The data is in, Metricool analyzed over 673,658 posts, here are some of what they found: LinkedIn rewards thoughtful content, not just more content. If you want better results, start with these 5 shifts. 1. Post as a person, not just a brand. Personal Profiles outperform Company Pages on impressions, interactions, and comments across almost every size tier, so put a face and voice behind your content. 2. Use carousels more often. They generate more interactions than images, and multi-image posts also outperform single-image content, even though image posts are still used much more often. 3. Add a question or comment prompt. Posts with questions drive more comments, so make it easy for people to jump in with a clear prompt. 4. Don’t fear links. For Company Pages, posts with links performed better on impressions and interactions, which means a link can work as long as the post around it is valuable. 5. Time matters more than you think. Half of a LinkedIn post’s lifetime impressions happen in the first 48 hours, so posting when your audience is most active matters. LinkedIn in 2026 is not about posting more. It’s about posting with more intention, more personality, and more of the formats that people actually engage with

This came up in Skool Partners community today. Real talk, this one's for the quiet members and all the members who feel like something is missing. If you joined and then kind of... disappeared into the background, I'm not calling you out. I'm asking you in. I want this to be a community where everyone gets something useful out of being here. And if that's not happening for you, I'd rather know than guess. What's missing? What would make you actually want to open this app and jump in? Drop it below. Even a one-word answer helps.

This is a good way to call out a competitor without naming the competitor, and showing how you are different from them. Here is the post: Tire's On the Run Rant "RANT COMING… This one really ****ed me off… We had a young lady, a student, who came to our shop for a leaky tire this morning. I took a look, saw cords coming out the tire(s), and told her, sorry, these tires are not safe, and haven’t been for quite a while. 😐 We arranged for her to get new tires, today, because she is travelling to BC (British Columbia) tomorrow. THE PART THAT MADE ME MAD IS THIS - She went on Wednesday with this leaky tire to a LARGE TIRE CHAIN… AND WAS TOLD TO JUST KEEP TOPPING IT UP. She asked them, “IS IT SAFE TO DRIVE TO BC ON THESE TIRES?" THEY SAID “YES”. The only thing with less tread than these tires is a balloon - The cords are visible on 3 of these tires, and the tread is so low on these that any amount of rain or water will potentially cause her to lose control… IN THE MOUNTAINS. As a father of daughters, it just made me completely ****ed off - There is NO UNIVERSE where these tires are “SAFE”. Why would that other tech say such a ridiculous assurance? My opinion… He just didn’t want to “deal with it”, to have to explain it, to have to install the tires, that it’s too busy anyway, and who cares, it’s just another customer… JUST GO AWAY, DON’T BOTHER ME." See what he did there? He never once named the other shop. He didn't have to. He just told you exactly what happened, what he saw, what he did — and let you draw your own conclusion. That's the move. You don't need to drag anyone by name. You just need to show up, tell the truth, and let the contrast speak for itself. Your clients are out there right now getting "just top it up" advice from someone else. Show them what it looks like when you actually give a damn about the outcome. What would your version of this post look like?

Your audience is not the same as it was six months ago. New followers show up. Old ones come back around. People who've been lurking finally start paying attention. And none of them are getting a clear enough picture of who you are and what you do. Reintroducing yourself isn't just for new accounts. It's for right now. With the audience you already have. That's not starting over. That's just good marketing. Here are 5 ways to do it this week: 1. The "Here's What I Actually Do" Post Skip the title. Describe exactly who you help and what changes for them after working with you. Caption starter: "My title is [X] — but what I actually do is help [ideal client] go from [before] to [after]. Here's what that looks like in practice..." 2. A Day in the Life (The Unsexy Version) Show what a normal workday actually looks like. Not the highlight reel — the real decisions, the real rhythm. Caption starter: "Nobody posts this, but here's what a Tuesday actually looks like when you run a [type of business]..." 3. Meet the Offer Introduce one offer like you're introducing a person. What is it, who is it for, what does it solve? Caption starter: "If you're new here — this is [offer name]. It exists because [reason]. It's for you if..." 4. The Origin Story (In 3 Sentences) Why did you start this? What were you frustrated by or pulled toward? Short and honest beats long and polished. Caption starter: "I started this business because I kept seeing [problem] happen to [people]. I knew there was a better way. So I built it." 5. What My Clients Say vs. What I'd Say Share how a client describes their results, then share what actually happened behind the scenes. Caption starter: "My client called it [their words]. Here's what I saw happen on my end..." Which of these feels most natural for where you are right now? Start there.

Pat Flynn said something on stage that stopped me: people don't follow you for one good post. They follow to see what happens next. Episodic content isn't just a trend. It's an ecosystem play. A YouTube video that connects to an email that connects to a community conversation that connects back to the next video. That's not just good content, that's a system that gives people a reason to stay. Standalone posts are forgettable. A series is a destination. This is exactly what we talk about in here, and seeing it validated on that stage felt good. I'm actually putting this into practice right now. I'm documenting my own marketing ecosystem rebuild in YouTube Shorts/Instagram Reels. It'll be real decisions, what's working, what's not and what I'm figuring out as I go. It's my way of showing how an ecosystem actually comes together, not just talking about it in theory. And I'll be documenting longer versions for YouTube. Are you creating any episodic or series-based content right now? What's working? I'll share some examples on the comments that I've seen online.