LinkedIn is where B2B buyers are, and most attempts to find clients there fail for one reason: they treat it as a cold-email channel with a logo. The method that works is the opposite: become visible to the right people first, then reach out to the ones who are in a buying situation, with something they have already seen. Here is the weekly method, measured in meetings, not connections.
The founder's profile is the storefront
Before any outreach, the profile has to say in one line what you do, for whom, and what result you get, with a photo where you look like someone you would call back. The featured section carries your best proof: a case study, a client recommendation, the film that shows your team. A decision maker who receives your message checks the profile first; it has to close the deal you have not yet opened.
One post a week, from real material
Not tips copied from elsewhere: what you learned this week, a decision you made, a situation a client is facing, a mistake you see in your industry. Forty minutes of raw material from the founder, shaped and published once a week, builds in a year a reputation with exactly the people you want to reach. Comments matter more than posts: answer every one.
Spot companies in a buying situation
LinkedIn shows you who is hiring, who just got promoted, who announced a funding round, a new site, a product launch. Those are buying situations. Twenty a week, listed with the name of the decision maker. That list is worth more than any purchased database.
The message that gets answered
Short. Names the situation ("saw you are opening a second site in Tampa"). Says why it matters to them in one sentence. Offers twenty minutes, with two possible slots. No attachment, no pitch deck, no "I hope this message finds you well." Sent from the founder, not from an assistant. Follow up once, a week later, with something new (an article, a case), never with "just checking in."
Proof before the message
A decision maker who has already seen something of you answers. Someone who has not, does not. Before the first outreach: a case study, two recommendations, and a film that shows how you work, posted on the profile and on the site. Outreach without proof converts ten times worse. Studio FLF builds its corporate films for that exact moment: the one where a stranger decides whether to reply.
The weekly cadence, measured in meetings
Twenty situations spotted, ten messages, two conversations, one meeting. Held for six months, that fills a pipeline. Count replies, conversations and meetings weekly; ignore connection counts and profile views. If the ratio breaks at the message, fix the message; if it breaks at the profile, fix the proof.
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