How to use AI to get 10,000 followers on LinkedIn
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Look at how many LinkedIn followers you have right now, then subtract it from 10,000. Divide that number by 365. That’s how many new followers you need per day, over the course of a year, to hit the magic 10,000 number. Easy, right?
You’re so close to glory and a few steps away from five figures. All you need to do is make a plan and stick to it. AI can help. With a combination of research, prompts and daily actions, you’ll be up there with the super connectors of LinkedIn, winning followers, making friends, and growing your business potential.
Here’s how to use AI to get 10,000 followers on LinkedIn, that you can start doing today.
Get 10,000 followers on LinkedIn within a year: here’s how
Define your dream customer
ChatGPT knows who your dream customer is. But now it connects to the internet, it knows who they are on LinkedIn. So ask the question.
First, send the prompt: “using what you know about my business, describe my dream customer in terms of LinkedIn. Include words they might have in their headline and bio, their current and past experience, and where they might be based in the world.” Check the response and edit until accurate.
Get a list of their profiles
Now you have the description, get a list of the profiles that fit the bill. Go back to ChatGPT and ask, “Give me a list of 20 LinkedIn profiles that match this description. Provide the URL and explain why this person fits. Ensure the URL leads to a real person, don’t make it up.”
Here’s today’s hitlist. Ask for another 20 people every single day using the same chat, and send those connection requests. Personalise the message to say hi or leave it blank, and A/B test which gets the best acceptance rate. Start building your contact list of people you want to work with.
Share at least one post a week
Only 1 percent of LinkedIn users post weekly. Creating any form of content consistently puts you right up there with the people who get noticed. And getting noticed gets you followed. But you can’t just post. There has to be a plan.
Commit to posting once per week. Do it on the same day at the same time. Choose one format and keep it going. Think in themes. Win of the week, feedback of the week, insight of the week. Learn what makes a good hook. Understand how the LinkedIn algorithm works. Test different post structures. Schedule them up in advance and add an image of you.
Make AI your marketing consultant
The people growing the fastest on LinkedIn often don’t use LinkedIn as their main platform. They are going big on YouTube, they have a popular podcast, or they publish somewhere with better distribution. Be open to other options to make your message heard.
Use AI to identify which secondary platform will accelerate your LinkedIn growth. Feed ChatGPT your content style and target audience, then ask where your dream customers consume content outside LinkedIn. Get AI to create cross-platform hooks that drive traffic back to your profile and develop a content calendar for consistent cross-promotion. Choose one platform to dominate and funnel that audience to LinkedIn.
Share your slant on trending topics
LinkedIn favours topics that are popular right this second. It amplifies voices that weigh in on current topics. So join in. Populate a GPT or a Claude Project with your strong opinions. Make sure it knows who you are and what you stand for.
When something is trending, drop the story into the project. Ask for a LinkedIn post that follows a proven structure and outlines your slant on the news. Get opinionated posts in seconds that are likely to perform. People follow you when your spicy take aligns with something they think too. You’ll find your tribe and grow your account.
AI can build your LinkedIn following: here’s your 10k roadmap
You have everything you need to hit 10,000 LinkedIn followers. Define your dream customer and get ChatGPT to find them on LinkedIn. Connect with 20 matching profiles every day. Post weekly on the same day at the same time. Make AI your marketing consultant by finding one other platform where your audience hangs out and funnel them to LinkedIn. Share your spicy takes on trending topics using AI to write posts that get noticed. The followers you want are out there waiting. They just don’t know you exist yet. Stop reading and start connecting.
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