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LinkedIn content strategy for LinkedIn ghostwriters: how a Paris ghostwriter and copywriter reached 50 business owners and founders
We read every reaction on 30 posts from a Paris LinkedIn ghostwriter and brand copywriter. 390 people, 50 business owners and founders. 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 Paris LinkedIn ghostwriter and brand copywriter
Followers6,924
Posts~12 a week
SellsLinkedIn ghostwriting for business owners, profile and banner makeovers, copywriting and social media
These numbers are from 5 November. Your audience has already moved.
New business owners and founders turn Hot every week and others go quiet. Run your free scan to see today’s version, with the names.
Ideal client: owners and managers of small and mid-sized companies who want LinkedIn to bring them clients.The challenge: The ghostwriter writes that ghostwriters talk endlessly about the business owners they would like to work with. With about 12 posts a week on brands, the media and LinkedIn itself, do those business owners read, or mostly other communication pros?
Key takeaways
1 reader in 8 is a business owner or founder.50 business owners, founders and C-level reacted in 17 days, 12.8% of everyone who reacted.
Personal stories bring 2x more of them than ad breakdowns.10.9% business owners on personal stories, 5.1% on ad campaign breakdowns.
Peers outnumber buyers.73 communication, content and marketing pros reacted, more than the 50 buyers.
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Who actually reads you, and what the LinkedIn algorithm changed
The ghostwriter posts about 12 times a week: ad campaigns decoded, brand business moves, media and sports controversies, personal stories and opinions on LinkedIn itself. One feed, five audiences.
The LinkedIn algorithm shows a post to the people who reacted to the last ones, then to people like them. Post about ads and you get people who work in ads. Reach can't tell whether the business owners who buy ghostwriting are in it. Who reacted can. We looked at every person who reacted between 20 October and 5 November, and sorted them by role.
30posts in 17 days
390people reacted
50business owners and founders
73communication & content pros
Audience by roleThe 390 people who reacted, by roleFree
Communication, content & marketing pros73 · 18.7%
Business owners, founders & C-level50 · 12.8%
Everyone else267 · 68.5%
Peers come first: 73 ghostwriters, copywriters, community managers, web and SEO freelancers. They react, comment and push reach. Few of them hire a ghostwriter.
The buyers are there too: 50 business owners and founders, many of them running small tech, software and digital companies, others in construction, finance and retail. Most reacted once: none came back to 3 posts or more in the period.
SeniorityAll people who reactedFree
Founder, owner, C-level18.7%
Director, VP11.3%
Manager13.3%
Independent8.7%
Other47.9%
IndustriesBusiness owners and founders onlyNetwarm
Tech, software and digital companies36%
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Core audience0 business owners and founders engaged 3+ times · 0 engaged 5+ timesNetwarm
2 business owners reacted to 2 of the 30 posts. See who they are, and who could be next.See your regulars
Engager company sizeEveryone who reacted, by company sizeNetwarm
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What to post on LinkedIn to reach business owners and founders
Most ghostwriters judge a post by its reactions. A ghostwriter who sells to business owners should judge it by who reacted.
We tagged each of the 30 posts by topic, then measured the share of business owners and founders among the people who reacted, and how many of them each post reached.
Your topicsWhat your 30 posts were aboutFree
30posts
Ad campaign breakdowns7
Brand business moves7
Personal stories5
LinkedIn and ghostwriting5
Media and sports controversies4
Inspiration2
Topics that attract business owners and foundersShare of each topic’s reactions from business owners and foundersNetwarm
Media and sports controversies12.0%
Personal stories10.9%
Brand business moves9.9%
LinkedIn and ghostwriting8.5%
Ad campaign breakdowns5.1%
Inspiration0.0%
One topic brings 2x more business owners than another. See which.See which topics
Personal stories bring 2x more business owners per reaction than ad campaign breakdowns (10.9% vs 5.1%), and reach the most of them per post: about 3.6, against 0.6.
Posts that brought the most business owners and foundersShare of business owners and founders in each post’s reactions1 of 4 open
#1J'ai craqué : la pomme pour la troisième fois21.2%
#2Petit coup de gueule sur la prospection automatisée16.7%
#3KFC trompe Pepsi avec Coca-Cola14.5%
#4Revolut, votre communication est une honte11%
Among posts with 30 or more reactions. For comparison, the 7 ad campaign breakdowns brought 4 business owners in total (5.1%): they speak to people who make ads, not to the companies that buy them.
6 rules for LinkedIn engagement from business owners and founders
These rules come from what worked on the ghostwriter's own profile over the last 90 days, and from the best-performing posts by French LinkedIn ghostwriters and personal branding creators over the same period.
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Put yourself in the story. A brand told from the checkout line or the sofa reads like a business owner's own week. The same brand told from the outside reads like a marketing class.On this profile: personal stories brought 10.9% business owners and founders, about 3.6 per post. Ad campaign breakdowns brought 5.1%, about 0.6 per post.
End on the lesson for a business owner. The brand news is the hook. The line that turns it into a decision a business owner faces is what makes them react.On this profile: the KFC and Pepsi post, which ends on client loyalty, brought 10 business owners and founders, the most of any brand post in the period.
Explain the idea behind the brand, not just the ad. Business owners don't buy ads, they buy a reputation. A post that names the idea behind a campaign gives them something to apply to their own company.Across the niche: a post explaining that a logo is not a brand, with Nike, LEGO and Apple, got 2,004 likes and 113 comments.
Take a stand on how LinkedIn is used. Business owners live in their LinkedIn inbox too. A clear opinion on what everyone puts up with gets them to react.On this profile: the rant against automated prospecting brought 16.7% business owners and founders. The LinkedIn and ghostwriting posts averaged 8.5%.
Write to the business owner, not to other writers. A post about the craft of writing gets read by people who write. A post about the business owner's own profile gets read by the business owner.On this profile: 73 of the people who reacted were communication, content and marketing pros, against 50 business owners and founders. Across the niche: a CEO ghostwriter's post on executives who are unrecognisable on LinkedIn got 150 comments.
Move fast on the brand move everyone is talking about. The first take on big brand news gets the reach. Add what you think of it, in one line, and it stops being news and becomes your post.On this profile: the Mbappé, Nike and On post got 976 likes and 82 comments, the most-liked brand post of the last 90 days.
When business owners read: the best time to post on LinkedIn for LinkedIn ghostwriters
We compared the share of business owners and founders by the day and the hour each post was published (Paris time).
Share of business owners and founders by posting dayAmong the people who reacted to each postFree
5.3%
Mon
10.1%
Tue
14.3%
Wed
8.1%
Thu
6.4%
Fri
9.5%
Sat
25.0%
Sun
Best time to post, by hourShare of business owners and founders among people who reactedFree
7.1%
6:00
16.7%
10:00
9.0%
12:00
10.3%
16:00
11.5%
18:00
10 of the 30 posts went out at 6:00, the slot with the lowest share of business owners (7.1%). 10:00 brought 16.7% over 4 posts. Wednesday brought 14.3% over 5 posts, Monday 5.3% over 4. Sunday's 25% rests on 2 posts only, so treat it as a test slot.
Keep the posts written for business owners, personal stories and opinions, for Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00, and test one on Sunday. At about 12 posts a week, the risk is not posting too little: it's the posts that sell the work getting lost between brand news.
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5 posts ready to publish to target business owners and founders
Each post follows the rules above, in the ghostwriter's voice and in French, like the rest of the feed. Check every figure and swap in your own details before posting.
1Ready to postPersonal story
J'ai changé de coiffeur après 8 ans. Pour une seule phrase.Rule 1: put yourself in the story, then hand the lesson to a business owner. Built like the Apple post, the best buyer share of the period.
Hook
J'ai changé de coiffeur après 8 ans. Pour une seule phrase.Pendant 8 ans, j'ai été le client parfait. Même coupe, même jour, même longueur de barbe. Je ne regardais même plus le prix.Et puis un samedi, un nouveau salarié s'occupe de moi. Je lui explique comment je veux ma barbe.Il me coupe : « Ah non, on ne fait plus comme ça ici. »Pas de question. Pas d'explication. Juste un non.Je suis reparti avec une barbe correcte. Mais je ne suis jamais revenu.Ce n'est pas la coupe qui m'a fait partir. C'est l'impression de ne plus compter.Et franchement, je crois que beaucoup d'entreprises vivent la même chose sans le savoir.Un client fidèle ne vous prévient pas avant de partir. Il ne laisse pas d'avis négatif. Il ne fait pas de scandale.Il arrête simplement de revenir.Pendant 8 ans, mon coiffeur pensait avoir un client acquis. Il avait surtout un client qu'il n'écoutait plus.La fidélité d'un client ne se gagne pas une fois. Elle s'entretient à chaque rendez-vous.Et vous, c'est quoi la petite phrase qui vous a fait quitter une marque pour de bon ?
Visual · Single photoA selfie in a barber's chair, or the empty chair of the old shop, shot on the phone. No filter.Check before postingUse a story you really lived: the barber is an example. A bank, a garage or a supplier you left works the same way.
La Vache qui rit a arrêté de rireRules 2 and 3: decode the brand, then end on what it means for a business owner. Built from the facts of the Vache qui rit post, turned toward small companies.
Hook
La Vache qui rit a arrêté de rire. Et c'est la meilleure leçon de communication que j'ai vue cette année.Il y a quelques semaines, aux États-Unis, la marque a retiré le sourire de sa vache sur ses emballages. Plus de 4 700 magasins concernés.À la place, un message : « We need to talk. » Et un QR code.La marque n'a rien ajouté. Elle a retiré un détail que tout le monde connaissait par cœur.Et ce simple détail a suffi pour qu'on regarde l'emballage deux fois.Quand j'écris pour un dirigeant, je vois souvent l'inverse.On veut tout dire dans un post. Le parcours, les chiffres, les valeurs, l'offre, le recrutement, le salon de la semaine prochaine.Résultat, on ne retient rien.Une PME n'a pas besoin de crier plus fort que les autres pour se faire remarquer.Elle a besoin de codes assez forts pour qu'un petit changement se voie tout de suite.Une couleur. Une phrase qui revient. Une façon de raconter qui n'appartient qu'à elle.C'est ça, une image de marque. Ce n'est pas ce qu'on ajoute. C'est ce qu'on reconnaît même quand il manque quelque chose.Et vous, si votre entreprise retirait un seul détail demain, est-ce que vos clients le remarqueraient ?
Visual · Single imageThe two packagings side by side, with and without the smile.Check before postingThe facts come from your September post: check the campaign hasn't been explained by the brand since, and add it if so.
Votre profil LinkedIn ne dit pas ce que vous dites en rendez-vousRules 4 and 5: take a stand, and write it to the business owner who might hire you. Modelled on Charlotte A.'s post on executives who are brilliant in meetings.
Hook
Votre commercial dit que vous êtes le meilleur de votre marché. Votre profil LinkedIn dit « Ravi de vous annoncer ».Je rencontre beaucoup de dirigeants de TPE et de PME.En rendez-vous, ils sont passionnants. Ils connaissent leurs clients par cœur, ils ont des anecdotes de terrain que personne d'autre ne peut raconter, et des avis très tranchés sur leur métier.Puis j'ouvre leur profil.Une photo prise sur un salon. Trois posts en un an. Et un « Fier de partager que notre équipe s'agrandit ».Franchement, c'est du gâchis.Parce qu'avant de vous appeler, vos futurs clients vont regarder votre profil. Exactement comme je regarde le profil de quelqu'un avant de lui écrire.Et s'ils ne trouvent rien, ils ne vont pas deviner que vous êtes brillant. Ils vont appeler celui qui le montre.Vous n'avez pas besoin de poster tous les jours.Vous avez besoin de dire ce que vous dites déjà en rendez-vous. Avec vos mots, vos histoires, vos coups de gueule.Le reste, c'est de l'écriture. Et ça, ça s'apprend. Ou ça se délègue.Et vous, si un prospect ouvrait votre profil ce matin, il comprendrait en 10 secondes pourquoi vous choisir ?
Visual · Single imageA split screen: a handwritten note from a client meeting full of strong ideas, next to a bland 'Ravi de vous annoncer' post.Check before postingKeep only what you really see in your client meetings, and nothing that could point to one client.
Les 7 questions que je pose à un dirigeant avant d'écrire une seule ligneLead magnet pick: the questions the ghostwriter already asks clients, given away for a comment. The offer is built like Pierre Cartier's checklist post.
Hook
Avant d'écrire le moindre post pour un dirigeant, je ne lui demande pas de quoi il veut parler.Je lui pose 7 questions.Parce que quand on demande à un dirigeant « De quoi vous voulez parler sur LinkedIn ? », la réponse est presque toujours la même : « Je ne sais pas, de mon expertise ? »Et c'est comme ça qu'on se retrouve avec des posts que personne ne lit.Alors je fais autrement. Voici les 3 premières :1. Quelle est la question que vos clients vous posent le plus souvent ?2. Quelle idée reçue sur votre métier vous agace le plus ?3. Quel client vous a fait changer votre façon de travailler ?En 45 minutes d'échange, je repars en général avec de quoi écrire un mois de posts.Le secret, ce n'est pas d'avoir des idées. C'est d'aller les chercher là où elles sont déjà : dans votre quotidien.Comme pour une bonne pizza, les ingrédients sont déjà dans le frigo. Il faut juste savoir lesquels choisir.P.S. J'ai mis les 7 questions dans un document d'une page, avec un exemple de post tiré de chaque réponse. Commentez « BARBU » et je vous l'envoie en message privé.
Visual · Document previewThe first page of the 7-question sheet, slightly blurred below question 3.Check before postingHave the one-page sheet ready before posting, with your 7 real questions. Adjust the 45 minutes and the month of posts to what you really get from a session.
Réseaux sociaux VS Réalité, édition dirigeantsRule 5: bring back the series that made the profile known, aimed at business owners instead of gurus. Built like Réseaux sociaux VS Réalité.
Hook
Réseaux sociaux VS Réalité, édition dirigeantsSur LinkedIn, le dirigeant est « fier d'annoncer une nouvelle étape ».
Dans la réalité, il a refait son prévisionnel trois fois cette semaine.Sur LinkedIn, il « recrute des talents ».
Dans la réalité, il cherche quelqu'un qui répond au téléphone.Sur LinkedIn, il parle de « vision à 5 ans ».
Dans la réalité, il gère la panne de la photocopieuse et le client qui paie à 90 jours.Sur LinkedIn, il remercie « toute son équipe incroyable ».
Dans la réalité, l'équipe, c'est lui, sa comptable et un stagiaire qui part en mars.Frère, le problème, ce n'est pas la réalité. C'est qu'on la cache.Parce que vos futurs clients ne vivent pas dans un communiqué de presse. Ils vivent exactement les mêmes galères que vous.Et un dirigeant qui raconte sa vraie semaine, avec ses doutes et ses petites victoires, inspire bien plus confiance qu'un énième « ravi de vous annoncer ».La vraie réussite d'une entreprise ne se raconte pas avec du vernis. Elle se raconte avec du vrai.Et vous, c'est quoi la phrase LinkedIn qui vous fait le plus sourire quand vous connaissez la réalité derrière ?
Visual · Single imageSame two-panel style as the original series: the polished LinkedIn version on top, the real office below.Check before postingSwap in the lines you hear most from your own clients, and keep the tone friendly toward business owners: they are the readers here.
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 business owners and founders
Reactions show interest. A download shows intent. The fastest way to find out which business owners are serious about LinkedIn is to give them something useful and see who takes it.
Among French LinkedIn ghostwriters and communication creators, these formats get the most requests:
Format 1The checklistOne page that fixes a problem the reader has today, like the tics that make a post sound written by AI.
Format 2The content strategy teardownA founder's story in the post, and the analysis of that founder's LinkedIn strategy in the P.S. for anyone who comments.
Format 3The live profile reviewAn open call to review profiles live: every comment is a business owner asking for a look at their own.
Format 4The free toolkitYears of know-how packaged as a ready-to-use kit, given away for a comment.
Our pick for you: “Les 7 questions du ghostwriter”Built from the ghostwriter's 29 October post comparing a LinkedIn post to a pizza: the ideas, the career and the convictions are already there, the work is choosing them. Turn the questions asked before writing for a client into a one-page sheet, with one sample post per answer, and offer it in the P.S. of post 4. Every request is a business owner saying they want to post but don't know what about.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 business owners to the profile. It doesn't say when to reach out. Most never comment, so they stay invisible. In these 17 days, no business owner or founder came back to 3 posts or more: 2 of them reacted to 2 posts each, one of them twice in the last 7 days.
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 now0 business owners and founders · not contacted yetNetwarm
0 business owners and founders are Hot. See who to message first.See who’s Hot
First messageAn opener for each Hot person, based on the posts they readNetwarm
Bonjour Claire, vous avez réagi à mon post sur la prospection automatisée. Vous en recevez beaucoup, vous aussi ?Bonjour Thomas, j'ai vu passer vos réactions sur mes histoires de marques. Vous postez pour votre entreprise en ce 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
Personal stories that end on a lesson for a business owner, brand news with one clear takeaway, and opinions on how LinkedIn is used. For this ghostwriter, personal stories brought 10.9% business owners and founders, ad campaign breakdowns 5.1%.
For this ghostwriter, Wednesday brought 14.3% business owners over 5 posts and Tuesday 10.1% over 5, with the most of them per post. Monday brought 5.3%. Sunday's 25% rests on 2 posts, so treat it as a test.
This ghostwriter posts about 12 times a week and reaches 1 business owner in 8. Volume keeps the reach up; what matters is that the posts written for buyers get the best slots.
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 20 October and 5 November 2026 (the first 100 reactions of each post), and sorted the 390 people by role. Comments were not counted, so engagement figures are a floor.
Niche rules come from top posts by French LinkedIn ghostwriters and personal branding creators over the last 90 days, and from the ghostwriter's own best posts of that period. Role groups are read from LinkedIn headlines in French and English and are approximate; a Netwarm scan matches people to your own ideal client.