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LinkedIn content strategy for B2B content consultants: how a Vancouver, WA organic marketing consultant reached 111 founders and execs in 6 weeks
We read every reaction on 23 posts from a Vancouver, WA organic marketing consultant. 987 people, 111 founders and execs. 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 Vancouver, WA organic marketing consultant for B2B startups
Followers9,411
Posts~4 a week
Sells
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Organic go-to-market for B2B SaaS and services startups: content strategy, lead generation and marketing ops, as an embedded marketing leader
PeriodSep 28 – Nov 7
Ideal client: founders and leaders of B2B startups who need an organic pipeline without hiring a full marketing team.The challenge: The consultant says LinkedIn has been the #1 lead source for 4+ years. But half of the people who react are fellow writers, marketers and consultants. Which posts reach the founders who'd hire an embedded marketing leader?
Key takeaways
1 in 9 readers is a buyer.111 founders and execs reacted in 6 weeks: 11.2% of the 987 people. 483 peers (writers, marketers, consultants) make up almost half.
Hot takes bring 2x the buyers of memes.Marketing hot takes: 16.5% founders and execs. Memes and one-liners: 8.4%, on 10 of the 23 posts.
3 founders and execs are Hot right now.They reacted to 5 posts or more. One of them reacted to 15 of the 23.
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Who actually reads you, and what the LinkedIn algorithm changed
The consultant posts about four times a week: marketing hot takes, lead gen advice for founders, personal stories, and a lot of memes. 23 posts between September 28 and November 7, mostly in the morning, Pacific time.
The LinkedIn algorithm shows a post to the people who reacted to the last ones, then to people like them. B2B content is a crowded feed: the founders who'd buy read it, and so does everyone else who writes for a living. Reach can't tell them apart. Who reacted can. We looked at every person who reacted and sorted them by role.
23posts in 6 weeks
987people reacted
111founders and execs
4came back 3+ times
Audience by roleThe 987 people who reacted, by roleFree
Peers are the largest group by far: 483 writers, editors, content marketers, ghostwriters, consultants and coaches. They push reach and they're good company, but they rarely hire an embedded marketing leader.
The 111 founders and execs are the buyers: founders of B2B software and services companies, and the marketing, growth and revenue leaders inside them. Some run small agencies of their own, so not every one is a client. A Netwarm scan matches people to your own ideal client.
SeniorityAll people who reactedFree
Founder, owner, C-level16.3%
Director, VP7.8%
Manager10%
Independent7.6%
Other58.3%
IndustriesFounders and execs onlyNetwarm
Marketing, growth & revenue leaders52.3%
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Core audience4 founders and execs engaged 3+ times · 3 engaged 5+ timesNetwarm
4 founders and execs keep coming back. One of them reacted to 15 of the 23 posts.See your regulars
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What to post on LinkedIn to reach founders and execs
Most consultants judge a post by its reactions. A consultant who sells should judge it by who reacted.
We tagged each of the 23 posts by topic, then measured the share of founders and execs among the people who reacted.
Your topicsWhat your 23 posts were aboutFree
23posts
Memes & one-liners10
Lead gen & business advice5
Marketing hot takes4
Personal stories4
Topics that attract founders and execsShare of each topic’s reactions from founders and execsNetwarm
Marketing hot takes16.5%
Lead gen & business advice14.7%
Personal stories10.1%
Memes & one-liners8.4%
One topic brings 2x more founders and execs than another. See which.See which topics
Marketing hot takes bring 2x more founders and execs per reaction than memes: 16.5% against 8.4%.
Posts that brought the most founders and execsShare of founders and execs in each post’s reactions1 of 5 open
#1Founders seem to have four businesses lately28.6%
#2Stop vetoing marketing decisions22%
#3My current client roster18.5%
#4A founder who has no idea where leads come from16.7%
#5We don't make decisions based on fear14.3%
For comparison, “Touch grass this weekend” drew 1,012 reactions, the second-most, and 8% founders and execs.
6 rules for LinkedIn engagement from founders and execs
These rules come from what worked on the consultant's own profile, and from the best-performing posts by B2B content and marketing strategists on LinkedIn over the last 3 months.
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Pick a fight with how leaders treat marketing. Founders and execs react when a post talks about a decision they make: who controls the asset, who gets blamed, who signs off. Say it the way a marketer would say it in the hallway.On this profile: marketing hot takes brought 16.5% founders and execs, 2x the memes. The vetoing post alone reached 22.
Show the client list, by type. A logistics company, a B2B SaaS org, a finance org that came back for a third round. A buyer sees their own company in the list, and the retention number does the selling.On this profile: the client roster post reached 18.5% founders and execs.
Tie every post to the pipeline, in the founder's words. Founders don't buy content. They buy the lever they can pull on a slow week. Write about leads, pipeline and the system behind them, and keep the craft talk for peers.On this profile: the post about a founder who couldn't say where leads came from reached 16.7% founders and execs.
Tell the in-house story from the marketer's chair. Executives have been on the other side of the “when is pipeline coming?” meeting. A story from inside a company (the boss, the budget, the call that turned out right) lets them recognise themselves.Across the niche: Mark Huber's first-marketing-hire story drew 36 comments on 94 likes.
Keep the memes, and point them at the buyer's day. Memes bring reach and peers. The ones about the buyer's world (following up with leads, buying SaaS tools) pull more founders than the ones about weekends.On this profile: memes were 10 of the 23 posts at 8.4% founders and execs. The follow-up meme reached 11.1%; “Touch grass” 8%.
Ask the positioning question before the posting tip. “Who do I want to attract, and how does my content connect to what I sell?” A question founders can't answer in one sentence is the start of a sales conversation.Across the niche: Justyna Waciega's “content was king” post drew 165 comments on 176 likes.
When founders and execs read: the best time to post on LinkedIn for B2B content consultants
We compared the share of founders and execs by the day and the hour each post was published (Pacific time). There were no weekend posts in the period.
Share of founders and execs by posting dayAmong the people who reacted to each postFree
10.4%
Mon
16.4%
Tue
12.6%
Wed
14.0%
Thu
8.8%
Fri
Best time to post, by hourShare of founders and execs among people who reactedFree
10.0%
6:00
11.0%
8:00
14.8%
10:00
8.7%
12:00
Tuesday brought the highest share of founders and execs (16.4%) and Friday the lowest (8.8%). Friday is also meme day (“Friday funny”), which explains part of the gap.
Posts published between 10 a.m. and noon Pacific had the highest share, 14.8%, and the most founders and execs per post. Put the hot takes and client posts on Tuesday to Thursday at 10 a.m., and keep Friday for the fun ones.
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5 posts ready to publish to target founders and execs
Each post follows the rules above, in the consultant's voice. Swap in your own details before posting: the real client story is what makes it land.
1Ready to postHot take
Stop asking marketing for pipeline in month twoRules 1 and 4: a hot take about a leadership decision, told from the marketer's chair. Modelled on Mark Huber's first-hire story and the vetoing post.
Hook
Stop asking your new marketing lead for pipeline in month two.I've been that marketing lead. Week six, someone asked me when the leads were coming. I'd barely found the bathroom.Here's what month two should actually be for:→ Talking to the last 10 customers who bought, and the last 5 who didn't
→ Writing down who you sell to, in the words those customers use
→ Fixing where leads go after they fill out the form (spoiler: often nowhere)
→ Finding the one channel that already works a little, so you can do more of itNone of that shows up on a pipeline report. All of it decides what the pipeline report looks like in month six.If you hire someone to own marketing, let them build the machine before you ask it to print money.There. I said it.
Visual · Text onlyNo image. The hot take carries it.Check before postingUse your own in-house story: the real week and the real question you were asked.
What my clients asked me to fix this yearRule 2: the client list, by type, with the problem each one came with. Modelled on the client roster post (18.5% founders and execs).
Hook
What my clients actually hired me to fix this year:- A logistics company whose sales team didn't trust a single lead marketing sent over
- A B2B SaaS org publishing 12 blog posts a month that nobody in sales had read
- A finance org that came back for a third round, because the first two worked
- A premium service provider whose best clients all came from referrals, and wanted a second channel
- Another service provider with a beautiful website and no idea who it was forNot one of them asked me to “do content.”They asked for leads they could count on, from a system they could keep running after I leave.Content is just the part you can see.
Visual · Text onlyNo image. The list does the work.Check before postingMatch each line to a real client and the problem they really came with. Keep company names out.
Do you know which lever to pull on a slow week?Rule 3: the pipeline, in the founder's words, with the lever from the consultant's fintech years. Modelled on Gaurav Patel's revenue-system post and the post about a founder with no idea where leads come from.
Hook
If sales had a slow week, what would you do on Monday morning?Most founders I meet don't have an answer. Leads come in, or they don't, and nobody's quite sure why.At the fintech I used to work for, a slow sales day had a fix. We knew that one specific email to one specific list segment before noon brought 200 leads by end of day.That's a lever.Yours will be smaller if you're a team of one or two. That's fine. It still needs to exist.How to find yours:→ List the last 20 clients and where each one first found you
→ Circle the source that shows up 3 times or more
→ Write down exactly what you did the week before each of those came in
→ Do that thing again, on purpose, and watch what happensLuck is a great first year. It's a terrible business plan.I put the whole exercise into a one-page checklist. Want it? Comment “LEVER” and I'll send it over.
Visual · Single imageA simple lever drawing with the 4 steps beside it, in brand colours.Check before postingPut your Netwarm Reveal link on the checklist so you can see which founders open it.
Before you hire a content writer, answer these 4 questionsRule 6: the positioning question before the posting tip. Modelled on Justyna Waciega's “content was king” post and Paul Evans' positioning post.
Hook
Before you hire a content writer, answer these 4 questions.1. Who exactly are you trying to reach? (“B2B companies” is not an answer.)
2. What would they type into Google at 11 p.m. when the problem is keeping them up?
3. Why would they pick you over the competitor they already know?
4. What proof do you have that it works, that you're allowed to share?If you can't answer these in one sentence each, a writer can't either. They'll guess. And you'll pay them to guess, every month, until you decide content doesn't work.Content does work. It just can't fix positioning you haven't decided on yet.Get clear first. Then hire the writer. (Or hire me, and we'll do both. 😅)
Me explaining the 3-like post that booked two callsRule 5: a meme pointed at the buyer's day. Modelled on the follow-up meme (11.1% founders and execs, above the meme average).
Hook
Me explaining to the CFO that the post with 3 likes booked two sales calls 😂
Visual · Single imageA reaction meme: one person calmly pointing at a whiteboard, another staring at a dashboard showing 3 likes.Check before postingUse a meme format you've used before so it reads as yours.
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LinkedIn lead generation: lead magnets that work to target founders and execs
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 B2B marketing and content, these formats get the most requests:
Format 1The planning templateThe system behind the leads (what to post, in what order), handed over as a template.
Format 2The template libraryThe documents clients pay for, sorted by the moment they need each one.
Format 3The workflow playbookOne repeatable workflow, written so someone else can run it without you.
Our pick for you: “The Slow-Week Lever Checklist”Built from the fintech lever the consultant already writes about (one email, one segment, 200 leads by end of day) and the four positioning questions from the “showing up consistently” post: four steps to find the source that already works and pull it on purpose. Offer it on post 3.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 among 483 peers, and a founder reading every post in October may have hired someone else 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 now3 founders and execs · not contacted yetNetwarm
3 founders and execs 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 marketing and pipeline for a few weeks. Is lead gen on your list for Q1?Hi Sam, I saw you reacted to the post about vetoing marketing. Is that a fight you're having right now?
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, marketing hot takes (16.5% founders and execs) and lead gen advice for founders (14.7%) brought the most buyers. Memes brought the most reach and the fewest buyers (8.4%). Keep the memes, and make most posts about a decision a founder makes.
For this consultant, Tuesday brought the highest share of founders and execs (16.4%) and Friday the lowest (8.8%). Posts between 10 a.m. and noon Pacific did best (14.8%).
This consultant posted about 4 times a week, and 4 founders and execs came back 3 times or more in 6 weeks. Frequency matters less than the mix: fewer memes, more posts about pipeline and leadership decisions.
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 23 posts published between 28 September and 7 November 2026 (up to the first 100 people per post), and sorted the 987 people by role. Reposts and deleted posts were left out. Comments were not counted, so engagement figures are a floor.
Niche rules come from top posts by B2B content, positioning and marketing strategists over the last 3 months. Role groups are approximate, and some founders run agencies that sell to the same audience; a Netwarm scan matches people to your own ideal client.
