Content pillars
Based on 474 LinkedIn posts, Amanda Zhu consistently returns to 3 core themes. These pillars define their LinkedIn identity and account for the majority of their engagement.
The exact deck that got us $10M last year. Copy whatever you want. BREAKING NEWS: We just raised our $38M Series B, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with HubSpot Ventures and Salesforce Ventures joining the round.
The biggest unlock between $1M and $10M ARR wasn’t product or sales. It was messaging. I’m sick of vague fundraising advice. So I made the doc I wish someone handed me on Day 1 of our seed raise.
We are the API powering [consumer notetaking app]. When David Gu and I started Recall.ai, the idea was simple: make meeting data accessible as an API.
Posting schedule
Amanda Zhu publishes 2.9 times per week, with highest activity on Monday and Tuesday. According to LinkedIn, creators posting 3–5× per week see up to 3× more profile views than less frequent posters.
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Engagement by posting time
Highest-engagement posts go out at 09:00 — averaging 308 reactions + comments per post across 429 data points.
Hook patterns
The opening line determines whether readers click "see more" or scroll past. Here are the hook types Amanda Zhu uses most, ranked by frequency.
"If you’re under $1M ARR, stop tracking metrics. They’ll kill your startup."
"It’s a snapshot of where we were - but we kept it simple:"
"I’m sick of vague fundraising advice."
"The transformation was immediate:"
"My first startup never made it past $60k ARR."
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Who this creator writes for
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