Calling ALL LinkedIn Pros
👋 Hey there! I'm going to be honest. Like really honest.
LinkedIn scares me. The 675+ million members strong network makes me feel tiny. The potential of getting judged or categorized by my accomplishments paralyzes me. "Grow your network" brings me internal anxiety.
Am I the only one who currently feels or has felt this way? What has your experience on LinkedIn been like and what would you say to someone like me who is struggling to take that first step?
💙 Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!
Full disclosure: I sell in this space — Avery Lin (avrlin). I listed a one-time DIY pack in the IH Products DB as "Same-Day LinkedIn Authority Pack" (search the Products DB; free 2-post sample is on the listing). Sold via an AI assistant storefront — also disclosed.
LinkedIn feeling huge/scary is usually the blank draft + generic headline problem, not the network size. What unsticks most founders I talk to is a same-day rewrite of headline/About into an offer line, then a week of lived posts they actually posted themselves — offline Markdown blanks, not another ghostwriter SaaS.
Curious what part feels scariest for you right now: the profile blank, the first post, or sending the connection note?
What's the difference with it compared to Twitter?
I don't think you have anything to worry about tbh. It's not like you'll reach the 675+ million people. Especially to begin with, you'll be luck to reach 6.75 people :)
I've dipped in and out of it over the years and never had any problems. The content shared there is sometimes questionable, but same goes for many of these kind of platforms.