How to Build 124K LinkedIn Followers Fast: The Content Strategy Revealed
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Want to know how a strategy consultant built 124,000 LinkedIn followers without posting daily? Alex Smith reveals the counterintuitive content creation method that built massive influence and a thriving consulting business. Forget everything you think you know about LinkedIn growth—this isn't about posting more or using fancy tools. Alex shares the one skill that changed everything: writing fast. Learn why content velocity beats content perfection, how to create compelling thought leadership in minutes, and the touch-typing secret that separates influencers from wannabes. Plus, discover why "different beats better" in business strategy and how to make your competitors work FOR you, not against you.
Key Takeaways- The Content Speed Secret – Why writing fast (not posting more) is the real LinkedIn growth hack that built 124K followers
- Touch Type or Fail – The overlooked skill that separates successful content creators from frustrated ones (hint: it's not creativity)
- Strategy Charisma > Strategy Intelligence – Why a mediocre strategy that gets executed beats a brilliant one that sits in a drawer
- Love Your Competition – The Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's framework for creating defensible market positions
- Selling to Careers, Not Companies – The B2B truth nobody admits about what decision-makers actually care about
00:00 – How Did He Build 124K LinkedIn Followers So Fast?
01:02 – The Strategy Consultant Who Never Read a Strategy Book
06:42 – Why Most Marketing Can't Save a Bad Business
10:06 – The Water in the Desert Strategy (Make Money Effortlessly)
30:46 – Why 70% of Strategies Fail After the Consultant Leaves
32:36 – Strategy Charisma Beats Strategy Intelligence (Always)
36:39 – You're Not Selling to Companies. You're Selling to People's Careers.
44:07 – Why You Should Love Your Competitors (The Ecosystem Strategy)
59:10 – The Secret to 124K LinkedIn Followers Revealed
01:00:06 – Learn to Touch Type or You'll Never Build an Audience
Alex Smith
Strategy Consultant & Author
Simplifying strategy for real businesses
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Website: basicarts.org/welcome
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