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LinkedIn content strategy for done-for-you LinkedIn agencies: how a Toronto agency founder reached 290 founders, consultants and coaches in 6 weeks
We read every reaction on 29 posts from a Toronto done-for-you LinkedIn agency founder. 989 people, 290 founders, consultants and coaches. Here is what brings buyers, what brings peers, and the 5 posts we'd publish next.
Max Sawyer · Netwarm··12 min read
The creator in this case studyA Toronto done-for-you LinkedIn agency founder
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Posts~5 a week
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SellsDone-for-you LinkedIn for founders of B2B service firms and their partners, and a LinkedIn cohort for people starting to post
PeriodSep 26 – Nov 4
Ideal client: founders, owners and partners of B2B service firms (consultants, coaches, advisors) who built their business on referrals and want a pipeline they control.The challenge: The founder writes that word of mouth only works to a point: referrals dry up, and consultants wake up with no pipeline. The same is true of reach. A post can travel far among other LinkedIn creators and job seekers and still bring few of the founders who hire an agency. Which posts bring the buyers?
Key takeaways
3 in 10 readers are buyers.290 founders, owners, partners, consultants and coaches reacted in 6 weeks: 29.3% of the 989 people who reacted.
Client stories bring the highest share of buyers.Client stories brought 46.3% buyers, posts on LinkedIn and content strategy 36.2%. The most-liked post of the period brought the lowest share: 18.9%.
43 buyers are Hot right now.They reacted to 5 posts or more. One of them reacted to 24 of the 29.
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Who actually reads you, and what the LinkedIn algorithm changed
The founder posts almost every morning around 8 a.m. Eastern: the road from Deloitte to an agency, layoffs and starting over, the money and the failures behind it, client results, and how LinkedIn brings clients. 29 posts between 26 September and 4 November, each one with a line of “the immigrant mathematics”.
The LinkedIn algorithm shows a post to the people who reacted to the last ones, then to people like them. A personal story travels to everyone: founders who could hire an agency, other ghostwriters and LinkedIn strategists, and people who just lost a job. Reach can't tell them apart. Who reacted can. We looked at every person who reacted and sorted them by role.
29posts in 6 weeks
989people reacted
290founders, consultants and coaches
61came back 3+ times
Audience by roleThe 989 people who reacted, by roleFree
290 people run a business or sell their expertise: founders, CEOs, owners, partners, consultants, advisors and coaches. They are the people who hire a done-for-you LinkedIn team.
116 peers write LinkedIn content for a living: ghostwriters, LinkedIn and personal brand strategists, content and profile designers. They push reach and rarely buy. The largest group, 583 people, are employees, managers and job seekers, many drawn by the layoff and starting-over posts.
SeniorityAll people who reactedFree
Founder, owner, C-level23.4%
Director, VP3.4%
Manager8.6%
Independent9.8%
Other54.8%
IndustriesFounders, consultants and coaches onlyNetwarm
AI, tech & IT services37.9%
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Core audience61 founders, consultants and coaches engaged 3+ times · 43 engaged 5+ timesNetwarm
61 founders, consultants and coaches keep coming back. One of them reacted to 24 of the 29 posts.See your regulars
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What to post on LinkedIn to reach founders, consultants and coaches
Most creators judge a post by its reactions. An agency that sells should judge it by who reacted.
We tagged each of the 29 posts by topic, then measured the share of founders, consultants and coaches among the people who reacted.
Your topicsWhat your 29 posts were aboutFree
29posts
Personal stories & lessons8
LinkedIn & content strategy6
Layoffs & starting over6
Selling solo after corporate5
Client stories4
Topics that attract founders, consultants and coachesShare of each topic’s reactions from founders, consultants and coachesNetwarm
Client stories46.3%
Layoffs & starting over40.7%
Personal stories & lessons37.4%
Selling solo after corporate36.4%
LinkedIn & content strategy36.2%
Single posts range from 18.9% to 48.8% buyers. See which ones led.See which topics
Topics are close, from 36.2% to 46.3% buyers, with client stories ahead. Layoff and starting-over posts bring the most buyers per post: 37.7, against 25.7 for posts on LinkedIn and content strategy.
Posts that brought the most founders, consultants and coachesShare of founders, consultants and coaches in each post’s reactions1 of 5 open
#1An injury ended 15 years of gymnastics in one day48.8%
#2My former colleagues told me to stop posting48.7%
#3She downloaded my entire Claude brain and left48%
#4A client getting his first results in the cohort47.9%
#5My client's first semi-viral post in 2 weeks47.7%
For comparison, the Gmail and no-website post drew 242 reactions on LinkedIn, the most of the period, and the lowest share of buyers: 18.9%.
6 rules for LinkedIn engagement from founders, consultants and coaches
These rules come from what worked on the founder's own profile, and from the best-performing personal branding, LinkedIn growth and career-change posts on LinkedIn over the last 3 months.
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Tell the client's story, with the numbers. A founder who hires an agency wants proof it works for someone like them. Start where the client started (no posts, no reach), then give the number that changed: impressions, calls, prospects.On this profile: 4 client stories brought 46.3% buyers, the highest share of the 5 topics. Across the niche: an ex-Goldman Sachs client's first 90 days drew 403 likes.
Don't judge a post by its reactions. The Gmail post was the most-liked of the period and drew 119 comments, but it travelled far among peers and aspiring creators. Keep posts like it for reach, and measure the posts that sell by who reacted.On this profile: 242 reactions and 18.9% buyers on the Gmail post, against 65 reactions and 47.7% on the first semi-viral client post.
Write to the corporate escapee in the week of the news. When layoffs hit the feed, consultants and ex-partners are asking what's next. A post that names the week (Netflix, Amazon, HubSpot) and gives a plan reaches them while the question is fresh.On this profile: layoff and starting-over posts brought 37.7 buyers per post, the most of any topic. Across the niche: Justin Welsh's layoff post drew 3,562 likes and 987 comments.
Name the failure, with its price. “$144K gone” is the line that makes a founder stop. Failures with a number build the trust a done-for-you client needs before handing over their voice.On this profile: the rock-bottom post (“$144K in savings ÷ 6 failed businesses = $0 left”) brought 39 buyers. Across the niche: Shan Hanif's list of first failures drew 1,355 likes and 253 comments.
Write for the reader who never comments. Most buyers read for weeks before they reach out. Write about their exact problem (the referral dry spell, the title they lost) and make the profile tell them what to do next.On this profile: 61 founders, consultants and coaches came back to 3 posts or more in 6 weeks. Across the niche: “I've been reading you for months” drew 361 likes and 71 comments.
End on one word to DM. The founder already closes posts with “DM me SERVICE”, “PIPELINE”, “STRATEGY”. Keep one word per post, tied to one resource, so the reply is easy and the intent is clear.On this profile: the post ending on “DM me SERVICE” brought 39 buyers, 44.8%. Across the niche: Kasey Brown's one-word method drew 871 likes and 151 comments.
When founders, consultants and coaches read: the best time to post on LinkedIn for done-for-you LinkedIn agencies
We compared the share of founders, consultants and coaches by the day each post was published. 22 of the 29 posts went out around 8 a.m. Eastern and 4 around 6 a.m., so there are not enough posts at other hours to compare.
Share of founders, consultants and coaches by posting dayAmong the people who reacted to each postFree
38.3%
Mon
41.4%
Tue
34.2%
Wed
41.5%
Thu
41.9%
Fri
37.4%
Sat
40.5%
Sun
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday brought the highest share of buyers (41.4% to 41.9%) and Wednesday the lowest (34.2%). Monday brought the most buyers per post: 36.2.
Keep the 8 a.m. Eastern slot. Give the posts that sell the work (client stories, the lead magnet) Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and keep Wednesday for lighter LinkedIn tips.
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5 posts ready to publish to target founders, consultants and coaches
Each post follows the rules above, in the founder's voice, immigrant mathematics included. Swap in your own client details before posting: the real example is what makes it land.
1Ready to postData story
My most-liked post brought me the fewest clientsRule 2: judge a post by who reacted. Modelled on the Gmail post itself.
Hook
My most-liked post of October was the worst at bringing me clients.It was the one about building a 6-figure business with a Gmail address.242 reactions. 119 comments. My best numbers of the month.So I looked at who actually reacted.Other ghostwriters. People who just started posting. People looking for their next job.Great people. Not my buyers.Then I looked at a quiet post. My client's first semi-viral post, 2 weeks after he started.65 reactions. Almost half of them founders, consultants and coaches.The immigrant mathematics:
242 reactions × the wrong audience = 0 calls.
65 reactions × the right audience = a pipeline.Reach tells you how far a post travelled.
It doesn't tell you who it reached.Now I check one number before I celebrate a post: how many of the people who reacted could actually hire me.What's the last post you were proud of? Do you know who liked it?♻️ Repost for someone counting likes instead of clients
👇 Follow Anna Bilan ⚡️ for the real side of building a business
Visual · Single imageTwo post screenshots side by side: 242 reactions with a small slice of buyers, 65 reactions with almost half.Check before postingCheck the two posts' numbers on your profile the day you post.
The Big Four partner with no pipelineRule 1: the client's story with the numbers. Modelled on Mane Harutyunyan's Goldman Sachs post.
Hook
He sold million-dollar projects for 15 years. Then he left the firm and couldn't sell one.That's what my client told me on our first call.Partner at a Big Four firm. Great reputation inside.
Outside? Nobody knew what he did without the logo next to his name.His first months on his own looked like this:
Coffee with old colleagues.
Two referrals.
Then nothing.The immigrant mathematics:
Big title + big firm = big revenue.
Big title + no firm = a quiet inbox.Here's what we changed:1/ His profile now says who he helps and the result. Not his old title.
2/ He posts 3 times a week about the deals he saw from the inside.
3/ Every post ends with one clear next step.90 days later, founders he had never met were booking calls from his posts.He didn't need a new skill.
He needed people to know the one he had.If you left a big firm and your pipeline left with it, DM me "PARTNER" and I'll walk you through what we did.♻️ Repost for someone who just left a big firm
👇 Follow Anna Bilan ⚡️ for sales & entrepreneurship advice
Visual · Single imageA photo of the client (with permission) or a before and after of the headline: old title, then who he helps.Check before postingUse a real client and their real numbers, with their permission. Change the firm and figures to match.
The referral dry spell, and the framework I give my clientsRule 6 and the lead magnet: one word to DM, one resource. Modelled on the word-of-mouth post.
Hook
5 referrals in January. 0 in March.I hear this from consultants and coaches every week.The business was built on word of mouth. It worked. Until it didn't.Your champion changes jobs.
Your best referral partner moves away.
A client gets acquired and the new team has its own vendors.The immigrant mathematics:
1 referral source × 1 change you don't control = 0 pipeline.So I give every client the same framework before we write a single post:1/ Where your last 10 clients really came from.
Most people guess. The data always surprises them.2/ The one channel you will own.
LinkedIn, email or a podcast. One. Weekly.3/ The 3 posts your buyers need to see before they call.
The problem. The proof. The next step.4/ The weekly number to track.
Not likes. Conversations with people who could hire you.I put it on one page, with the questions I ask on the first call.DM me "PIPELINE" and I'll send it to you.♻️ Repost for someone waiting on referrals that aren't coming
Visual · Single imageThe one-page framework itself, the 4 steps visible, photographed on a desk next to a laptop.Check before postingBuild the one-page framework before posting. Send it through a Netwarm Reveal link to see which founders open it.
Your severance is a runway, not a waiting roomRule 3: the corporate escapee, in the week of the news. Modelled on Justin Welsh's layoff post.
Hook
Your severance is a runway. Not a waiting room.Every second post on my feed this week starts with “I was laid off”.I know that week. My call lasted under a minute. HR was already on the line.Most people spend the severance waiting.
Applications at midnight. Headline rewritten again. Coffee with friends who say “you should consult”.The immigrant mathematics:
12 weeks of severance ÷ 150 applications = 12 weeks gone.
12 weeks of severance × 1 offer tested = a real answer.If I were laid off this week, here's what I'd do:1/ Write down one number: my runway.
Savings plus severance, divided by monthly burn.2/ Pick one offer from my last job that companies already paid for.3/ Tell 20 people I'm selling it. Not looking for a job. Selling.4/ Post about it 3 times a week, for 90 days.Your 20 years are still yours.
The title was borrowed.If you were laid off this year and you're half job seeker, half consultant, DM me "RUNWAY" and I'll share how I used mine.♻️ Repost for someone who just got the call
Visual · Single imageA notebook page with one number circled: the runway, in weeks.Check before postingTie the second line to the layoffs actually in the news the week you post.
6 businesses. 6 failures. $144K.Rule 4: name the failure with its price. Modelled on Shan Hanif's list of first failures.
Hook
Epoxy tables: failed.
Modular homes: failed.
A stretching app: failed.
Crypto payments: failed.
Feminine hygiene products: failed.
Startup advisory: failed.$144K of my savings. Gone.I was smart. I worked hard. I had Deloitte on my CV.
And I kept failing.The immigrant mathematics:
6 ideas × 0 trust = $0.
1 channel × 2 years of showing up = a business approaching $1M ARR.I wasn't failing because my ideas were bad.
I was failing because nobody knew me.I chased ideas instead of building trust.
I looked for shortcuts instead of showing up.Then I used the one free channel I had. LinkedIn.
I posted what I was learning, building and struggling with.The clients came from the trust. Not from the idea.If you're on idea number 3 or 4 right now, stop looking for the perfect one.
Start being someone people trust.What's the business you tried that nobody knows about?👇 Follow Anna Bilan ⚡️ for the real side of entrepreneurship
Visual · Single imageA photo from the failure years (the tiny den, the epoxy table), with the 6 crossed-out ideas written over it.Check before postingCheck the list and the ARR figure against today's numbers before posting.
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LinkedIn lead generation: lead magnets that work to target founders, consultants and coaches
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 personal branding and LinkedIn growth, these formats get the most requests:
Format 1The guide you use with clientsThe same document the team uses internally, cleaned up and sent to everyone who comments one word.
Format 2The system as a templateThe planning system behind the leads, shared as a free template people can copy the same day.
Format 3The free recorded trainingA short training on starting a personal brand, offered at the end of a story about job security.
Our pick for you: “The Pipeline Framework”Built from the framework the founder already gives clients who relied on referrals (where your clients really come from, the one channel you own, the 3 posts buyers need, the weekly number to track), on one page with the first-call questions. Offer it in post 3 with “DM me PIPELINE”: every founder who asks for it is telling you their referrals dried up.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, consultants and coaches 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 hired another agency 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 now43 founders, consultants and coaches · not contacted yetNetwarm
43 founders, consultants and coaches 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 Mark, you've been reading my posts on referrals drying up. Is that where your business is right now?Hi Priya, I saw you reacted to the post on leaving a big firm. Are you building your own pipeline at the moment?
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
Client stories with numbers and posts written for people starting over after corporate. Here client stories brought 46.3% buyers, and layoff and starting-over posts the most buyers per post (37.7). Tips about LinkedIn itself brought the lowest share, 36.2%.
For this founder, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday brought the highest share of buyers (41.4% to 41.9%) and Wednesday the lowest (34.2%). Monday brought the most buyers per post. The gap is small: what a post is about matters more than the day.
This founder posts about 5 times a week, and 61 founders, consultants and coaches came back 3 times or more in 6 weeks. Five works when each post gives buyers a reason to come back. Put the posts that sell on the best days.
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 29 posts published between 26 September and 4 November 2026 (up to the first 100 on each post), and sorted the 989 people by role. Comments were not counted, so engagement figures are a floor.
Niche rules come from top personal branding, LinkedIn growth and career-change posts over the last 3 months. Role groups are approximate: buyers are founders, owners, partners, consultants, advisors and coaches whose headline doesn't say they write LinkedIn content for others, and some of them sell to the same buyers.
