The 5 Overlooked LinkedIn Metrics That Actually Predict Revenue
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The article emphasizes the importance of focusing on meaningful LinkedIn metrics rather than superficial vanity metrics. Many founders celebrate follower numbers while failing to convert these connections into clients. The author urges a shift towards metrics that actually influence business growth, such as counting qualified leads and meaningful conversations. By analyzing profile views and ensuring they reflect ideal customers, businesses can enhance their LinkedIn strategies for better engagement and revenue generation.
Most founders screenshot their follower milestones while their business flatlines. They celebrate 10,000 connections but can't name five who became clients. The disconnect between online popularity and bank account reality keeps growing because you're measuring the wrong things.
Success is measured in business impact, not likes. Get real about your personal brand. Stop celebrating empty engagement and start linking your LinkedIn actions to revenue, client quality, and conversation rates.
Profile views tell you nothing about business impact. Someone clicked your face. So what? Track how many viewers match your ideal customer profile instead.
Your profile could attract 200 views weekly, but if only 12 are potential clients, your strategy needs work. Focus on your actual prospects in your DMs, content and profile, and triple the proportion of the right people coming through.
Read at Forbes
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