The hardest part of building a personal brand on LinkedIn usually isn't writing. It's knowing what to write about, week after week. Here are 30 post ideas grouped by what you want each post to do, with an example opening line for each group, so you never face a blank screen again.
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Posts that build trust (show what you know)
- A how-to: walk through a task you do well, step by step.
- A checklist: the list you use before launching, hiring or pitching.
- A framework: a simple model you use to make decisions.
- A common mistake: one you see often, and how to avoid it.
- Myth vs reality: a widely believed idea in your industry that's wrong.
- Tool stack: the tools you actually use and why.
Example opening: "Most proposals we receive make the same mistake in the first paragraph. Here's what it is."
Posts that build connection (show who you are)
- Your origin story: why you started, and what nearly stopped you.
- A failure and its lesson: what went wrong and what you changed.
- A day in your work: what your role actually involves.
- A decision you're wrestling with: ask your network for views.
- Someone who shaped you: a mentor, boss or client, and what you learned.
- A personal milestone: years in business, a team achievement, a hard-won win.
Example opening: "Fifteen years ago I started this business with one laptop and one client. Here's what I'd tell myself on day one."
Posts that start conversations (show how you think)
- A contrarian opinion: where you disagree with popular advice.
- A prediction: where your industry is heading in the next few years.
- Your take on the news: what a recent change means for your audience.
- A question to your network: genuine, specific and easy to answer.
- A poll: on a choice your audience faces, then share the results and your view.
- "Unpopular opinion" posts, used sparingly and only when you mean it.
Example opening: "I don't think every business needs to be on Instagram. Here's how to decide."
Posts that prove results (show what you've done)
- A client story: problem, approach, outcome, shared with permission or anonymised.
- Before and after: a website, a campaign, a process.
- Lessons from a project: three things you'd repeat and one you wouldn't.
- A behind-the-scenes look at your process.
- Feedback you received and what you did about it.
- Numbers with context: what you tracked, what moved and why.
Example opening: "A client came to us with traffic but no enquiries. The fix wasn't more traffic."
Keep proof honest: share real numbers only, get permission before naming clients, and say when results depended on factors you didn't control.
Posts that grow your network (show others)
- Team spotlight: celebrate a colleague's work.
- Recommend a resource: a book, podcast or tool, and what you took from it.
- Event recap: three takeaways from a conference or meetup.
- Thank a client or partner publicly, with their permission.
- Hiring posts that describe the work and culture honestly.
- Repurpose your best content: turn a blog post, talk or video into a carousel.
Tips to make any idea work
- Hook in the first two lines. That's all people see before "…see more".
- One idea per post. Short paragraphs, plain language.
- Mix formats: text, images, document carousels and short video.
- Be consistent: two or three posts a week, every week, beats a burst followed by silence.
- Reply to comments in the first hour or so, and comment thoughtfully on others' posts.
- Keep a swipe file of ideas from client questions, sales calls and meetings.
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