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LinkedIn content strategy for B2B brand strategists: how a Swansea content strategist found 53 founders and leaders among 351 readers
We read every reaction on 30 posts from a Swansea B2B brand and content strategist. 351 people, 53 B2B founders and leaders. Here is what brings buyers, what brings peers, and the 5 posts we’d publish next.
Max Sawyer · Netwarm··11 min read
The creator in this case studyA Swansea B2B brand and content strategist
Followers13,822
Posts~5 a week, weekday mornings
Sells
These numbers are from 6 November. Your audience has already moved.
New B2B founders and leaders turn Hot every week and others go quiet. Run your free scan to see today’s version, with the names.
Brand narrative, positioning and content engines for B2B leaders
PeriodSep 28 – Nov 6
Ideal client: founders and leaders of B2B companies who want buyers to see them as the obvious choice before the first call.The challenge: The strategist wrote about being “pretty much over the like button”, because it tells you very little about what actually matters. Half the people who react are marketers, designers and content people. Which posts reach the founders who’d hire a brand strategist?
Key takeaways
About 1 in 7 readers is a buyer.53 B2B founders and leaders reacted in 6 weeks: 15.1% of the 351 people who reacted. Marketers, designers and content people made up 49.3%.
AI and taste posts bring the highest share.25.4% founders and leaders, against 17.1% for personal posts, which get the most reactions.
13 founders and leaders are Hot right now.They reacted to 5 posts or more. One of them reacted to 29 of the 30.
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Who actually reads you, and what the LinkedIn algorithm changed
The strategist posts about five times a week at 7 a.m. UK time: taste in the age of AI, brand consistency, how B2B buyers decide, and a few personal posts about football, food and a dog called Pablo. 30 posts between 28 September and 6 November 2026.
The LinkedIn algorithm shows a post to the people who reacted to the last ones, then to people like them. Brand and content is a crowded feed: the founders who’d hire a strategist read it, and so does everyone else who sells marketing. Reach can’t tell them apart. Who reacted can. We looked at every person who reacted and sorted them by role.
30posts in 6 weeks
351people reacted
53B2B founders and leaders
18came back 3+ times
Audience by roleThe 351 people who reacted, by roleFree
Peers are the largest group: 173 marketers, designers, copywriters and brand people, about half of everyone who reacted. Many run their own agency, so they show up as founders too. They push reach, and they rarely hire a brand strategist.
53 people are founders and leaders outside marketing: software and AI companies, consultancies, sales teams, operations firms. That is the audience the strategist sells to, and the one to grow.
SeniorityAll people who reactedFree
Founder, owner, C-level26.2%
Director, VP4.6%
Manager12.5%
Independent7.1%
Other49.6%
IndustriesB2B founders and leaders onlyNetwarm
AI, software and tech30.2%
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What to post on LinkedIn to reach B2B founders and leaders
Most strategists judge a post by its reactions. A strategist who sells should judge it by who reacted.
We tagged 28 of the 30 posts by topic (two short poll posts were left out), then measured the share of B2B founders and leaders among the people who reacted.
Your topicsWhat your 28 posts were aboutFree
28posts
AI and taste7
Brand building6
Personal life6
Buyer psychology4
Content and attention3
Mindset and pace2
Topics that attract B2B founders and leadersShare of each topic’s reactions from B2B founders and leadersNetwarm
AI and taste25.4%
Mindset and pace23.8%
Buyer psychology22.6%
Brand building20.0%
Content and attention19.8%
Personal life17.1%
One topic brings 25.4% founders and leaders, another 17.1%. See which.See which topics
AI and taste posts bring the highest share of founders and leaders (25.4%), personal posts the lowest (17.1%), even though personal posts get the most reactions.
Posts that brought the most B2B founders and leadersShare of B2B founders and leaders in each post’s reactions1 of 5 open
#1Years of building content engines for B2B leaders33.3%
#212 months ago, the AI narrative was pretty blunt28.6%
#3The people who get better every year are never satisfied27.8%
#4When pitching, focus on your prospect, not your offer26.3%
#5My Sundays are for...26.1%
For comparison, the Happy Friday painting post got the most reactions on the profile, and the lowest share of founders and leaders: 11.6%.
6 rules for LinkedIn engagement from B2B founders and leaders
These rules come from what worked on the strategist’s own profile, and from the best-performing posts by B2B brand, content and positioning strategists on LinkedIn over the last 3 months.
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Open on your own client work. “I’ve spent years building content engines for B2B leaders” tells a founder who is talking before the idea arrives.On this profile: the content engines post had the highest share of founders and leaders, 33.3% (15 of 45 reactions read).
Make taste practical. Everyone agrees taste matters. Few say how to build it. Habits a founder can try this week (“fix the thing nobody asked you to fix”) turn a slogan into advice.Across the niche: Maja Voje’s 7 habits for building taste drew 159 comments on 185 likes. On this profile, the “never satisfied” post reached 15 founders and leaders.
Tell one client moment. One leader, one sentence, one result. A moment from a pitch or a client call shows the work itself, which a list of principles can’t.On this profile: the pitching post, told from the strategist’s own pitches, reached 15 founders and leaders, tied for the most of any post.
Make one claim a founder would repeat. “Brand drives demand” fits in a board meeting. A short, sharp claim travels further than a long list of tips.On this profile: the post pushing back on the AI hype had the second-highest share of founders and leaders, 28.6%.
Give personal posts a question. Personal posts bring reach. The ones that end on a question bring buyers into the conversation too.On this profile: “My Sundays are for...”, which ends on a question, reached 26.1% founders and leaders. The Happy Friday painting, with no question, 11.6%.
End on a question about their own content. A question a founder can answer from their own week (“What would you never outsource to AI?”) brings them into the comments, where the strategist can see them.Across the niche: Rheanne Razo’s AI and memorability post ended on that question: 862 likes, 149 comments.
When B2B founders and leaders read: the best time to post on LinkedIn for B2B brand strategists
We compared the share of founders and leaders by the day each post was published. All 30 posts went out at 7 a.m. UK time, so there is no hour to compare.
Share of B2B founders and leaders by posting dayAmong the people who reacted to each postFree
20.2%
Mon
23.4%
Tue
21.3%
Wed
23.9%
Thu
17.0%
Fri
26.1%
Sun
Tuesday and Thursday brought the highest share of founders and leaders on weekdays (23.4% and 23.9%), Friday the lowest (17.0%). Tuesday brought the most in total: 65 across 6 posts. The one Sunday post reached 26.1%, too few posts to call it a pattern.
Keep the 7 a.m. slot. Give the posts that sell the work (the client moment, the lead magnet) Tuesday and Thursday, and keep Friday for lighter, personal posts.
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5 posts ready to publish to target B2B founders and leaders
Each post follows the rules above, in the strategist’s voice. Swap in your own details before posting: the real client story is what makes it land.
1Ready to postClient moment
Three answers to one questionRules 1 and 3: open on client work, tell one moment. Modelled on Melina Panetta’s “They asked what you do” post.
Hook
I asked a founder one question. I got three different answers.The question was simple:“What problem do you solve?”The website said one thing.The LinkedIn profile said another.And the sales deck sounded like it came from a different company entirely.Every answer was true.But a buyer only needs one to say no 🤔Because when a prospect sees three stories, they don’t think “wow, they do a lot.”They think “they’re not sure who they’re for.”So we didn’t write a single post that week.We wrote one sentence instead:✔️ Who you’re for
✔️ The problem you’re committed to solving
✔️ What you believe about itThen we put that sentence on the website, the profile and slide one of the deck.The content got easier to write overnight.Because every post now had something to come back to.Clarity isn’t a tagline.It’s the thing that makes every other piece of content work ✨So I’ll ask you this 👇❓ If a buyer read your website, your LinkedIn and your deck today, would they hear the same story?
Visual · Single imageThree boxes side by side (Website, LinkedIn, Sales deck), each with a different one-line answer, and one sentence underneath that replaces all three.Check before postingUse a real client moment and keep the company anonymous. If you never had this exact conversation, tell the closest one you did have.
How to actually build tasteRule 2: make taste practical. Modelled on Maja Voje’s 7 habits for building taste.
Hook
Everyone says taste is the new moat. Here’s how I actually build it.Not the theory. The habits.The ones I use with B2B leaders every week:✔️ Keep a swipe file of what great looks like
Posts, emails, landing pages. If it made you stop scrolling, save it and write down why.✔️ Keep a second file of what sounds generated
The phrases everyone uses. The hooks you’ve seen a hundred times. Then ban them.✔️ Sleep on it
If you wrote it and posted it in ten minutes, read it again tomorrow. It’s usually “fine.” Fine isn’t the goal.✔️ Fix the thing nobody asked you to fix
The second line. The example that’s a bit vague. The ending that just stops.✔️ Ask AI one more question
Most people take the first answer. Ask it what’s missing, what’s obvious, what a sceptical buyer would say.None of this is clever.It just takes longer than moving on.And that’s exactly why most people don’t do it 💡AI is brilliant at getting you from zero to good.Good to great is still on us.❓ Which one of these do you already do, and which one do you skip?
Visual · Text onlyNo image. The five habits carry the post.Check before postingKeep only the habits you really use. Add one you do that isn’t on this list.
The deal is decided before the callRule 4: one claim a founder would repeat. Modelled on Dave Gerhardt’s “BRAND drives Demand” post.
Hook
Your sales call isn’t where the deal is decided.It’s where the buyer checks the decision they already made.90% of buyers have a preferred vendor before formal evaluation even begins.So by the time someone books a call, the real work is done.They’ve read your posts.They’ve looked at your website.They’ve asked someone they trust.And they’ve made a gut call 🤝That’s not a sales problem.It’s a brand problem, solved months before the pipeline report shows anything.Which is why I never judge a founder’s content by last week’s likes.I judge it by one question:When the right buyer is ready, are you already the obvious choice?Brand doesn’t replace sales.It decides which calls you get to have ✨❓ What did your last client believe about you before the first call?
Visual · Text onlyNo image. The 90% figure in the third line does the work.Check before postingThe 90% figure comes from your own post of 13 October: check the source before reposting it.
The Narrative Consistency CheckRules 1 and 6, with the lead magnet. Modelled on the strategist’s “buyer hat” post.
Hook
Whenever I put my buyer hat on, I check three things in the first five minutes.💚 What do you believe?
👥 Who are you for?
🛠️ What problem are you committed to solving?Then I check them again in three places:→ Your website
→ Your LinkedIn profile
→ Your sales deckIf the answers match, I relax.It tells me you know who you are.It tells me you’ve solved this before.It tells me I won’t be your guinea pig.If they don’t match, I start looking elsewhere ⚠️Not because the work is bad.Because I can’t tell which version of you I’d be buying.So I turned this into a one-page check:✔️ The three questions
✔️ Where to find the answer on each channel
✔️ A simple score for how well they match
✔️ The first fix to make if they don’tIt takes about 20 minutes.Want it?Comment CHECK and I’ll send it over 👇
Visual · Single imageThe one-page check: three questions down the side, three columns (Website, LinkedIn, Sales deck), a score box at the bottom.Check before postingBuild the one-page check before posting, and send it through your Netwarm Reveal link so you can see which founders download it.
My Monday mornings are for...Rule 5: personal posts with a question. Modelled on the strategist’s “My Sundays are for...” post.
Hook
My Monday mornings are for...✔️ An early walk with Pablo (whatever the weather, he insists 🐶)
✔️ A big coffee and a slow breakfast
✔️ Reading last week’s posts back and fixing the ones that were only “fine”
✔️ Writing down the one thing a client said that I can’t stop thinking about
✔️ Picking the three ideas worth a post this week
✔️ And not checking a single like until lunchtimeIt’s not a productivity system.It’s just the hour where the week’s best ideas usually show up.What’s the first thing you do on a Monday?
Visual · Single imageA real photo of the Monday walk with Pablo, or the desk with the coffee and the notebook.Check before postingUse your real Monday routine. Keep one line about client work in the list: that’s what brings founders in.
Free forever: unlimited scheduling through LinkedIn’s official API, with images, video and PDF carousels.
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LinkedIn lead generation: lead magnets that work to target B2B founders and leaders
Reactions show interest. A download shows intent. The fastest way to find out which founders are serious is to give them something useful and see who takes it.
In brand, content and LinkedIn strategy, these formats get the most requests:
Format 1The content system templateThe planning system behind the posts, as a template a team can copy.
Format 2The step-by-step guideOne problem, fixed in order, with examples, sent to everyone who comments a keyword.
Format 3The free live workshopOne hour on the problem readers named, with the replay sent to everyone who signs up.
Our pick for you: “The Narrative Consistency Check”Built from the three things the strategist looks for with the buyer hat on (what you believe, who you’re for, what problem you solve): a one-page check that puts the website, the LinkedIn profile and the sales deck side by side and asks whether they tell the same story. Offer it at the end of post 4.With a Reveal link, every person who downloads it is shown by name, with their role and how warm they are. Your first Reveal link is free.Create your free Reveal link
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From reactions to clients
Content brings founders to the profile. It doesn’t say when to reach out. Most never comment, so they stay invisible, and a founder reading every post in October may have picked another strategist by January.
On LinkedIn, the right moment to start a conversation is when someone keeps coming back. We call that Hot: 5 or more points over 90 days, where a reaction counts 1, a repost 2, a download or a reply 4.
Hot right now13 B2B founders and leaders · not contacted yetNetwarm
13 B2B founders and leaders are Hot. See who to message first.See who’s Hot
First messageAn opener for each Hot person, based on the posts they readNetwarm
Hi Jordan, you’ve been reading my posts on taste and AI for a few weeks. Is your team using AI for content yet, or still deciding?Hi Sam, I saw you reacted to the post on buyers deciding early. Does your website tell the same story as your sales deck?
A first line for each of them, ready to send.See the openers
Netwarm sends nothing for you. It tells you who and when, and you write the message. It also works inside Claude and ChatGPT: ask “Who’s Hot today?” and get the list.
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FAQ
Here, AI and taste posts brought the highest share of founders and leaders (25.4%), and personal posts the lowest (17.1%). Open on your own client work, make one claim a founder would repeat, and end on a question about their business.
For this strategist, Tuesday (23.4%) and Thursday (23.9%) brought the highest share of founders and leaders on weekdays, and Friday the lowest (17.0%). Every post went out at 7 a.m. UK time.
This strategist posts about five times a week, and 18 founders and leaders came back 3 times or more in 6 weeks. Five a week works when most posts give founders something to use. Keep personal posts for Friday.
Look at who reacts, not how many. Group reactions by role, measure the share of your ideal clients per post, and follow the people who keep coming back. A free Netwarm scan does this for you.
Yes. Netwarm only reads public reactions to your own posts. It never logs in as you, never asks for your password, and never messages anyone for you.
How we made this playbook
We read the public reactions on 30 posts published between 28 September and 6 November 2026 (the first 100 reactions of each post), and sorted the 351 people by role. Comments were not counted, so engagement figures are a floor. Two short poll posts were left out of the topic comparison.
Niche rules come from top posts by B2B brand, content and positioning strategists over the last 3 months. Role groups are approximate: some founders run marketing agencies and count as peers here; a Netwarm scan matches people to your own ideal client.
