Question, does having a paid LinkedIn Plan have any impact on the amount of outreach/connection requests that you can do per day/per week?

Most of the leads I’m finding for our company are 3rd degree connections on LinkedIn (no mutual connections) Of course these are most likely to have the lowest acceptance rates, should I be concerned about harming the reputation of my profile if a majority of the leads I’m finding are 3rd degree connections?

hey y’all! We create paid media for Ecom companies Does it make more sense to use Meta Ads library to find brands then find them on LinkedIn? Or just source Leads on Sales Navigator?

When you actually figure out how to use LinkedIn for your business and not just for random posting, the platform really works. Like works works. Big time. I still remember starting on LinkedIn in 2023. I was completely new to the platform, and tbh there weren't too many creators here yet doing anything. We had some names like Ben Meer and Justin Welsh who were crushing it. But the actual creator economy was incredibly slow here on LinkedIn. I transitioned from Twitter (X), Twitch, and TikTok to go all in on LinkedIn. This looked like the WORST mistake in the social media game, and I thought it wasn't going to work. But man, if you put your 200% effort into a social platform and go all in on your brand, offers, and positioning, you can make it YOUR thing. I use LinkedIn for my main business as of 2026. It's my #1 focus right now. For all of my creator and business friends on the platform, you can make the same thing happen. Just gotta push for that 200% and go all in. Let's go let's go.

Here's everything I know, condensed into 60 sec: Days 1-250: I posted every day and got nothing. No followers. No leads. No engagement. I almost quit 4 times. Days 250-500: I stopped copying what "worked for others" and built my own system. Followers started moving. Slowly. Then faster. Days 500-750: My content started reaching people who didn't follow me. DMs started coming in. First client from LinkedIn. Days 750-1,000: Crossed 40K followers. Hit $100K from content alone. No paid ads. No cold outreach. No "hacks" or whatever you call it. Don't try to go viral. Instead, try to be useful to one specific person every single day you're online. PS. How long have you been on LinkedIn so far? Let me know below 👇🏻