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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135080" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135080" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135080">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You can&#039;t judge/dismiss a whole platform.<br /> <br /> Twitter is supposed to be a cesspool right? When I was on a couple of years ago I had a ball. I was in Tech Twitter and Startup Twitter, not Money Twitter or political infighting Twitter.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve never seen any arguments on Facebook either.<br /> <br /> And my experience on Reddit has always been positive.<br /> <br /> I&#039;d say LinkedIn tends towards civility and supportiveness more than other platforms. People know it&#039;s their platform for life, ans they know talking smack on LinkedIn is more likely to impact their future career or business growth. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I have definitely collected a lot of weirdos over the years being in the &quot;general public&quot;<br /> <br /> I wasn&#039;t intentional with it. Should have been. Didn&#039;t know better at the time. Ignorance is not a good defense, though.<br /> <br /> Now I&#039;m really trying to be intentional about who I follow, who I engage with, and what I post.<br /> <br /> Annnnd I&#039;m banned from Linkedin again for like the 13th time <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135084" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135084" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135084">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Annnnd I&#039;m banned from Linkedin again for like the 13th time <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hmm. I saw you had very few connections but a decent number of Likes on your posts. What are you doing in the background?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135091" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135091" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135091">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hmm. I saw you had very few connections but a decent number of Likes on your posts. What are you doing in the background? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yeah the strategy is working insanely well.<br /> <br /> The short answer is &quot;actually building connections&quot;<br /> <br /> The long answer is post 5x/week. A post consists of the main post, and 2-3 subsequent pinned comments on the post. From there I have a giant list of &quot;Primary list, Secondary List, Niche Peers, Test list&quot; and a &quot;list for Steve&quot;<br /> <br /> Those are people we engage with as much as possible. Probably 200 in total? But the way they do it is interact 10 times and track if they interact back. If they don&#039;t, they get removed from the list and we find someone to replace them. After 3 interactions, one of the comments on their post is not ON the post, but sending them a DM with that. If they respond, send a connection, if they don&#039;t repeat for another 3 posts.<br /> <br /> There&#039;s a lot more detail than that but it&#039;s about 4 hours a day that the girls do and then I try to do 30-60 minutes myself.<br /> <br /> On top of that, it&#039;s been a great source of podcast guests. So I&#039;ll now start to create promotional content for their podcast to post on their stuff, clips, and more.<br /> <br /> That&#039;s the intention at least.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135126" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135126" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135126">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yeah the strategy is working insanely well.<br /> <br /> The short answer is &quot;actually building connections&quot;<br /> <br /> The long answer is post 5x/week. A post consists of the main post, and 2-3 subsequent pinned comments on the post. From there I have a giant list of &quot;Primary list, Secondary List, Niche Peers, Test list&quot; and a &quot;list for Steve&quot;<br /> <br /> Those are people we engage with as much as possible. Probably 200 in total? But the way they do it is interact 10 times and track if they interact back. If they don&#039;t, they get removed from the list and we find someone to replace them. After 3 interactions, one of the comments on their post is not ON the post, but sending them a DM with that. If they respond, send a connection, if they don&#039;t repeat for another 3 posts.<br /> <br /> There&#039;s a lot more detail than that but it&#039;s about 4 hours a day that the girls do and then I try to do 30-60 minutes myself.<br /> <br /> On top of that, it&#039;s been a great source of podcast guests. So I&#039;ll now start to create promotional content for their podcast to post on their stuff, clips, and more.<br /> <br /> That&#039;s the intention at least. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hmm. Could anything there have you got you banned? Does it have the &quot;footprint&quot; of spammers in any way?<br /> <br /> I notice you&#039;re not accepting connection requests. I&#039;m auto-accepting mine and sending a wee thank you note. It does make your follower count look low compared to your engagement metrics. I don&#039;t know if that flags anything, I know it jumps out at me as a casual(ish) observer. (EDIT: Just spotted you accepted my connection request. Maybe you are accepting them?)<br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to turn this into a LinkedIn thread, so will link to me analysing my LinkedIn connections in <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/figuring-out-linkedin-sales-prospecting-more.94944/page-7#post-1135161" class="link link--internal">this post</a>. You can see I&#039;ve got people in lots of positions connected with me, and I can now DM all the &quot;Founders&quot;, or &quot;Google Ads&quot; folks, or &quot;Directors&quot; in my list.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135157" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135157" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135157">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hmm. Could anything there have you got you banned? Does it have the &quot;footprint&quot; of spammers in any way? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Nope, just a mistake. Got another email this morning &quot;our mistake, your profile is fixed&quot;<br /> <br /> It&#039;s just been glitchy since I restarted it<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135157" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135157" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135157">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I notice you&#039;re not accepting connection requests. I&#039;m auto-accepting mine and sending a wee thank you note. It does make your follower count look low compared to your engagement metrics. I don&#039;t know if that flags anything, I know it jumps out at me as a casual(ish) observer. (EDIT: Just spotted you accepted my connection request. Maybe you are accepting them?) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> The girls have a complicated process for accepting connection requests so I don&#039;t even touch it. They base it on how much that person has interacted and if they&#039;re active on the platform.<br /> <br /> They told me specifically don&#039;t accept random requests. Friends are okay. But no more than 1 or 2 a week!<br /> <br /> I mean... it&#039;s working so I&#039;ll just keep at it until it stops working<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135157" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135157" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135157">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I don&#039;t want to turn this into a LinkedIn thread, so will link to me analysing my LinkedIn connections in <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/figuring-out-linkedin-sales-prospecting-more.94944/page-7#post-1135161" class="link link--internal">this post</a>. You can see I&#039;ve got people in lots of positions connected with me, and I can now DM all the &quot;Founders&quot;, or &quot;Google Ads&quot; folks, or &quot;Directors&quot; in my list. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/72777/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="72777" data-username="@BizyDad">@BizyDad</a> can handle us talking about Linkedin! I&#039;m going to convince him to get on the bandwagon at lunch next week <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135207" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135207" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135207">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Nope, just a mistake. Got another email this morning &quot;our mistake, your profile is fixed&quot;<br /> <br /> It&#039;s just been glitchy since I restarted it<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The girls have a complicated process for accepting connection requests so I don&#039;t even touch it. They base it on how much that person has interacted and if they&#039;re active on the platform.<br /> <br /> They told me specifically don&#039;t accept random requests. Friends are okay. But no more than 1 or 2 a week!<br /> <br /> I mean... it&#039;s working so I&#039;ll just keep at it until it stops working<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/72777/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="72777" data-username="@BizyDad">@BizyDad</a> can handle us talking about Linkedin! I&#039;m going to convince him to get on the bandwagon at lunch next week <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Too late.<br /> <br /> I spent time this week cleaning up my company&#039;s profile, getting my employees/partner on there, and attempting to get rid of a second company page. I also started going thru my connection list and culling the list. 10 years ago I had built quite a list of contacts, but I don&#039;t know who most of these people are. LOL.<br /> <br /> I am also strategizing what I want my content to be, how to manage my partner&#039;s new page for him, asking myself if my other partner should hop on the band wagon for the other company, and today I plan on crafting a handful of posts to give me a little runway to start with.<br /> <br /> Edit: the video Andy shared helped. Not that any of it was particularly impactful, more like the catalyst for me getting started. That girl has more revenue than me? Bizydad gotta fix that fast. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper">I was going to cull my connections too, but a friend said to leave it till I&#039;m close to the 30k limit. It gives social proof and I actually don&#039;t know where the business will come from anyway. Many of my clients never Liked or Commented on posts but know me from real life and are reminded of me when I post.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135228" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135228" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135228">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Edit: the video Andy shared helped. Not that any of it was particularly impactful, more like the catalyst for me getting started. That girl has more revenue than me? Bizydad gotta fix that fast. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>My takeaway from that video was... focus. <br /> <br /> I&#039;m still dabbling in too many things. (I expect <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/80/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="80" data-username="@LightHouse">@LightHouse</a> has an automation to slap me for using that word.)</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135242" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135242" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135242">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I was going to cull my connections too, but a friend said to leave it till I&#039;m close to the 30k limit. It gives social proof and I actually don&#039;t know where the business will come from anyway. Many of my clients never Liked or Commented on posts but know me from real life and are reminded of me when I post. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;ll repeat one of the main things that was holding me back:<br /> <br /> I had 8k connections and almost ALL (99%) were dead accounts. People who haven&#039;t logged in for years let alone someone who engages with me daily.<br /> <br /> So if you post something, it goes to a random segment of your list... and 100% of that segment doesn&#039;t engage -- your post dies.<br /> <br /> I feel like I get the game now: you&#039;ve gotta get in with this linkedin creator crowd who supports the hell out of each other. It doesn&#039;t matter who they are or where they&#039;re from because what you need more than anything else is engagement.<br /> <br /> That engagement may or may not lead to them being someone to you (besides a supporter) but it&#039;s clear as day that opportunities show up a lot more when I&#039;ve got 50 likes and comments on every post versus 1 like 0 comments.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">One LinkedIn observation. After not having been on LinkedIn much at all for over 10 years, I am a little surprised I know several people who made the Inc 5000 fastest growing list. Often, I knew them before they started. <br /> <br /> So happy for my friends!</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135247" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135247" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135247">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;ll repeat one of the main things that was holding me back:<br /> <br /> I had 8k connections and almost ALL (99%) were dead accounts. People who haven&#039;t logged in for years let alone someone who engages with me daily.<br /> <br /> So if you post something, it goes to a random segment of your list... and 100% of that segment doesn&#039;t engage -- your post dies.<br /> <br /> I feel like I get the game now: you&#039;ve gotta get in with this linkedin creator crowd who supports the hell out of each other. It doesn&#039;t matter who they are or where they&#039;re from because what you need more than anything else is engagement.<br /> <br /> That engagement may or may not lead to them being someone to you (besides a supporter) but it&#039;s clear as day that opportunities show up a lot more when I&#039;ve got 50 likes and comments on every post versus 1 like 0 comments. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I&#039;m just saying it looks strange to have engagement but no connections. I wanted to start again, but then decided to accept every new connection, DM them all, and go for it. And someone said to keep all those connections I wanted to cull.<br /> <br /> NOT saying that&#039;s the way to do it. Just that, personal branding and personal preference wise, I prefer to engage with anyone who follows me.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135268" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135268" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135268">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;m just saying it looks strange to have engagement but no connections. I wanted to start again, but then decided to accept every new connection, DM them all, and go for it. And someone said to keep all those connections I wanted to cull.<br /> <br /> NOT saying that&#039;s the way to do it. Just that, personal branding and personal preference wise, I prefer to engage with anyone who follows me. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I don&#039;t want connections, I&#039;m looking for followers! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-shades.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /><br /> <br /> Come with me if you want to live</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Okay, I&#039;m 24 hours in this process and I hate it. Lol.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m currently in the process of really streamlining the marketing messages for my agency. The issue I am having is that it feels like the company is exactly what it is... Two very different halves of a whole where right hand is not sure what the left hand is doing. <br /> <br /> What makes a good client for our development side is not necessarily what makes a good client for our marketing side, and vice versa. <br /> <br /> Crafting a message that fits that for the company is very difficult. <br /> <br /> Which is why a personal brand might make the most sense. Because at least with my personal brand, I can be the search engine marketing guy. <br /> <br /> But the challenge I have there is that then I am pigeonholing myself. I do have another company, and I want to be more active in the sales process for that company. <br /> <br /> On top of that, I want to start a third company. Etc etc. <br /> <br /> And so instead of crafting a simple marketing message speaking to a very specific audience, I keep getting stuck in &quot; Big picture thinking&quot; where everything I come up with is way too broad and therefore doesn&#039;t speak to anybody.<br /> <br /> On top of that, going through 15 years of LinkedIn context was like a history of my life. I came across ex-girlfriends, dead friends, horrible mentors, it was like a trauma dump for an hour. <br /> <br /> What is it that they say? Everything you want is on the other side of hard...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135377" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135377" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135377">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Okay, I&#039;m 24 hours in this process and I hate it. Lol.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m currently in the process of really streamlining the marketing messages for my agency. The issue I am having is that it feels like the company is exactly what it is... Two very different halves of a whole where right hand is not sure what the left hand is doing.<br /> <br /> What makes a good client for our development side is not necessarily what makes a good client for our marketing side, and vice versa.<br /> <br /> Crafting a message that fits that for the company is very difficult.<br /> <br /> Which is why a personal brand might make the most sense. Because at least with my personal brand, I can be the search engine marketing guy.<br /> <br /> But the challenge I have there is that then I am pigeonholing myself. I do have another company, and I want to be more active in the sales process for that company.<br /> <br /> On top of that, I want to start a third company. Etc etc.<br /> <br /> And so instead of crafting a simple marketing message speaking to a very specific audience, I keep getting stuck in &quot; Big picture thinking&quot; where everything I come up with is way too broad and therefore doesn&#039;t speak to anybody.<br /> <br /> On top of that, going through 15 years of LinkedIn context was like a history of my life. I came across ex-girlfriends, dead friends, horrible mentors, it was like a trauma dump for an hour.<br /> <br /> What is it that they say? Everything you want is on the other side of hard... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;m pimping out my girl Hatice to do profile revamps. She only charges $700 for that. Use her for sure. I&#039;ll make an intro if you want.<br /> <br /> But I get what you mean.<br /> <br /> My original intention was to get marketing consulting clients &quot;CMO&quot; stuff... but when I was completely honest with myself -- 100% of that business comes from referrals.<br /> <br /> So I&#039;m shifting to 100% focus on The Path (at least on social media) and using LinkedIn as a way to build up the &quot;brand&quot; of that platform. I&#039;m capturing influencers on Linkedin to do podcasts that they promote to their audience... and people have to come to my platform to see their juicy bits (that sounded naughty).</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135377" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135377" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135377">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Okay, I&#039;m 24 hours in this process and I hate it. Lol.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m currently in the process of really streamlining the marketing messages for my agency. The issue I am having is that it feels like the company is exactly what it is... Two very different halves of a whole where right hand is not sure what the left hand is doing. <br /> <br /> What makes a good client for our development side is not necessarily what makes a good client for our marketing side, and vice versa. <br /> <br /> Crafting a message that fits that for the company is very difficult. <br /> <br /> Which is why a personal brand might make the most sense. Because at least with my personal brand, I can be the search engine marketing guy. <br /> <br /> But the challenge I have there is that then I am pigeonholing myself. I do have another company, and I want to be more active in the sales process for that company. <br /> <br /> On top of that, I want to start a third company. Etc etc. <br /> <br /> And so instead of crafting a simple marketing message speaking to a very specific audience, I keep getting stuck in &quot; Big picture thinking&quot; where everything I come up with is way too broad and therefore doesn&#039;t speak to anybody.<br /> <br /> On top of that, going through 15 years of LinkedIn context was like a history of my life. I came across ex-girlfriends, dead friends, horrible mentors, it was like a trauma dump for an hour. <br /> <br /> What is it that they say? Everything you want is on the other side of hard... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Maybe you can niche down by combining your two services/specialities? Or maybe start with one side of your agency and scale that?<br /> <br /> You could create different company pages I guess, but they don&#039;t get much visibility compared to personal profiles.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve done much better recently by focusing 100% on Google Ads content, and not posting the sort of content I post in the forum. <br /> <br /> Even amongst my Google Ads posts, I&#039;ve noticed the content itself gets different people reacting. Some have peers reacting and some have non-peers reacting. And my best performing post was commented on by some big Google Ads influencers which is interesting - getting them to comment brings their audience to your post.<br /> <br /> Why are you going through 15 years of your history? I just culled my recent posts that weren&#039;t Google Ads related, and I&#039;ll not culled any connections.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135369" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135369" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135369">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I don&#039;t want connections, I&#039;m looking for followers! <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-shades.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>That&#039;s interesting. What&#039;s the thinking behind having followers and not connections?<br /> <br /> Lol. That&#039;s so different from what I&#039;m trying to do too.<br /> <br /> I even went looking for the option to turn creator mode off as I want connections and not followers. But it turns out this option has been removed?<br /> <br /> I want to be connected so I can DM people. <br /> <br /> 1) Apparently if we&#039;ve had a DM we&#039;re more likely to see each others content.<br /> <br /> 2) I can auto-accept connection requests and send a thank-you note and also a link (to a newsletter or lead magnet for instance).<br /> <br /> 3) With 12k+ connections I can hopefully set a filter by job title and batch send DMs. Maybe to get clients, or maybe to get people onto an email list.<br /> <br /> Once people are on an email list I&#039;d like to create a flywheel where I send them back to old and new posts on LinkedIn. They&#039;re the most engaged people so hopefully they&#039;ll comment on the posts and help them get traction.<br /> <br /> 4) Later on I might send the connection requests to people who match certain criteria, maybe via a Sales Navigator search. When they accept I can send an automated message to get a conversation going.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135396" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135396" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135396">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Maybe you can niche down by combining your two services/specialities? Or maybe start with one side of your agency and scale that?<br /> <br /> You could create different company pages I guess, but they don&#039;t get much visibility compared to personal profiles.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve done much better recently by focusing 100% on Google Ads content, and not posting the sort of content I post in the forum. <br /> <br /> Even amongst my Google Ads posts, I&#039;ve noticed the content itself gets different people reacting. Some have peers reacting and some have non-peers reacting. And my best performing post was commented on by some big Google Ads influencers which is interesting - getting them to comment brings their audience to your post.<br /> <br /> Why are tou going through 15 years of your history? I just culled my recent posts that weren&#039;t Google Ads related, and I&#039;ll not culled any connections. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;m not culling my content... I haven&#039;t posted much on LinkedIn at all in 10 years. Nothing much to cut there. <br /> <br /> I am cutting people per KFS&#039;s suggestion of focusing on active users. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t know if a thousand people is a lot or a little, but I&#039;ve already cut a hundred that look like they never use the platform.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135395" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135395" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135395">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My original intention was to get marketing consulting clients &quot;CMO&quot; stuff... but when I was completely honest with myself -- 100% of that business comes from referrals. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Ditto! I came to the same conclusion yesterday. My consulting clients come via word-of-mouth referrals. I&#039;m sure some check out my LinkedIn profile before reaching out, and I often direct them to posts after an initial call.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135395" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135395" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135395">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So I&#039;m shifting to 100% focus on The Path (at least on social media) and using LinkedIn as a way to build up the &quot;brand&quot; of that platform. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Similarly, I&#039;m going to focus my profile on one specific offering. I don&#039;t know whether it should be free or low-ticket.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ll probably still put up a featured post for a paid 1-2-1 call/audit of their account. People ask for them anyway, and even if no-one comes through it at least shows I do consulting work. I may have a third featured post where people could apply to work with me, again, mostly to show I take on clients.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135395" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135395" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135395">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;m capturing influencers on Linkedin to do podcasts that they promote to their audience... and people have to come to my platform to see their juicy bits (that sounded naughty). </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Very smart. Leverage their audience.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135399" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135399" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135399">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I am cutting people per KFS&#039;s suggestion of focusing on active users. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>What&#039;s the thinking behind culling them? I&#039;m curious as I&#039;m in two minds.<br /> <br /> I was going to do so (via an automation tool) but a friend said to just leave it till I get near to the 30k connections limit. There&#039;s some social proof in having more connections, although that can look odd if there&#039;s no engagement on posts.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">An advantage of having LinkedIn connections is we can download and analyse them.<br /> <br /> I wrote about it in my &quot;Figuring Out LinkedIn&quot; thread <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/figuring-out-linkedin-sales-prospecting-more.94944/page-7#post-1135161" class="link link--internal">HERE</a>.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m trying to use a tool to populate all the email addresses in that list (only 2% of the exported connections had the email address). <br /> <br /> I should then be able to filter the list and then email as well as DM people.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135401" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135401" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135401">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Ditto! I came to the same conclusion yesterday. My consulting clients come via word-of-mouth referrals. I&#039;m sure some check out my LinkedIn profile before reaching out, and I often direct them to posts after an initial call. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Damn. Sounds like building a personal brand on LinkedIn is a waste of my time. Lololol. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135402" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135402" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135402">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What&#039;s the thinking behind culling them? I&#039;m curious as I&#039;m in two minds. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> For starters I won&#039;t be adding 15 ex girlfriends to my email distribution list. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><br /> <br /> Same goes for the retirees, unemployed, social workers, etc. Everyone has value IRL, but digitally they aren&#039;t in an position to benefit from my content or all that likely to be able to help me reach my goals. <br /> <br /> That&#039;s the thinking, happy to hear the counterpoints.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135409" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135409" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135409">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Damn. Sounds like building a personal brand on LinkedIn is a waste of my time. Lololol. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Ha. I think I can get consulting clients too by changing what I post, and getting in front of a different audience. My current audience seems to be peers so I thought I&#039;d lean into that first.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135409" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135409" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135409">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> For starters I won&#039;t be adding 15 ex girlfriends to my email distribution list. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><br /> <br /> Same goes for the retirees, unemployed, social workers, etc. Everyone has value IRL, but digitally they aren&#039;t in an position to benefit from my content or all that likely to be able to help me reach my goals. <br /> <br /> That&#039;s the thinking, happy to hear the counterpoints. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Lol. 15? Dayum. Yeah, I&#039;d probably unconnect from them too.<br /> <br /> As for the rest, I&#039;d lose the will to live going through the thousands of connections I have manually so I&#039;ll just leave it. And I&#039;m a firm believer in &quot;weak ties&quot; - business will come from connections referring me to their network.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135429" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135429" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135429">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;d lose the will to live going through the thousands of connections I have </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Exactly. It was a rough few hours. <br /> <br /> Cut it to 750 &quot;keepers&quot;. Took out randos and people I never actually met or conversed with. Or anyone with no picture.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Do me a favor, click on a couple and let us know when they were last active?<br /> <br /> Let&#039;s see if the theory is right.<br /> <br /> I had people on my original connection list that hadn&#039;t logged in for 3+ years</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135246" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135246" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135246">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My takeaway from that video was... focus. <br /> <br /> I&#039;m still dabbling in too many things. (I expect <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/80/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="80" data-username="@LightHouse">@LightHouse</a> has an automation to slap me for using that word.) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I should! But if I built a bot, I too would be dabbling</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135405" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135405" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135405">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> An advantage of having LinkedIn connections is we can download and analyse them.<br /> <br /> I wrote about it in my &quot;Figuring Out LinkedIn&quot; thread <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/figuring-out-linkedin-sales-prospecting-more.94944/page-7#post-1135161" class="link link--internal">HERE</a>.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m trying to use a tool to populate all the email addresses in that list (only 2% of the exported connections had the email address).<br /> <br /> I should then be able to filter the list and then email as well as DM people. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> There are lots and lots of tools to enhance this data. Scrupp.com is one of them I&#039;ve used recently.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ll echo KFS&#039;s sentiment about the connections, if you have a lot of dead connections, it can kill reach. I also understand the credibility it adds with the numbers being high. <br /> <br /> If you are getting decent engagement on posts, that&#039;s what mostly matters. If people don&#039;t see you, then it&#039;s a matter of reaching out directly. <br /> <br /> I am working my way through that algo doc i posted in one of these threads.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1278" data-quote="Kung Fu Steve" data-source="post: 1135432" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135432" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135432">Kung Fu Steve said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Do me a favor, click on a couple and let us know when they were last active?<br /> <br /> Let&#039;s see if the theory is right.<br /> <br /> I had people on my original connection list that hadn&#039;t logged in for 3+ years </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> It takes two or three mouse clicks for me to do this. At this time I don&#039;t have a software to make it easier. And I&#039;m not going to go through a list of 750 to figure out who the engage ones are. <br /> <br /> I figure this is something I can slowly handle over time as I replace non-active people with active people. <br /> <br /> But to directly answer your question, I clicked a random four people. Never posted, posted 8 months ago, posted 9 months ago, posted 2 weeks ago. <br /> <br /> If I was a betting man, I would say at least half the people on my list are never posters...</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1135530" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135530" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135530">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> It takes two or three mouse clicks for me to do this. At this time I don&#039;t have a software to make it easier. And I&#039;m not going to go through a list of 750 to figure out who the engage ones are.<br /> <br /> I figure this is something I can slowly handle over time as I replace non-active people with active people.<br /> <br /> But to directly answer your question, I clicked a random four people. Never posted, posted 8 months ago, posted 9 months ago, posted 2 weeks ago.<br /> <br /> If I was a betting man, I would say at least half the people on my list are never posters... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Does it matter if they don&#039;t post?<br /> <br /> When I look at the profiles of clients they very rarely post. One guy didn&#039;t have a banner photo and his avatar photo was a grainy holiday snap that was too zoomed out. He was the owner of the lead gen company that had a US based call center of 100+.<br /> <br /> Plenty of owners of decent sized businesses never post either. I see them just commenting on other people&#039;s posts with short &quot;Well done&quot; or &quot;Congrats&quot;.<br /> <br /> Someone just DM&#039;d me this evening saying &quot;I&#039;ve been following your content for a while now and I&#039;m really impressed.&quot; He&#039;s never commented and I don&#039;t think he&#039;s ever Liked any of my posts. Loads of people read our content but don&#039;t interact. They&#039;ll remember who we&#039;re positioned as though if our content and profile is dialled in, and they can then refer us to people they know.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 1135539" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1135539" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1135539">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Does it matter if they don&#039;t post?<br /> <br /> When I look at the profiles of clients they very rarely post. One guy didn&#039;t have a banner photo and his avatar photo was a grainy holiday snap that was too zoomed out. He was the owner of the lead gen company that had a US based call center of 100+.<br /> <br /> Plenty of owners of decent sized businesses never post either. I see them just commenting on other people&#039;s posts with short &quot;Well done&quot; or &quot;Congrats&quot;.<br /> <br /> Someone just DM&#039;d me this evening saying &quot;I&#039;ve been following your content for a while now and I&#039;m really impressed.&quot; He&#039;s never commented and I don&#039;t think he&#039;s ever Liked any of my posts. Loads of people read our content but don&#039;t interact. They&#039;ll remember who we&#039;re positioned as though if our content and profile is dialled in, and they can then refer us to people they know. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I think his point was more when they last logged in, not when they last posted to your point. LI is an oppurtunity because unlike normal social media not everyone is there to post things.<br /> <br /> However, if they haven&#039;t logged in in 4 years, it&#039;s likely a dead account.<br /> <br /> My twitter account was like this, in was from 2009. I had 1k followers, when i went through, the majority of the folks haven&#039;t been on their profiles in 10 years. So i gutted it last year down to 0 and restarted it.<br /> <br /> There is no success story there though, half of my current followers are bots and i used to keep up with deleting them til i figured there was no use trying to combat the machines. Twitter/X is a mess.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">I notice my LinkedIn feed is entirely devoid of dad jokes. I wonder if I can make dad jokes go viral on LI. I am tempted to try it and report back.</div>
 
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