Hot take: posting every day on LinkedIn is overrated if you have nothing to say

Tried forcing five posts a week on LI for about two months because everyone kept saying consistency is the whole game, so I just started writing whatever came to mind on a Monday morning and scheduling it out

tbh most of them flopped, like the one about my sleep schedule got maybe 11 views and a comment from my aunt, and the post where I rambled about productivity hacks I don't even use got dead silence, probably because it was the same stuff everybody else posts. The ones that actually got real comments were the boring ones where I talked about a client who ghosted me midway through a project and what I'd do differently, people kept replying with their own versions of that story

What I cut was basically everything that felt like filler, so I dropped down to two posts a week and only publish when I have an actual specific experience to share, tbh the engagement per post went up even though the total output dropped a lot. Still not sure if I'm just lucky with the comments or if this is the real lesson, the clients angle is definitely working though

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creatorctrl•2 days ago•1

Did those client stories start conversations with potential clients, or mostly with peers?

smith-l-858•2 days ago•1

Consistency helps when you're consistently saying something. Otherwise you're just scheduling your filler.

SeyedMarvan_RAG•1 day ago•1

yeah thats been my read too... the posts that get replies are the ones with a specific detail people can add their own version to, like ur ghosted client one. generic productivity stuff gives nobody anything to say back i wudnt say never post daily tho, if u actually have a pile of real stuff from work then daily is fine. the problem is when the schedule decides the content instead of the other way round maybe keep a running note of things that happened that week and only post from that

EvgeniiPlugarev•about 10 hours ago•1

Same experience here. What helped me keep two good posts a week was a running note on my phone where I write down client moments the day they happen, even one line. When it's time to post I pick from that list instead of staring at a blank page on Monday morning. The ghosted client type of story works because everyone reading has one of their own, so they reply.

WhirlygigStudio•2 days ago•0

Never stopped me from posting to Reddit

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