~15,000 likes (and +1,000,000 views) on a LinkedIn Post in 48 hours
Hey guys, here's a big realization about creating genuine educational content, whether written or video: Few days ago I felt like writing a short post on LinkedIn telling the story of how I got my job at NASA. I had no expectations; I just wanted to share the story. It was a genuine post. It took off instantly. I tried thinking about why my LinkedIn post did so well, and here are some lessons: 1) Stories are the most powerful marketing tool. If your story is relatable and helps people feel moved emotionally, they will feel connected to you. I plan on starting to use more relatable stories in my marketing for my program. 2) Most people have one core desire. To trust themselves. To be able to take a leap of faith and take first steps in confidence, independent of what the outcome looks like. Intuition is your superpower. Learn how to use it. 3) The biggest psychological challenge in business is attachment to the outcome. As we spend our hard-earned money aon ads, thumbnails, video editors, we inherently have this attachment to how an video performs and how our business performs. While that is practical and important, the reason this LinkedIn post took off is that I had 0 expectations and just wanted to write something genuine. If you can figure out how to crack this "not attached to outcome" approach in business, you will scale way faster. 4) Are you having fun in your business? One of the reasons I succeeded as an engineer and researcher is because I did it for fun, not for the money or any expected results. It's what I enjoyed doing. Lately, I felt like I was not having fun in my business, and that is reflected in my slower execution, boring ads, and rigid sales video. I decided to spice things up and tried to run meme ads, and it worked. Now I am very focused on having more fun in my business. Obviously, some copywriting skills were needed, here's the post if you're curious to read it: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7166593711991177216/