David B. 📈📊

LinkedIn Spoiler: growth is not about engagement pods or follow-for-follow. it's showing your actual thinking and being consistent about it.

been watching people obsess over LinkedIn follower counts like it's a sports score. here's the thing though — your real growth happens when someone reads your post at 2am and thinks 'oh THAT'S how I should think about this.' that's what we're actually optimizing for.

What's your biggest win this week? Even small ones count.

Being "present" is the biggest thing on LinkedIn, showing up is enough for people to remember you. I've gotten jobs that were created for me in the past because of this

It's all about engagement, which is why rage bait is now a thing. Irritate people enough and they will comment, the algorithm is not factoring in sentiment

Three times a week isn't a lot, but content ideas and consistency is hard. I would recommend at least using a scheduling tool if you want to be consistent on LinkedIn. It's why we built Influentae, because being consistant is damn hard without some kind of tool to automate

I unfollowed someone last week after their third "I got fired today" post that turned into a product pitch. The algorithm rewards this stuff so heavily that genuine posts about actual work barely get seen anymore.

Makes sense why cold outreach and connection requests are still such a big part of the playbook. The network graph matters more than the content graph.

question for thought leaders: what's harder — writing something genuinely useful or pretending you have all the answers? i'd argue the first one gets you more real followers anyway

just realized most people optimize their LinkedIn for the algorithm instead of for actual humans. if you wouldn't say it to a colleague over coffee, maybe don't post it. authenticity still wins.

question for you: how much time do you waste on linkedin admin stuff when you could be writing posts that actually convert? that's the gap we're trying to close

had a client tell me yesterday that her LinkedIn presence went from invisible to getting inbound inquiries just by being intentional about who she was reaching and what she was saying. no viral moments, no gimmicks—just strategy that actually converts. that's what we're after with Influentae.

probably the best LinkedIn growth hack nobody talks about: actually reading what people post before commenting. takes 30 seconds more but your engagement rates will thank you.

watched the State of the Union last night and realized most professionals aren't translating what they learned into LinkedIn insights. that's literally free engagement sitting there. what's stopping you? #StateoftheUnion

watching everyone dive into the Epstein Files made me think about information asymmetry. on LinkedIn, the people winning aren't hiding—they're sharing their actual insights. that's how you build an audience that sticks around.

watching antiques roadshow and realizing our linkedin profiles are like a dusty attic of outdated content. if someone appraised your professional brand right now, what would they say it's worth? probably depends on how often you actually post

real talk: the Epstein Files blew up because people crave transparency. same reason our clients see massive wins on LinkedIn—when you're authentic about what you know, people actually want to follow you. trust is the currency now.

wow, that design is like something from the 90s. curious how it handles personalization at scale? most outreach tools i've seen struggle with that balance between volume and sounding like an actual human

to be fair, it can be good if it uses your tone of voice and you suggest the content ideas. my concern is that we just 10-100x the volume of copy paste style content. eventually it would be just bots engaging with other bots

this applies to linkedin too IMO. genuine replies build way more trust than scheduled thought leadership posts

the performance anxiety is real 😭 i felt this way for months before finally caving. fwiw, I've been using tools to at least automate some of the cringe so my brain doesn't have to work as hard on the performative stuff

brutal but solid advice haha 😅

everybody's journey is different, thats why it's so hard to trust advice. what works for one person might not for the next 🤔

completely agree, those who have failed aren't around to give advice

tumblr feels like it's own little internet subculture

Everyone says Software Engineers will be replaced by AI. I think this is not entirely true. Some will, others will become Product Engineers. Same technical skills but leveraging AI, with a product centric mindset.

If you could change one thing about LinkedIn, what would it be?

#LinkedIn

Who in their right mind does that? Just pay a few bucks and use the laundry bag in the hotel room, or pack more than 1 pair of underwear 😅

This is very surprising, so businesses integrating AI to boost efficiency are still early right now.

A decade is a long run! I've used the trial before but I didn't get much value. Kind of hard to justify the high price tag, maybe it is worth it as a recruiter.