Marketing & Content | Passionate about storytelling through video content creation | Financial Advisor-turned-Content Creator | TikTok Creator (50k followers) | Part-Time YouTuber

Hi, I’m Novie!

I create content on TikTok and YouTube about freelancing, book takeaways, and digital tools that make work easier.

I also love teaming up with startups and solopreneurs to bring their ideas to life through content that connects.

Novie Rose Rianna Dizon

Novie Dizon

marketing, copy, and sales strategy for solopreneurs

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Nikola Kotláriková

DISCLOSURE: This post contains a rant. Please prepare yourselves mentally: 


Please. I ask you, no, I beg you wholeheartedly. 

Don’t use those AI-generated slop comments. 

The problem is that AI often: 
– Fully or largely replicates existing text without adding anything new. 
– Adds completely pointless things, like a two-line comment followed by “✨✨✨✨🚀”. 
– Writes extremely long comments that no one has time to read. 

When you don’t have anything to say, just stay quiet. 
Sometimes, silence is gold. 😀 

And when you do want to comment: 
→ Say something constructive. 
→ Be funny or speak from your own experience. 
→ And yes, you can use AI, but ideally only to polish your grammar. I use it too. 

Okay. Calming down my adrenaline and dopamine levels now. 

Back to work. (And meaningful commenting.)

🦄 Nika Kotláriková

LinkedIn Expert and LinkedIn Growth Marketer for CEOs & Founders 📣 I architect, build, manage, and scale LinkedIn personal brands that drive visibility, trust, and opportunities.

LinkedIn blocked my account (again). This time for 72 hours. Did you miss me?  
By the way: 

I recommend this platform to apply another photo frame, "Constantly banned on LinkedIn", to their portfolio. 

I think it would be just as popular as the frames "Open to work" and "Hiring". 

What do you think?

It’s going to sound a bit toxic, but I need to say it aloud: 


I hate 9 – 5 in-office work, especially in the creative industry. 

You are not creative from 9 to 5. 
That’s simply not how creativity works. 

I remember being an intern a few years ago at one of the best advertising agencies in my country, and they had a very strict in-office schedule. 

After sitting there for 8 hours, locked between four walls, I didn’t come up with a single usable idea. 😀 

The ideas came later: 
– Around 11 PM in the shower 
– During weekend walks in the park 
– When I was sitting at home on the toilet, just staring into nothing 

I felt it was a waste of my time + freedom, as I had to stay in one place for 8 hrs, while my work often spilled into my free time as ideas came outside the office. 

Yesterday, I also read a post by Kilian Markert. 

The TL;DR of that post was that the problem is not that “remote work is inefficient,” but rather about: 
– WHO you hire, 
– HOW you manage them, and 
– HOW you track progress + time. 

This applies to the creative industry, too. 

Don’t lock creatives in a cage. 

Give them the freedom to explore the world and new ideas. 

It will benefit both them and you. 

Just make sure you have the fundamentals that Kilian mentioned in his post, and you will still get the creative output you need. 

I think I said everything I wanted to say. 

[P.S. If it were up to me and I had the budget, I would send creatives to travel the world, let them absorb experiences like a sponge, and then go wild in their creation.] 🙂

LinkedIn: Engage more to grow your network. 
Also LinkedIn: We restricted your account for engaging too much. 💀 

This has been haunting me for 3 months straight, and I don't use any automation tools. I do everything manually. 

LinkedIn can penalise you for almost anything: 
– Engaging too much 
– Using the 3rd party tools 
– Viewing too many profiles 
– Sending too many messages 
– Sending too many connection requests, etc. 

Even Premium users aren't safe. 

I can't imagine this would happen to my clients who have put real effort, time, and money into building their presence here. 

It's demotivating. 

Until LinkedIn fixes this, the best you can do is: 
→ Stay moderate / controlled with your activity 
→ Keep a backup account 
→ Build an email list 
→ Avoid the 3rd party tools
→ Connect with someone on LinkedIn's internal team 

TL;DR: You don't own this platform or your audience. Don't rely on it blindly.

I noticed one pattern among people who grew massively on LinkedIn. 
What is that? 

Their massive growth started when one of their posts went viral. 

For example, Jasmine Gathoga had a viral post in October 2025 (~9k followers), and since then gained a large number of new followers (~24k). 

I have seen this pattern among many creators on LinkedIn as well as on X. 

Having a post go viral encourages creators to: 
– analyse it 
– experiment with topics 
– spend more time posting and staying active on the platform 

In other words: 
The effort of posting and the potential results accumulate over time. 
The more intentionally you post, the higher your chances of breaking through. 

I also had one post go viral in September 2025, which motivated me to post more frequently and consistently. 

3 weeks ago, I had another post go viral. 

Overall, I grew in impressions, engagement, and followers. 

→ Keep posting. 
→ Keep interacting. 
→ That more viral post will come. 

And most importantly, don’t get discouraged. 
(This is also the TL;DR of this post.)

After last week's post turned me into a meme, I have just one message for you: 


POST! 

This is proof that LinkedIn hasn't been just a career platform for a long time. 

It's become a creator platform, and yes, a little cringe sometimes. 

But that's a good thing. 

Your post might inspire someone else to create their own. 

It sets off a content domino effect. 

👉 Educate. 
👉 Entertain. 
👉 Repost something with your own thoughts. 

It's not just Matt or 🏴‍☠️ Bill doing it. 
Louis Butterfield or Eli Sundelson, and many others, are doing it, too. 

By the way, I've been receiving the kindest messages from you. 

Thank you for all the support. 

It's the kind of motivation that keeps me going. 

Happy Monday! 

[Photos from private DMs were shared with the authors' permission.]

🚨 IMPORTANT: My LinkedIn account was restricted for 48 hours. 
Let's go through these points so you can avoid the same little drama 👇 

I lost access to my account and couldn't reach support. 

BUT 

I managed to get partial help from the LinkedIn Help account on X via DMs. 
They provided me with a form to submit my case and create a support ticket. 

❓ So, what were the reasons? 

According to their response, these were the triggers: 

• 𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 
– They suspected automation, but I engage manually. 
– Solution: Check your browser plugins and extensions and the access you gave to certain tools. 
– Navigation: Settings & Privacy → Data Privacy → Manage Data Permissions. 

• 𝗠𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗜𝗗 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 
– Solution: I had to remove my unicorn emoji and switch from my nickname to my official name. 🦄 Nika Kotláriková → Nikola Kotláriková 

• 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 
– I have a backup account and was asked to either merge or close it. 
– Solution: I had to list the emails and profile links of accounts I wanted to remove. 

There's still a chance my account could be banned completely. 
I'm doing my best to engage with you all, but... rules are rules. 

For now:
– I'll be moderating my activity a little. 
– If you'd like to stay in touch regardless, feel free to drop me a DM with your email, just so we don't lose each other. 

P.S. 1: LinkedIn support was actually really collegial. 
P.S. 2: The 48-hour ban had one benefit (I got to enjoy a forced digital detox).  P.S. 3: I used that free time meaninglessly. By wasting it on X. 

But so happy to be back. :D

TL;DR: LinkedIn is bul*ying me, but I'm still finding my way to be with you.

I share educational content: 
– 8 impressions 
– 2 likes – one from me and another from some desperate guy who accidentally hit the like button. 

I share something dumb and: 
– 12,654 impressions 
– 379 likes 
– 212 comments 
– 34 reposts 
– 15 followers gained 
– 3 job offers 

Every. Single. Time. 

Guys, why are we settling for less than mediocre? 😭

6 months ago, I spent 2 days on a hackathon deck. Last week, I discovered a tool that could do it in 30 min. 🤦‍♀️ Nwm. It can all be done in 6 simple steps: 

1. Connect the Gamma app to Claude. 
2. Brainstorm the presentation structure and text with Claude. 
3. Ask Gamma to apply the text to the presentation. (No need to leave a dashboard.) 
4. Optionally, extract information from Notion / Gmail – I keep my ideas in email.
5. Ask Claude to summarise those texts from Gmail. 
6. Ask Gamma to update the presentation with the new data. 

Guys... 

This tool was released a few weeks ago. 

If it had existed half a year ago, I could have slept like a normal human being instead of messing with text alignment, photos, and formatting during the night. 

At least now I know this option exists, so next time I’ll save time and nerves. 

BTW, with the help of Gamma, I created a presentation on:

👉 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝗞 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀

If you want the presentation, comment:

DECK

Guys, we’re almost there. Just a few more hours until the end of the workweek, and the long-awaited weekend is here… and in 2 days...

back into the hamster wheel again. 

Business owners: keep working like mules even on Saturday and Sunday, who really needs sleep anyway? 🥂

How to start posting when you’re just getting started on LinkedIn? 

Definitely try these 10 things: 

1. Research creators with high engagement. 

2. Analyse their content. 

3. Think about how you could reuse their structure for your industry or case with slight adjustments. 

4. Ask ChatGPT what works and why it works that way – look for the reasoning behind it. 

5. If possible, prepare 6 – 7 pieces of content in one day (so you have the whole week planned). 

6. Ask ChatGPT for recommendations on how to improve your drafts. 

7. After posting, engage with people for at least the first 60 minutes – reply to as many comments as you can. 

8. Return to the post the next day – reply again and consider reposting it. 

9. At the end of the week, analyse which content performed best. You can reuse the format later with a different topic or angle. 

10. Repeat. 

This is what I outlined in my communication with Mamesi Lamoen, and I believe it’s worth sharing publicly, because everyone deserves a more structured and consistent feed. 

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If you think this is useful for your friends who want to get started with LinkedIn: 

🔁 Repost this

Yesterday’s post about massive growth on LinkedIn brought me 20 new connections and 50+ profile visits. I’m not surprised at all why: 

People want to know the secret formula for growth. 
Success attracts attention. 

It’s simple: 
1. Talk about the platform and the latest insights/news. 
2. Show your progress and results. 
3. Show how you achieved those results – provide steps. 
4. Also show what to avoid. (This is important too.) ⚠️ 

If you demonstrate a replicable, proven growth process, you build trust and position yourself as an authority. 

And people will come. People will follow. People will want to know more.

Besides the 20 mentioned connections, this post also brought: 
– About ~7 people who reached out to me via DMs. 
– And a potential collaboration (a sponsor). 

When you help others grow, you grow too. 

I will be posting more content about LinkedIn on this profile. 

If you want to understand personal brand growth... 

Follow me. 
🦄 Nika Kotláriková 

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(P.S. The DM screenshot was posted with permission.)

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