Hi Jon,
I know we spoke about this same day – I just thought there could be others who wanted to ask the same question, so here goes –
There is no way around the limit, other than the upgrade to premium.
If you just want to do some quick searches to find some people to talk to you could follow this –
Open private browser
Run an X-Ray search of LInkedin from Google:
site:uk.linkedin.com (inurl:in OR inurl:pub) “sales director” (pharmaceuticals OR “medical devices”) -inurl:dir
You then see their public profile and can capture their name and then find them in Linkedin (signed in) and invite them without impacting on your search allocation