$885K in One Year: How Katherine Jerald Turned LinkedIn DMs into $200K Clients & Crushed Recruiting

Are you ready to discover the secret to landing $200K+ clients through LinkedIn DMs—and scaling your recruiting business to nearly $900K in your very first year? If you’re a recruiter, agency owner, or anyone trying to break through the noise of today’s competitive talent market, you know how tough it is to win high-value clients, stand out online, and keep your pipeline full. In this episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast, host Benjamin Mena sits down with recruiting powerhouse Katherine Jerald, who reveals exactly how she generated $885,000 in her first year of business—leveraging LinkedIn, a strong personal brand, and relentless hustle. Whether you’re just launching your firm or looking to scale bigger, Katherine’s journey offers actionable inspiration and proven methods to help you rewrite your own recruiting success story. Here’s what you’ll walk away with after listening: Understand how to use LinkedIn DMs as a direct path to landing monster deals—including Katherine’s step-by-step approach that turned a single message into $261,000 of billings in under seven months. Gain insights from Katherine’s path of overcoming adversity, rebranding herself after personal and professional setbacks, and confidently building a business that aligns with her values and ambitions. Get a blueprint for tracking metrics, mastering client development calls, and leveraging conferences, podcasts, and accountability groups to separate yourself from the average recruiter and drive record-breaking growth—even in uncertain times. Don’t miss out on the practical techniques, hard-won mindset shifts, and real-world stories that can skyrocket your own recruiting career—tap play on this episode and start turning your next LinkedIn DM into a six-figure win! This episode is brought to you by Remote Assistants https://www.remoteassistants.ai/ – the go-to partner for recruiters who are done wasting time on operations, sourcing, or marketing. Their Remote Assistants are pre-vetted and fully trained for an entire 4 months. We’re talking sourcing, candidate follow-up, backend automation, marketing support – all the things that pull you away from actually growing your business. So if you’re serious about scaling your agency, and want to buy back your time with real, plug-and-play talent – go to www.remoteassistants.ai and get matched in under 48 hours. AI Recruiting Summit 2025 – Registration: https://ai-recruiting-summit-2025.heysummit.com/ Finish The Year Strong 2025 – Registration: https://rock-the-year-2025.heysummit.com/ Free Trial of PeopleGPT and its AI Agents: https://juicebox.ai/?via=b6912d Free Trial of Talin AI: https://app.talin.ai/signup?via=recruiter Signup for future emails from The Elite Recruiter Podcast: https://eliterecruiterpodcast.beehiiv.com/subscribe YouTube: https://youtu.be/YvVYaWn6Znc Follow Katherine Jerald on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinejerald/ With your Host Benjamin Mena with Select Source Solutions: http://www.selectsourcesolutions.com/ Benjamin Mena LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminmena/ Benjamin Mena Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benlmena/