Helping Agency Owners & B2B Founders close 2-10 clients on Linkedin in the next 180 days (Or You Don't Pay).

I help founders turn Linkedin into a consistent lead-gen channel. 2M+ b2b revenue generated, case studies attached below.

Naim Ahmed

3 weird ways to get more clients on Linkedin (this will be controversial)...

All things we've tested for clients:

1/ Post 2x a day

This will not decrease your reach. If you can manage this level of output, I guarantee your impressions overall will shoot up.

2/ Put links in posts

Add links to your posts. These can go to lead-magnets, booking links and other pieces of long-form content where you can sell your services in more depth.

3/ Stop commenting on big influencers

Focus 80% of your comments on ideal prospects, 20% on other creators.

Show up in prospects world and “warm” them up before sending a DM.
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What other weird tip would you add?

One of my clients is getting the most engagement he's ever gotten on Linkedin.

The funny thing is...

11k impressions is actually low when you compare it to 100k+ impressions screenshots gurus share.

However, there is a BIG difference here.

My clients impressions are HIGH QUALITY views from HIGH QUALITY prospects.

8 and 9 figure eCom founders are seeing his posts regularly and engaging.

He's posting niche insights about eCom that make his expertise undeniable.

He's NOT going viral with stories about his cat.

He's NOT spamming giveaways every day.

He's building real authority.

That's why he's winning.

Linkedin outbound tip:

If you're sending automated outreach, your goal is NOT to trick people into thinking you sent it manually.

Your goal is to make the message/offer so good that they DON'T CARE if it's automated or not.

Prospects respond because they WANT that you have.

Offer > Fake Personalisation.

Day 1 on Linkedin? Here’s what I’d focus on:

1. Study competitors & observe what’s working
2. Send some connections to your ICP
3. Start conversations daily 5 with ICP & 2 with peers

No engagement pods. No 100 comments a day. No 2 posts a day.

Study what content performs and take notes.

Think about how you could things better/differently.

Then, connect with a few prospects and shoot some DMs.

Get used to reaching out to decision makers via chat.

Network with creators and build a relationship or two.

This'll give you a foundation, now you can start posting and sky is your limit.

"Don't post on Linkedin on Sunday"... is dumb advice.

As I've been prospecting wealthier buyers...

I've realised they are SUPER busy during the week.

But, evenings and weekends they a have a lil more time.

Many of them use Sunday to prepare for the week ahead.

They scroll more on Linkedin that day.

Respond to some emails, DMs that are less urgent.

Make the most of this.

Don't assume Linkedin is dead on Sundays.

I'd argue it's very much alive and well, ESPECIALLY if your buyers are busy c-suite decision makers.

Post as normal, shoot your shot in the DMs as normal.

You'll book way more meetings.

Employee Generated Content is the BIG opportunity in 2026.

I’ve been working with orgs on this since late 2024 and it’s only getting bigger.

Just imagine you’re able to build multiple personal brands across your whole executive team.

. CEO generating thousands of impressions.
. CMO/CSO generating thousands of impressions.
. VP Marketing generating thousands of impressions.

All building influence and promoting the company.

. CEO shares strategies & the journey.
. CMO shares marketing behind-the-scenes.
. Sales director talks sales process optimisation.

Collectively you can easily break 50-100k impressions a week.

On the backend you can monetize in multiple ways...

For example, each c-suite exec could promote a singular bi-monthly webinar and all content from Linkedin could be pushed here.

Imagine the sheer number of prospects you could attract.

The amount of pipeline you could drive.

The amount of demos you’d book.

All for free.

This is the future.

What do you call founders that outsource all their outbound to AI-SDRs?

Poor.

Obviously this is a joke, but it’s rooted in reality.

A lot of leaders feel like the ENTIRE sales process needs be automated IMMEDIATELY.

Which means they end up with AI-Agents sending bad outreach at scale.

Basically a mass public humiliation ritual.

I’m a big believer in putting in a little work to figure out a system that works THEN automate parts of the process.

All while maintaining human touch-points, so you can stand out.

As the world becomes more obsessed with automating everything with AI-agents.

It’s easier than ever to stand out by showing up as a REAL human that's willing to do the unscalable.

Had a chat with a Linkedin creator with 13,000 followers and 100s of likes on his posts...

We went back & forth in the DMs and I asked him: "how many calls you booking for your agency on Linkedin?"

His answer: 0

"How much revenue generated from your content?"

His answer: 0

All his likes were from peers, pods and other marketers.

He had no systems to turn his followers into calls.

A few days later I had a catch up with an old client

He has way less followers, way less likes.

He told me he’d made $15k that week, alone.

Getting likes & getting paid are 2 COMPLETELY different skill-sets.

P.S. Most of my clients like Umair, Noah, Nicolas and many more ALL have audiences on the smaller side but book calls consistently. Living proof it’s not your follower count holding you back. It’s your sales system.

Ryan R. Sullivan

Podcast Strategy for Finance, Law & Coaching 🎙️ The Podcast Pipeline | DJ → Rapper → Marketer

You’re an advisor, not a full-time marketer.

Referrals are great…but they’re inconsistent. 

In the meantime, a financial "coach" on TikTok is getting millions of views pushing dangerous advice. 

But you don't have a content problem. 

You have a system problem:

→ Random posts
→ The occasional YouTube video
→ Compliance saying "we'll get back to you."

Let's change that. 

We'll build a repeatable, compliance-friendly, team-run content system with a simple cadence:

One 90-minute recording session per month → 3–4 segments + 15–30 clips

Then we turn that into a weekly rhythm across LinkedIn, email, YouTube, and your podcast.

We helped a client generate 150+ life insurance clients with one podcast.
Built 100+ podcast strategies for finance, CPA's, banks, and law firms. 

If you want a credible, relationship-driven growth system your team can sustain:

📅 Book a Discovery call: https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover

I'll see you there! 

-Ryan R. Sullivan

Founder

We help people launch top-1% podcasts with 0 paid promotion using a proven launch strategy tailored specifically to turn audience members into podcast fans.

Here are what some of our podcasters are saying: 

Mikhail Myzgin, VP of Marketing at Slice 

"Ryan is an excellent resource for anything about podcasting. His advice was spot-on, and his expertise helped us solve a problem we didn't know how to go about."

Calum Johnson, Marketing Manager at Public

"I reached out to Ryan because I wanted to start my own podcast & get some pointers from someone who had experience & expertise launching podcasts. The consultation call with Ryan was 100% worth it, Ryan has started a lot of podcasts & gave me great advice that would be difficult to find anywhere else."

Malik Handoush, Strategic Business Develop Coach

"As someone searching for guidance & direction on beginning a podcast, I decided to reach out to Podcast Principles for a consultation. Ryan surpasses any expectations you may have as he brilliantly identifies and assesses where you are and what you're trying to accomplish. His true superpower is in his listening skills where he will help you simplify and reach a point of clarity."

Ready to humanize your business or brand? 30 mins of free advice is cool too :) 

Let's talk - https://calendly.com/podcastprinciples/discover

We got 12 inches of snow, then lost power and internet. 
My hot girlfriend, now freezing, turns to me.
And says,

"At least we can do our self-care." 

So apparently, these golden eye things are helping?

Thank god the power came back on. I was dreading what day 3 of no-power-self-care was going to look like. 

Back to work! 

PS: Did you get any snow?

Podcast-Style Content for Advisors & RIAs | 15m views, 500k+ Downloads and 1000+ Inbound Leads for Clients | Referrals are not a strategy. Stop waiting and start attracting.

My financial advisor said,
"Starbucks is keeping you poor."
So he made me switch to black coffee.

It's disgusting, sure.

But hey, at least now I can take that $2239 a year I saved and invest that into my Roth IRA. 

By the time I'm 65, that $2239 per year will get me at least another $357,569 to offset the cost of assisted living when I'm 75! 

He said it's all about optimizing for when you're really old and can't enjoy life. 

#financialadvising  

PS: Dave Ramsey is my financial advisor.

Bill Fanter brought us in to create videos.

12 months later: 

• 300,000+ views
• 5,000 subscribers
• 100 short-form videos

These are great metrics, but they don't tell the full story. 

Bill was already making videos, and that's the problem. 

Instead of sitting down to record a podcast or turning his phone camera on, we do one 90-minute recording per month.

No more editing.  
No more fancy cameras.
No more marketers or salespeople. 

Bill is one of the most successful options traders. He left a 25+ year career in banking to trade. Turning him into a "creator" is not the best use of his time when he runs a master class of 200 students. 

He's extremely candid about his wins and losses. 

And teaches his community how to do the same. 

He shouldn't be a video editor, and neither should you. 

#podcasting 

PS: Will you record video content this year?

We helped a life insurance agent lower CAC from $1500 to $67.77 with 1 podcast over 4 years. They added 150 clients with a 2400% ROI.

Managing people's wealth? That's not easy.

But advisors think they know what their marketing needs.

There's 1 thing it 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 needs.

Strategy.

You can get 500k impressions, but if you don't have a strategy, you will have no idea how to turn any of them into AUM, plans, or insurance. 

And if you can't repeat your results.

What's the point?

#advisors  

PS: Do you know your customer acquisition cost?

Yesterday I went back to high school to teach kids about careers in media. It made me more emotional than I expected. 

I haven't spent a lot of time processing how I got here. I've been running so fast that I haven't reflected for myself: 

"How did I get here?"
"Did I think I was going into media?"
"What job did I think I would have in 2026?"

I remember thinking about the 2020's in 2016. 

How one day I would be 25 years old.

What would I be doing? 

Yesterday I went back home. Got to spend an hour with incredible students who are already creating content for themselves and their fellow classmates.  I saw my old teachers, stopped at my old job to see my boss and back home at my dads house to sit on the porch. 

Back by 3 PM, then off to a networking event at 6. I almost couldn't go because I was reflecting so much. 

It's weird because I know how I got here. 

But I don't know every reason 𝘸𝘩𝘺 I got here.

There can't be just one. 

My grandfather prayed for me every single day. My other grandfather made sure I was making money no matter what. My dad instilled a work ethic that can't be trained. 

It's working. We have clients. I work with my best friend. I live with the love of my life. We dreamed for years of even getting to this point. And man, does it feel good to be doing this. 

This life is crazy. And as my girlfriend often says, 

"Just stop, take it in, and look what you've built."

Thanks for reading, but this post was for me. 

I'm starting to think a lot of them are. 

#appreciation  

PS: What makes you stop and look back? Spending an hour with students did it for me.

When I was 14, my grandpa asked me a question that would change my entire life. 

"Are you making money?"

Luckily, I was. 

Just got my first job at a gas station. 

My dad was happy I was working.
My mom was scared of the customers. 
My soccer coach got real, "I'll let you do both for now..."

My grandpa, Jim, learned the stock market in his 70's. He was tired of replacing tile floors for landlords on the weekend, so he became one.  

Financial advisors, like many of us, don't understand that the impact of the work isn't reflected in the numbers. 

Knowing I would get that question every time I saw grandpa Jim forced me to want to make money. He became my advisor by asking one question every time I saw him. 

That question was more impactful than any other money lesson until I read Rich Dad Poor Dad when I was 19. 

But that's a story for another day. 

#advisors

PS: Who impacted your money habits as a kid?

Coaches don't solve your problems. 

They help YOU solve your problems. 

Because the problem is a result of you.

I spent $22,400 on coaching. 

Our net profit is up.
We added 12 new clients. 
My mission and vision are clear.

Not as a result of the coaching. 

As a result of being coached. 

You don't hire coaches to get fixed. 

You hire them to get self-aware. 

🙌

PS: How much should you pay for coaching?

"Why would I hire a rapper to market my business?"

🎤👇

1️⃣ Rhythm & Flow

A rapper knows timing, delivery, and consistency. Marketing isn’t just about throwing a message out there. It’s about crafting your story, keeping the beat, and hitting your audience at the right moments. A rapper creates punchlines. A marketer creates "material."

2️⃣ Engagement = Performance

A rapper is an MC, a marketer is a host. 300 live events taught me the difference. Your audience isn’t a passive listener — they’re the crowd, the fanbase, the people who amplify your message. A rapper knows how to perform and get a crowd to react. In marketing, that’s how you turn followers into customers.

3️⃣ Creative, Out-of-the-Box Thinking

Your marketer has worked with 6 companies...
We've worked with some of the biggest artists and entrepreneurs in the world and another 100+ companies on top of that. Who would you rather hire?

It's not about getting the lead, it's about turning attention → intention. We see what you do not as you see it, but as the world sees it. We play both sides.

👇

If you'd like your marketing to check a box, that's cool, we're not for you. 

We’re busy bringing creativity back. That raw, OG stylistic rap vibe. 

The kind that just hits different.

It always felt weird to stare at the camera.
I also didn't want to read off a script.
It took me 3 years, but I built the solution.

It's a mix between a script and an outline.

* I don’t have to “talk to the camera.” 
* I don't have to read from a doc or screen
* I takes 75% less time to prep for each video

And I just made it free for you to download. 

It's called Script Science.

https://lnkd.in/efJJjsWX

No more nervousness, just clarity and effortless recording. Used by over 100 clients, myself included.

The anxiety drops. The message lands. And you’ll actually want to do it again.

#recording  

PS: What's stopping you? Tech, nerves, or perfection?

Open article: Script Science: The Easiest Video Script by mailchi.mp

There are 2 types of founders.
Which one are you? 

🗣️ The Top-of-the-Funnel Founder 

These founders love to advertise. 

They can rake in thousands of likes and comments but struggle to move prospects through the funnel. They often hit a wall when trying to connect marketing with sales.

💰 The Bottom-of-the-Funnel Founder

These founders love closing deals. 

They’re great at converting leads but struggle with attracting the right prospects in the first place. They often miss the mark in reaching people who will eventually face the problem they solve.

👇

Here’s the deal:

Do founders really fall into just 2 categories? 

Of course not.

The goal of this exercise is to help you think in binary terms. This makes it easier to say, "yeah, I might need help with [x] piece of my funnel." We can't fix your marketing if we can't fix you. 

Self-awareness > tips and tricks 

#MarketingStrategy 

PS: Which type of founder are you? Sales, or marketing?

Financial advisors are making LinkedIn way harder than it has to be, and that’s why other people are taking your clients faster than you can say, "401k."

https://lnkd.in/eNQSeK5X

Not because they’re smarter.
Not because they’re “better at content.”

Because they have a system.

Most advisors are doing random acts of content:

* a post for other advisors (the client repellent)
* a market update (prospects don't care)
* a broker-dealer graphic that puts us to sleep 😴

Then they wonder why nothing converts.

In this episode, I break down the 6-step system I’d use if I wanted to get clients (and yeah, it works for CPAs + law too).

Here’s what you’ll get:

✅ The first change I’d make to your targeting 
✅ How to turn your profile into a “pre-sell” page
✅ The minimum weekly posting cadence
✅ What to do daily so you’re not relying on hope
✅ The exact path from DM → call → client 

9 minutes to add as many clients as you want.

Watch here: https://lnkd.in/eNQSeK5X

Or don't and keep "networking."

#financialadvisors 

PS: If you’re still waiting for people to DM you first… you’ll either love or hate this episode.

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LinkedIn for Advisors: How We Turn Posts Into Clients (Simple + Easy)

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