontact is the easiest way to do that — one click, full profile data.