I studied 400+ high engagement LinkedIn posts from B2B founders.
70% of them were average content.
But all had one thing in common.

The first 2 lines (aka hooks); they were weapons of mass engagement.

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β€· Selected 7 highly visible B2B founders
β€· Picked their recent LinkedIn posts
β€· Covered multiple topics. Growth hacks. Founder stories. Deep dives. All of it.
β€· Bonus: Trained ChatGPT to suggest similar hooks for my LinkedIn posts.


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The best posts won in the first 2 lines.

Here are the 7 super engaging hook writing styles to steal right away (each with 2 real examples of hooks that stopped me cold)

>> 1. Start mid action

β€œWe almost shut the company down last Friday.”
β€œI fired our biggest customer.”

β†’ Hooks that drop you into the action feel urgent; and impossible to ignore.

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>> 2. Say what everyone's thinking, but louder

β€œMost LinkedIn advice is useless.”
β€œYour sales team hates your CRM. So do your buyers.”

β†’ Call out the unspoken truth and you’ll earn attention instantly.

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>> 3. Create an open loop

β€œI made one change and revenue 3x’d.”
β€œWorst decision I’ve made as a founder.”

β†’ Curiosity keeps people reading. No doubt mystery is magnetic.

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>> 4. Drop a specific stat (better if extreme)

β€œ3 founders. 0 employees. $1.2M ARR.”
β€œ99% of demos fail in the first 4 minutes.”

β†’ Specific numbers signal credibility and force a pause.

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>> 5. Break a rule

β€œWe skipped the MVP. Launched the full thing.”
β€œI hired a VP before we had PMF.”

β†’ Rule-breakers make people curious, even if they disagree.

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>> 6. Inject an emotional twist

β€œI cried after this customer churned.”
β€œThe first time I felt like a real CEO.”

β†’ Emotion disarms the reader and makes you unforgettable.

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>> 7. Invent a new word

β€œWe don’t do outbound. We do trustbound.”
β€œThis isn’t content. It’s founder signaling.”

β†’ New terms = new category = instant authority.

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Focus on your hooks.

That’s the first step towards getting noticed - or getting ignored.

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