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I could’ve titled this: “Watch me force myself to like LinkedIn the same way people try to like olives.” Or: “How long before I get roasted on r/linkedInLunatics? Place your bets.”

But no. I went with the honest one: I’m dumping time into a platform I don’t love to see if I can love it.And because apparently my coping mechanism is… turning it into content.I don’t normally listen to Gary Vee. I haven’t listened to anything of his in nearly a decade but an interview caught my eye and I needed something to listen to while I did the dishes. One of the things he mentioned was posting 3 times a day on LinkedIn.

And this is literally what you see some of the biggest thought leaders on LinkedIn do. But consistency has never been a strength of mine when it comes to content creation. Especially during busy client seasons.So, late last week I decided I was up for the challenge. But like any good marketer, I want to share my BTS with you! I’ll be updating this blog post weekly until I hit 4-weeks (bookmark this!) and reporting my results here.

The Rules:

  • Post 2x a day minimum (Monday-Thursday)

  • Format can be whatever makes sense (text post, carousel, video, meme etc)

  • Spend 5 minutes scrolling + commenting on my connections content

Side note: I’m not currently paying for LinkedIn premium or sales navigator. I don’t intend on upgrading as a part of this either.

Admittedly, I don’t have a big goal. I don’t even have a “here’s what I want to happen.” I truly just want to

what happens on LinkedIn when I fully commit! Will I land a client? Will my email list grow from LinkedIn? Will I get a random job offer out of the blue? Will I get invited to a podcast? Will this blog post be shared?

Here are some baseline screenshots (from the last 28-days)

  • 44 Profile Viewers (in the last 90-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 1,216 impressions

  • 346 Members reached

  • 1,325 Total followers

  • 59 Search appearances (in the last 7-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 709 All appearances (in the last 7-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 0 notable traffic to my website from LinkedIn and $0 in revenue from LinkedIn

Who's viewed your profile? 44 (last 90-days)
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Before: (I’ll admit I forgot to copy it but it was basically something like….) Strategies that Stack® | I talk about AI, Personal Branding, and Marketing

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My impressions were waaay down this week. My content didn’t get nearly the amount of impressions and engagement as it did the first week. I’m looking at a 82% decrease. Yikes! I’ll take some of the blame here… I definitely wasn’t on top of comments like I was week one. I see I’ve got quite a few to reply to still. And I was posting some more polarizing content. Guess I was feeling spicy when I wrote these??

Week 3 (November 24-30):

Thanksgiving week! I knew/expected this week to be slower as people step away from their computers in the US to be with family and shop. I don’t think LinkedIn is like Instagram or TikTok where people will just scroll during family holidays as a way to disassociate or fill time. But surprisingly, some of my content did perform fairly well! Notably this post where I talked about how I want to build in 2026. It got some of my friends from other platforms commenting which was cool.

I did share a couple of blog posts to LinkedIn that did drive some traffic to my site which feels good. Previously LinkedIn wasn’t driving any traffic to my website.

Here’s a little update on the analytics so far:

  • 90 (started at 44) Profile Viewers (in the last 90-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 4,434 (started at 1,216) impressions

  • 1,874 (started at 346) Members reached

  • 1,345 (started at 1,325) Total followers

  • 25 (was 59… I totally blame Thanksgiving being in this…) Search appearances (in the last 7-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 1,219 (was 709) All appearances (in the last 7-days, wouldn’t let me do 28 without paying)

  • 14 visitors to my website

  • 5 new email subscribers (that are definitely trackable as from LinkedIn)

  • aaaaand still no revenue generated from LinkedIn

Glossary:

  • Profile Views: The total number of times your profile or page was visited.

  • Search Appearances: The number of times your profile appeared in search results

  • Impressions: The number of times your posts were seen on LinkedIn

  • Member’s Reached: The number of distinct members and pages that say my posts

  • Followers: The total number of people that currently follow me (including connections and non-connection followers)