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Avoid common LinkedIn post mistakes

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskCheck my draft professional post for any common mistakes before I publish it. Make sure it's…+
Check my draft professional post for any common mistakes before I publish it. Make sure it's ready for Monday morning.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore I publish this professional post to my network, help me make it more impactful. Point…+
Before I publish this professional post to my network, help me make it more impactful. Point out any parts that might sound generic or unclear, suggest ways to add a stronger call to action, and flag anything that could be misinterpreted by potential clients.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI just drafted a professional networking post announcing our new product launch, but I'm stuck.…+
I drafted a LinkedIn post about our new product, but I'm unsure if it sounds too much like a sales pitch.
I just drafted a professional networking post announcing our new product launch, but I'm stuck. I'm worried it sounds too much like a sales pitch and will turn off my connections, especially the procurement leads I'm trying to engage. I can't afford to alienate them. What's the likely reaction, and how should I rephrase this to be more valuable and less 'salesy' before I post it this afternoon?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI consistently put effort into my professional networking posts, but they often get low…+
My LinkedIn posts often get low engagement despite my best efforts.
I consistently put effort into my professional networking posts, but they often get low engagement, making me feel like I'm shouting into the void. I keep making the same kinds of posts without seeing results. What habit should I change in my content creation and posting strategy to consistently create more engaging content that sparks conversations with my network?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from LinkedIn's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.