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The AI space is moving fast and I’ve been working on a few things in that area myself. Nothing big yet, but this kind of work is tough to tackle solo. I’d love to join a team but haven’t managed to get in anywhere yet. I figured I’d try LinkedIn to put my work out there, writing articles, showing what’s possible across different AI projects and where it can actually be applied. But I’ve gotten zero response. Not surprising really, the account is brand new and my posts probably aren’t making it into anyone’s feed. How do you actually get any traction on there first?
Thing is, nobody’s gonna notice you if you just keep posting for yourself. You’ve got to reach out directly to some of the top names running tech companies and pitch your ideas, and drop something worth reading under the discussions that are actually getting traction. That’s at least some kind of shot at getting yourself noticed.
Building followers through discussions alone takes forever, and even then they’re what eventually gets other people to notice you. Nobody likes pushiness either, and even if your work is solid, people won’t want to collaborate if you’re cold-messaging everyone in sight. There’s a simpler way to go about it, use a service where you can get free LinkedIn followers https://upvote.club/linkedin . Get your account more popular that way and the algorithm starts surfacing your posts to the right people on its own.
Publishing something you actually care about and seeing nobody even looks at it, that is exactly what happened when I started my own AI projects and tried to get traction on a fresh LinkedIn profile with zero connections. The algorithm simply does not show posts from new accounts unless they get early engagement, which is a catch 22 because you need an audience to get engagement but you need engagement to build an audience. What broke the cycle was shifting focus toward leaving thoughtful comments on industry leaders’ posts, because that put my name in front of their established followings and slowly brought people back to my profile. The complete strategy for finding the right hiring contacts is detailed at https://www.mycvcreator.com/blog/how-to-find-the-right-hiring-contact-and-land-more-interviews and using a LinkedIn prospecting tool like SignalHire to find engineering managers got responses far more often than hoping a post would be discovered. Direct outreach combined with consistent posting creates a stronger signal than either tactic alone.
Getting noticed on LinkedIn seems less about posting constantly and more about giving people a clear reason to remember you. A useful comment, a specific point of view, or a profile that actually explains what you do can probably achieve more than generic networking posts. The same basic principle applies in completely different online spaces, even somewhere like the NastyHookups hookup chat room: people respond to conversations that feel genuine rather than copied or forced. Obviously the purpose is very different, but making a good first impression online still comes down to communicating like a real person.
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