Richard Moore

I help consultants get clients on LinkedIn, using sales and content 🚀 Follow #RichTips for content

At some point it becomes obvious: your expertise isn’t the problem.
The real challenge is turning that expertise into consistent, high-value revenue.

Whether you lead a commercial team or run your own consultancy, gaining traction with potential clients on LinkedIn often feels harder than it should.

That’s where I come in.

I train leaders, consultants, and founders in the psychology of high-trust deal-making and sales. This helps individuals and teams move from interest to commitment without pressure or scripts.

My work blends behavioural psychology, strategic communication, and modern sales design.
More importantly, it comes from doing it:
22+ years of being a sales practitioner and $millions in converted deals.

Because theory is powerful
But you can't beat having done it too

Crucially, the help I give is for those who want to sell with nuance, credibility and long-term results.

Here’s what we focus on:
Strategic positioning: shaping how your expertise is perceived by buyers and decision-makers

Authority content: creating trust through clarity, not noise

Conversation design: turning dialogue into opportunity with structure and intent

Deal-flow mastery: applying timing, buyer psychology, and decision dynamics to close complex deals

I’ve worked with organisations from Microsoft and LinkedIn, to JP Morgan and Deloitte
Beyond this I've also coached thousands of consultants, coaches and founders

All of them have had the focus on refining how they sell and how they communicate

As a 2x LinkedIn Top Voice and LinkedIn Learning Instructor with five courses on sales and communication, studied by tens of thousands of professionals worldwide, I'm asked to work with professionals on their delivery, awareness of buyer state and the words that move a buyer to step forward. 

My communities, the LinkedIn Client Accelerator and Art of Sell, bring together over 500 members focused on mastering client acquisition and high-trust sales.

In the offline world I founded Entrepreneur Business Live, a global event series connecting business leaders to support local causes and I’ve delivered keynotes and lectures at Oxford University, Warwick Business School, University of Edinburgh, Nottingham, Pearson Business School and many more.

If you want to elevate how you or your team win clients, with more trust, depth, and commercial precision, this is where we start.

DM me here on LinkedIn
Or email directly richard@therichardmoore.com
Or check out the featured links on this profile for more

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Founder - LinkedIn Client Accelerator

You know that saying "people buy from people"?
Well that's only partly true...

You also need to present your offering in a very particular way.

You see, only around 10% of purchases are for the product itself:
The "how"
The fine detail, under the hood

So approaching a prospect and over-focusing on specs, how well written the code is or how much work went into making it is typically going to fall on deaf ears.

Good for you if you love the product. 
You should. 
And you should keep striving to make it best in class.

But until it's been established that the person you're speaking with also cares about all this, hold that part back.

Instead, focus on the "outcomes" for them of using your offering.

Because people are interested in outcomes. Another word for this is the 'wins' for them. 

For them. 

They need to feel:
↳ does it make me look good / more successful?
↳ does it save me time / is it a convenience hack?
↳ does it save me money?
↳ does it make me money?

Why is this the case? 
Because you're supposed to be a solution, not another 'thing' they have to work out how to operate or another person to manage.

Be and present the solution.

Don't just indulge in over-explanation.

What's the #1 'outcome' for your offering?

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I train founders in the psychology of high-trust deal-making and sales | Creator, Art of Sell | 3× LinkedIn Top Voice | 5 x LinkedIn Learning Instructor

How to Pitch your Service

"$36k was giving me the panics. Then I quoted $66k"

One of the members (let's call him Jake) in the Art of Sell community almost doubled his price mid-call

and he still closed the deal.

What you don't know is, I've watched Jake's mindset level up in the last year

The panic Jake said he was feeling is never about whether they can afford it, and always about saying the number out loud to another human.

Yes, the same "am I worth it" feeling you battle.

There's value in saying a higher price out loud

Even if they don't buy
Because the moment you do it, your baseline shifts

↳ Once you say it and someone says yes, everything changes
↳ Going back to lower prices starts to "feel weird"

There's a guy who runs a $300M company who got 20 minutes with Elon Musk

You know what he learned?
"I am playing so small"

Every time you go up, you realise it wasn't hard

You just had to do it

That perspective shift is EARNED

- Through reps of saying the number
- By you closing at that level
- Until it becomes your new normal

So what's the price you're too scared to say out loud?
That's probably where you need to start.

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PS Building pricing confidence is one of the core sessions in Art of Sell.
We cover the exact conditioning process that gets you from "Oh my God, can I really charge this?" to quoting six figures without flinching.

Click "visit my website" at the top of this post to join.

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Richard Moore seated, hosting his Entrepreneur Business Live Barcelona charity networking event.

If your calls 'go well' but don't convert, this is why:

You're treating the call as a persuasion event.

It's not.

The decision was already made before you ever spoke. The call simply confirms or undermines what they already believed about you.

Here's what actually happens:

They came to you positioned as the prize. You showed up like a service provider hoping to be chosen.

I've watched this pattern across thousands of conversations over 22 years.

The call starts well.
They're engaged.
Everything feels positive.

Then comes the shift.

↳ You ask vague questions.
↳ You over-explain your process.
↳ You serve and coach instead of diagnosing and prescribing.

The version of you they met doesn't match the authority they expected.

They're looking for certainty.
What they experience is uncertainty.

You see, objections don't happen at the conversion. They're just the buyer naming the uncertainty you introduced earlier, usually when you switched into 'nice person' mode.

Here’s how to change it:

↳ Stop asking "would you be open to..." and start saying "the next step is..."
↳ Stop offering options for them to choose and start prescribing the solution they need

Authority established through content must be maintained through behaviour.

When those two things don't align, buyers feel it immediately.

They ghost.
They go cold.
They "need to think about it."

When they do align? That’s when the call converts.

Do your calls match how you position yourself?

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Because if you're not learning from best in class, it's a serious waste of valuable time
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Richard Moore hosting his Entrepreneur Business Live London charity networking event, 2023

Here's how I closed a deal with Sony
(or, the "competition play"):

Many feel the way to get a sale is to:
↳ Know the benefits
↳ Build up some rapport
↳ Lean into the best features

But everyone does that, so you need more edge.

I remember wanting to work with Sony Professional (their industry arm of the business)

And I knew that just approaching with relevance ("hey, I can help you") wouldn't work. 

That's what everyone does
That's what they expect
And I only get 1 shot

So instead, I used leverage:
In this case it was their competition

At the time, we were working with Samsung's Commercial division so I collected everything I could on their results with us.

When I approached Sony, everything I said to the Product Director was through the lens of their competitor:
• "Here's how we're doing it with Samsung"
• "This is what Samsung said when we got the result"
• "See that there? That's Samsung winning again, because of us"

I'll never forget how she started laughing down the phone at me when I asked for the order.

I started to feel concerned that I may have messed up. 

So I asked "why are you laughing?"

She said "because I have to do it, don't I?!"

The competition play isn't always the most elegant way to sell, 
but with the right people paid to take market share, it works.

And here's the lesson:
You don't have to be mean to do it

Show your results with a similar client.
It's far more compelling than just describing benefits.

Now, they'll believe it truly works

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📌Speakers from Coca Cola, Microsoft and Nike. 
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Because if you're not learning from best in class, it's a serious waste of valuable time
More on my featured links here: → Richard Moore

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Me in a workshop recently:
"Here's how to find people actively looking"

Everyone else:
"Make lists of CEOs and DM them all"

Here's the thing about prospecting:

Amateur level LinkedIn prospecting is this:
- Make a list of 100 CEOs
- Scrape their emails with a 3rd party app
- Pray you don't get banned
- Send the same DM to them all
- Get 0 replies so think maybe your profile needs optimising
- Buy another course on improving your reach

Legendary level LinkedIn prospecting is this:
- Know where to find active leaders with a need
- Know how to start a conversation that can pivot
- Do 3-5 of these in a day
- Schedule a call a day
- Get a deal a week
- Feel fulfilled

High ticket deals with premium buyers on LinkedIn is a volume game when you haven't got a clue

But with a system and some competency, it becomes a tiny number of interactions with the right people

Easy choice (in my opinion):
Spend 80% of the day mucking around on LinkedIn 
or
Spend 80% of the day with customers

Which one did you start your business to do?

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🚀Moving people from "😭please! No more coaching about reach" to "cool! Now I know how to convert the small amount of traffic I DO get" is what my Accelerator is all about. 
5 years. 246+ members. $Millions in deals. 
DM "I've got to change" and I'll share how they do it

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You're meant to be the expert
So why do you do this 1 thing when closing?

I've sold using my Doctor Method™ for 7 years
And one crucial component comes at the end

If you don't do this, you throw away all the magic your
- Content
- Brand
- DMs
worked to create

Don't throw it away with this simple mistake

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PS I'm right.
PPS good luck commenting on this one, AI ;)

📌Join me at 2pm UK / 9am ET today for a live AMA here on LinkedIn

And, for more reading on my Doctor Method™, check out my December 12 Art of Sell newsletter on my profile here → Richard Moore
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I just learnt founders waste $50k-$100k in year 1
That’s huge. But why?

Because the wrong tools or reworking is needed by early-stage teams

These are invisible costs
And they compound faster than burn rate.

Of course most of that loss doesn’t show up on a P&L, I’ve discovered, too.

Instead, it shows up as delays, rebuilds, context switching and fragmented decision-making.

These infrastructure decisions are strategic though.

And that’s why I partnered with Notion to launch the AI Founder’s Kit
↳ A practical and no-cost stack
↳ Designed to help founders
↳ It moves them from idea to execution and fundraising with far less friction.

What’s included:
- 1 year of Framer to design and ship your product experience
- $60 in v0 by Vercel to accelerate front-end development
- $300 in Supabase to stand up a scalable backend
- Up to 6 months of Notion Business with AI to run your ops and knowledge layer

But here is my favourite part

Beyond these tools, there is:
- A vetted list of 2,000+ early-stage investors, incubators, and accelerators
- 50 real pitch decks from YC, a16z and Sequoia-backed companies
- Tactical guidance on pitching, storytelling and fundraising from operators
- No hypey SaaS that doesn’t really do anything
- And no noise for your team

The stack helps serious founders reduce waste and execute

And that gives me (and I’m sure you, too) confidence!

If this would be useful for you or your team, comment NOTION and I’ll send you access

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💕Thanks to the Notion team for partnering with Art of Sell

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Richard Moore speaking at an event in London

Most sales training = learn persuasion 
But that misses the point

The real job is transferring risk
Here’s why:

Every buyer will silently ask one question:
“What happens to me if this goes wrong?”

Not:
↳ “Is this good?”
↳ “Is this clever?”
↳ “Is this impressive?”

More:
↳ “Will this make me look less capable?”
↳ “Will this affect my reputation?”
↳ “Will I have to explain it to my boss?”

That’s why ROI slidedecks won’t close your deals
It’s why features don’t move people
And why “trust” isn’t built by being friendly

Trust is built when you show someone you understand the consequences they’re living with.

Again: you show them you understand

Here’s how to actually close:

1. Understand pain before you show upside
ROI only matters once risk is understood
Until then, you’re just waving numbers 
So get context in the conversation first

2. Share stories to help the buyer see themselves
Not case studies with only numbers 
But narratives where they think
“Okay, that’s literally me”

3. Handle their objections as fear, not logic
“I’ll think about it” means
I’m not feeling ready at all 

4. Do the close by making inaction feel heavier than action
No pressure. Ever!
Instead, bring clarity to what happens if nothing changes

If you’re using pressure, you’re doing it wrong.
More, you need to show them standing still is uncomfortable

When have you felt most comfortable buying?

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Click the 1st featured link on my profile to watch them for free

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Richard Moore giving the keynote speech at Greenhouse Jersey, 2024

Discussion: You're Thinking Too Small. Go BIG in 2026

You set your goals for 2026, right?
But were they at the right level?

Join Jodie Cook and Richard Moore for the first of the new, weekly Art of Sell Livestreams

This week's discussion: You're Thinking Too Small. Go BIG in 2026

Discussion...
Rants too? 
Our perspectives
The views of others
And even your questions

It's 60 minutes of dialogue, exploring where new years goals go right (and wrong) with our 2c and advice added in

Jodie Cook has experience setting goals from competing in UK powerlifting to building her social media and SaaS businesses, working with the likes of Daniel Priestley along the way

Richard Moore has experience setting goals from competing in European and UK taekwondo to a corporate sales career, then his own business, revolving around sales. He's worked with Deloitte, Sony, Microsoft and LinkedIn

Come armed with your questions and views! 
See you Friday🚀

I train founders in the psychology of high-trust deal-making and sales | Creator, Art of Sell | 2× LinkedIn Top Voice

Radiana Miteva, Dmitry Pavlotsky and 56 other attendees

Discussion: You're Thinking Too Small. Go BIG in 2026

Here's how my team and I closed £millions.
(it even worked on cold calls)

In my corporate days, my world was cold outreach.
By phone, by email, in person.

And my teams and I closed millions without:
- The best product on the market
- Building a personal brand
- Referrals from buyers

You see, most people use one thing to reach out

Relevance.

Here's their logic:
↳ "I do X. You can buy X. Therefore, listen to me"

And of course it doesn't work. 

Just check your junk mail for proof!

But when you add leverage to relevance, things change

What's leverage? 

It's a reason to pay attention:
↳ "You work with X. We work with X too. Let's talk"

People like that you're already trusted.
And even more if you're trusted by their friend.

Now, you have the right kind of attention;
You have trust.

And when you're a nobody, trust is the currency you need. 

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📌We've got speakers from Microsoft, Apple and Nike, 
All coming up in Art of Sell.
So, who are you learning from?
When I built AoS I wanted speakers good enough that I needed to take notes. 
Because if you're not learning from best in class, it's a serious waste of valuable time
More on the website link at the top of this post☝️

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Until you learn to spot and fix this conversion gap:

Consistent client acquisition will remain a pipe dream.

The gap isn't between content volume and deals closed.

Right... Where is it?

It's between the psychological state you're creating and the state required for someone to buy.

I've watched this across 7 years on LinkedIn.

Founders create content that generates agreement and then struggle to turn attention into action.

Because agreement and certainty are not the same thing.

↳ Agreement is "this makes sense"
↳ Certainty is "this person can guide me"

You're optimising for the first. 
But buyers really need the second.

You write content that resonates.
It gets likes.
But your calendar will stay empty.
 
A recent client had a stack of likes but zero calls booked. 
Her content was designed to be read and shared, not to position her as the person you hire.

2 weeks after fixing her positioning, she booked 4 qualified calls.

What changed?
She stopped educating everyone and started demonstrating judgment for the people who needed her.

That’s where the conversion gap closes.

When you shift from creating agreement to creating certainty.

How?

↳ Start speaking to buyer decision-making states rather than writing to impress peers
↳ Start demonstrating judgment of their context rather than demonstrating expertise

As a result, you'll have more of the right people seeing you in the right way, compelled to engage.

Likes measure resonance.
Conversations measure certainty.

Which one are you creating?

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All coming up in Art of Sell.
So, who are you learning from?
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Richard Moore sitting in an aeroplane ready to taxi out for a flying lesson

AI is affecting the workplace 
But how about sales?

LinkedIn News this week shared the recent International Monetary Fund chief's views on how new skills and AI are shaping work.

So I wanted to share my commentary as it relates to sales roles. 

This is, at best, a primer for a far deeper discussion.
So I really welcome your views on the points made.

There's a lot of literature and research already in this space, I found. So do check out the footnotes I've shared. 

And as always, thank you to the almost 18,000 subscribers of the Art of Sell newsletter. These articles give me great pleasure to research and put together each week. 

Thank you for reading!

Richard

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I’ve read a recent article from the International Monetary Fund [1] which zeroes in on something notable: as AI integrates rapidly with the workplace,

Open article: Sales is Changing What it Rewards: Three Capabilities that Now Win Deals by Richard Moore • 5 min read

Sales is Changing What it Rewards: Three Capabilities that Now Win Deals

In 2025 alone, social selling evolved a huge amount 
And the sophistication buyers need from you is far deeper now.

Here's my view on what I'm calling the end of the "content gold rush" 

I'm also sharing five key elements for social selling as a credible sales strategy in 2026.

As always, thank you to the c.18,000 of you that have subscribed to the Art of Sell newsletter. 

It's really one of my weekly highlights to research, geek out, deep think and write these for you. 

Do consider reading previous editions if you find them valuable. 
You can also subscribe, save to read later or share these with your network. 

For those that read this, what is your take? Always keen on dialogue with readers!

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PS: Check out the link at the bottom of the article for a free gift
PPS: No AI comments please.

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For years, the north star for social selling was a simple one to follow: post regularly, optimise your profile, add connections and the algorithm woul

Open article: The End of “Just Post More”: Social Selling after the Content Gold Rush by Richard Moore • 6 min read

The End of “Just Post More”: Social Selling after the Content Gold Rush

The day I almost quit attending workshops...

There I was, in 2016. I had my ticket bought and was ready to go deep in a workshop on buyer psychology.

I'd been sold the outcome of "walk away with a clear plan for why your own buyers will buy you"

What did I come out with?

↳ Two hours of nice chats
↳ Minimal discussion
↳ All high level lecturing from the host

Not good enough. 

That's why I'm very discerning about events I attend now.

You should be too. 

And that's why, when I run practical events, I do my best to give:
↳ Interaction time
↳ Ideation built into sessions
↳ Space for attendees to create

So I'm thrilled that Aarti Parmar & Sara Marshall see things the same way I do. 

We've curated a 3-part strategic immersion.
This. Is. Not. A. Workshop, people!

Welcome to Positioned to Convert.

12 people, in person, in London. March 12th.

Nice chats about marketing feels warm and fuzzy. 
But your business needs you to do better things with your time.

We'll go deep on understanding your buyers, how you'll strategise your interaction with them and the processes needed to convert them. 

For your branding:
Aarti Parmar is an award winning strategist, featured in Marie Claire, Forbes and working with Enterprise Nation

For your strategy:
Sara Marshall ex-SVP Global Marketing for Universal Pictures and Global Brand Strategy Director for Barclays

For your sales & conversion:
Richard Moore 3 x LinkedIn Top Voice in sales and conversion, 5 x LinkedIn Learning instructor. Clients include Microsoft, Deloitte and J.P. Morgan. £millions in converted sales for himself and his customers

We're keeping this intimate with 12 people so you get our fullest attention. 

You'll gain clarity for your specific business case
Not just learn about processes

So, expect to be challenged, tested and driven. 

Because this is what developing yourself should look like. 

Send me a DM if you want to apply to attend.

And consider this: do you invest in nice chats or genuine development?

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Matt Barker

I make posting on LinkedIn fast, easy and fun. $3M+ revenue driven. 75M+ impressions. 250k+ followers.

I help you grow on LinkedIn using fast, easy and fun to write posts.

Results:

- 50+ clients helped since January 2022
- 2,500+ customers served
- £70k 4 day course launch (The Digital Copywriter)
- 2 x £100k+ digital products launched
- $3M+ in new client revenue driven
- 75M+ organic social views earned
- 200k+ LinkedIn followers gained
- 10,000+ LinkedIn posts created
- 13,000+ email subscribers driven

If you'd like to work together on growing:

- Your LinkedIn profile
- Your team's LinkedIn profile
- Your brand's LinkedIn profile

And growing in a way that is fast, easy and fun to do?

Just DM me so we can discuss how I can help you do that.

Writer

Join 11,000+ readers who get daily tips on attracting dream clients online with digital copywriting.

In 2 months I'll become a first time dad. I'm excited and scared all at once. I can't wait to teach a brand new human about the world. But I'm scared about this:

Keeping a brand new human alive 😂

I've always wanted to be a dad. 

But weirdly the more I've become a teacher over the last 4 years, teaching people how to write on LinkedIn, the more I've become excited about TEACHING my child.

And the idea of being the first man in her life:

That's a BIG deal that I am not overlooking for one second.

It's already giving me a new purpose and new set of "rules" for me to be following internally. And she isn't even born yet.

Not that I was being a rascal or doing mad shit or being a lousy guy. But it makes me think even more about what I'm doing, how I'm doing it, why I'm doing things in certain ways and how that will impact her perception of, not just me, but men in general.

Business wise, I've made some changes and I've been planning.

I'll be taking a break from working 1-1 with clients from March to June. I'm doing this so I can free up my calendar while I figure this whole first time dad thing out. Super blessed to be in the position to do this.

Extra focus will be going into my scalable products. 

Community, products, group teaching.

I've planned my 2026 in business out and it's looking pretty cool.

Excited to see how I can execute to that and make it even more successful than I plan, AND make all the time in the world to watch my daughter grow every day.

Excited to write to you more about this whole journey too.

✌️

Dads: what's your weirdest dad-ing advice?

Ladies: how do I be the best dad / male role model possible?

Matt Barker 

I teach Fast, Easy & Fun LinkedIn Writing. Taught 3,602 people to write on LinkedIn. Investor @ MagicPost. Click ‘Books, Courses + Trainings’ below to get my free books on LinkedIn Writing.

My life looks boring:

No swanky office. Barely any meetings. Calendar usually empty. Amateur photography for content.

And most of my days look the same:

Coffee time with my wife.
Write some posts.
Audit / feedback my client's posts.
Comment and DM people on linkedin.
Run / gym / walk. 
Eat. Watch TV. Think.

I'm on at 9/10 and done by 6 normally.

But my life is anything but accidental.

I built a business from writing. I turned writing into leverage. I make money without being on calls all day. I help people build reputations that open doors. I wake up without that intense feeling of dread. I stop working when I’m done not just to clock in the hours.

While everyone else is enjoying saying how busy they are.

I'm over here enjoying saying how not busy I am.

Why is my way not the norm??

All my LinkedIn writing books, courses and trainings here: https://lnkd.in/eWRj-pd9

I teach Fast, Easy & Fun LinkedIn Writing. Taught 3,602 people to write on LinkedIn. Click ‘Books, Courses + Trainings’ below to get my free books on LinkedIn Writing.

Today, I've got 188,402 followers on LinkedIn. 

But if I search my name on ChatGPT:

I’m STILL pretty much invisible.

Can ya believe it? I’ve put the effort in:

- 4 years of consistent posting
- Published 2,578 posts
- Gotten 59.5M impressions

And my personal brand is STILL not strong enough to be the first name when someone searches for “linkedin writing experts” or “best copywriters to follow on linkedin” or “who to follow to learn copywriting”.

So, simple question:

How do my competitors appear in AI overviews / searches over me?

I am absolutely clueless with this kinda thing.

But here’s what I’m gonna do:

1. Sign up to the Ahrefs​ AI Brand Radar
2. See where + how my competitors show up over me
3. Create a plan to make my personal brand more visible
4. Quickly gain more visibility in AI search and start winning

It’s ridiculous to be putting in years of effort:

- growing my personal brand
- attracting more followers
- spending hours every week on LinkedIn

Only to be completely invisible to anyone searching.

If you’re growing your personal brand, check out the AI Brand Radar: https://lnkd.in/ePqpedcW

(don’t even need an Ahrefs​ subscription account btw. totally separate which is cool)

Time to become more visible ✌️

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I’ve spoken to 1,000s of LinkedIn users about how much they network on LinkedIn. I was surprised, because:

If you’re using LinkedIn to grow your career or business, networking isn’t a good to do. It’s a must do. ESPECIALLY in your early stages.

The worst bit? 

Most people don’t know how to begin networking.

Here’s the ridiculously simple (and tbh, obvious) 5 step LinkedIn networking process I used to find interesting people to network with (and connect with them):

1. Go to the search bar (it’s free guys)
2. Type “{target audience}” eg “founder”
3. Hit search
4. Filter by “People” (to remove company pages)
5. Filter by “Industry” (to niche down)

By now, you have filtered a search down to 10,000s from 10,000,000s.

After that it’s a case of:

- Scroll down your list
- Click on profiles 
- Check them over quickly
- Send a connection request with this note:

“Hey name,

I do {service} for {type of clients}.

I post every {frequency} at roughly {time}. 

Hope it’s useful for you!

Cheers, Matt”

If they accept - great, on their radar.
If they reject - no bother.

10 of these 5 x a week (do 20 if you can).
That’s 200 a month.
2,400 a year.

Even if 20% connect, that’s 480 new connections.

More than the 0 most people are doing.

Simple networking like this can hold back your network growth, post engagement and follower growth MASSIVELY.

If you’re using LinkedIn to grow your career or business, are you networking here?

P.S. this is the exact process I used to grow my profile here - Matt Barker​ btw.

I teach Fast, Easy & Fun LinkedIn Writing. Taught 3,602 people to write on LinkedIn. Investor @ MagicPost.

4 weeks ago, Jacob and I booked 60 minutes at a recording studio. Neither of us prepared ANYTHING. Ridiculous. But it was brilliant because:

We just...chatted.

You're probably thinking:

"Matt. Why the fuck would you spend time and money to go and chat to someone without preparing anything?"

Well, reader. That's a great question.

And the answer is surprisingly simple:

Because we wanted to.

I know. SHOCK. How dare we do something, that costs us money just because we wanted to?

Today all you'll see online is shit about how everything you do has to have a clear ROI or everything you do has to play into a strategy.

We obviously didn't do this for literally no reason.

Outside of "because we wanted to", a big reason was this:

In 2025 me and jacob started very intentionally sharing insights and nuggets from what we both do in our businesses. What's working, what isn't working. And it helped us both have amazing years in our business. Not just from a revenue POV but from a overall quality of life POV.

We get a lot of enjoyment out of these back and forths.

So we wanted to see if we can translate that to a recorded conversation.

THAT's why we booked 60 minutes at a studio.

Did it work?

Well we ended up going over the 60 minutes by a whole hour.

And we accidentally recorded a 2 hour month by month breakdown of what went well and what went wrong in our businesses in 2025.

(it's here by the way: https://lnkd.in/e9Zwxh99)

We both had such a good time.

And we're doing it again.

My advice for you:

Do stuff you enjoy.

Not because it makes money or anything.

But because you enjoy it and it makes you happy.

Can't be more simple.

✌️

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