Phase 1 Pre-Launch Prep Do This First
Goal Lay foundations for virality
1 Optimize Your Profile
AI Use Run your headline and bio through ChatGPT
"Improve this LinkedIn bio for a Your Role targeting Audience. Make it curiosity-driven and keyword-rich"
Human Touch Add a relatable photo and banner showing personality
Example Helping marketers escape vanity metrics
2 Decode Your Audience
AI Use Ask
"Top 5 pain points for Audience in Industry in 2024 based on trending LinkedIn posts"
Human Touch Scan comments on competitor’s viral posts – note emotions
frustration hope curiosity
Phase 2 Content Creation AI plus Your Genius
The Hook is EVERYTHING
Use AI to brainstorm 20 hook variations then refine
"Generate 10 LinkedIn hooks about Topic that spark controversy curiosity or urgency. Example hooks Why your CEO is wrong about AI The metric that got me 500 clients"
Winning Formula
Headline I Got 100K Plus Impressions in 48 Hours Here’s Exactly How
Specificity wins
First Line No I didn’t pay for ads No I don’t have 50K followers
Disrupt expectations
Body
AI Drafting Paste research into Claude or ChatGPT
"Turn these bullet points into a punchy conversational LinkedIn post. Use short paragraphs and one contrarian take"
Humanize
Add a vulnerable moment My first post flopped 17 impressions. Here’s why
Data Snack Embed a screenshot of your LinkedIn analytics spike
Unexpected Tip Stop using hashtags like Marketing. Do this instead →
Phase 3 The 48 Hour Sprint
Day 1 Launch and Engage
Post at 730 AM EST Highest traffic
First 60 Minutes
Reply to every comment personally even Thanks
Ask questions What’s your biggest LinkedIn struggle
Leverage AI Engagement
Use Taplio or AI to draft replies to comments but EDIT HEAVILY add humor and stories
Day 2 Fuel the Fire
Repurpose Snippets
Turn key points into carousels Canva AI plus human design tweaks
Post a 60 second video recap Why this blew up and scared me
Tag 3 Micro-Influencers who commented
Loved your insight Name What would you add
Triggers reshare
AI Tools That Don’t Sound Robotic
Hook Generator ChatGPT Jasper
Visuals Canva Magic Media AI image generation plus human text overlays
Analytics Shield App predict best posting times
Engagement Taplio AI comment drafts customized manually
The Human Superpowers You NEED
1 Controversy with Nuance
AI Output Growth hacking is dead
Your Edit Growth hacking isn’t dead – but your 2015 tactics are. Here’s what replaced them
2 Story Gaps
I saw 17 impressions to 102K
The turning point I stopped talking about myself
True story My ugly spreadsheet screenshot got 8K likes
3 Relatability Over Perfection
Share a slightly unpolished behind-the-scenes
Example your draft hook list with scribbles
Realistic Expectations
100K in 48h requires
A strong network 1K plus followers
Luck algorithm favors early engagement
True Value Solve a specific urgent problem
If you hit 30K That’s still a massive win Iterate fast
Final Tip
Delete generic CTAs like Thoughts Instead
Bookmark this if you’re posting next week
OR call me out if I missed something
Virality equals AI efficiency times human emotion
Now go hit publish then be relentlessly human in the comments
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