What is the “success” rate you get with this? I am getting some messages of that type. Mixed feelings…

@Gert Villemos I did the same in the beginning, and being happy to see my numbers grow. Now I am very picky and I do not accept any connect requests from any consultants who promise me more leads via LinkedIn or want to coach me. Plus the double bell/nobell setting helps as well.

@Adam Egger what is a "raw link"?

My curveball that is slowing down my business is actually more than 1 week old, and I would call it "ultimate decision fatigue". This is how the story went: In Q3/2024 I went part-time to give myself time to develop my business, I reduced my responsibilities in my corporate job and stepped down from my leadership role (for which a colleague willingly applied and was accepted by management). Around 6 weeks into the assignment, he dropped the ball and the whole lead responsibility landed again with me... October 2024 was the most intense and least paid month of last year, and yet I managed to deliver a keynote on change management and a LinkedIn Live session with someone I met on that platform. Then in Q4/2024 my business partner said they must take a break due to other priorities in private life. And I don't think I am a solopreneur at heart, rather a team-player, so that was a blow. But in Q1/2025 after the winter-break I decided to try on my own - and so I did. Back on LinkedIn, developing product ideas, validating them with ICP, messaging, posting, networking... And then... An opportunity of an entirely different kind came my way - and we made a big investment with my husband (and we're happy about it!). Since 3 months it's filling up our free-time as well now, into the Q2/2025, with all kinds of administrative and physical tasks or decisions we never took in our lives. Meanwhile, I was also asked to take the lead of an Agilist Team in a SECOND corporate project due to a heated situation with the customer (and the project is strategic) 🤦‍♀️. To manage that, I reorganized my old, well-established and trusted team in a quite innovative way, giving them much more responsibility and freedom than ever. I convinced management to let me try this approach no one heard before in a scaled agile setting. I had doubts, but that was my only option to take the leap and trust my team will carry it (spoiler: works like a charm!). It freed up my bandwidth a bit, I had time to think. And actually, I am very proud of that re-org and of the participative way I executed it. Went in like butter, no resistance whatsoever.

Wow, that's a really great idea and a very generous offer, @Adam Egger . I hope to see the community grow with great connections.