Richard van der Blom's Recent LinkedIn Posts

I can’t, not today. The platform I value so much has turned into an echo chamber of experts asking me to comment to get a copied-paste clickbait document. Where people who discovered LinkedIn last year are ruining the credibility by selling stolen inspiration. Not this Monday LinkedIn can I have the good old you…

My reach dropped. Then I found out why. It wasn't the ads. It wasn't the pods. It was something most people haven't even heard of yet — and once I understood it, my reach went up 30% again. The reason? LinkedIn quietly rebuilt how it decides who gets seen. From the ground up. And the element sitting at the cent…

Everyone obsesses over their LinkedIn headline They're optimizing the wrong thing Your About section is the most important text on your profile. Here's why: → It's indexed stronger than any other field by LinkedIn's algorithm → 6% of profile visitors actually read it (the rest of your profile? Only 2%) → It's whe…

I can’t, not today. The platform I value so much has turned into an echo chamber of experts asking me to comment to get a copied-paste clickbait document. Where people who discovered LinkedIn last year are ruining the credibility by selling stolen inspiration. Not this Monday LinkedIn can I have the good old you…

LinkedIn doesn't care how hard you worked on that post. It cares about four things. And most creators are failing at least two of them. Here's what the data from our Algorithm Insights Report 2026 shows: 𝗧𝗶𝗽 𝟭 — 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 Creators who post across 3+ unrelated topics see up to 42% lower distribut…

10 LinkedIn tips I saw this week that promise the stars but deliver crickets. All real. All still being shared. All terrible. 1️⃣ "After posting, repost your post 5 hours later, then again before bed" Congratulations. You've now annoyed your audience 3x and taught the algorithm you're desperate. 2️⃣ "Comment 'GOA…