Ideas.

Most creators think they can hack the LinkedIn algorithm.

Posting times. Hashtags. Comment tricks.

But after attending a private session with LinkedIn’s product and engineering team, we realized something important:

The algorithm isn’t what most creators think it is.

The algorithm is really just the audience.

In this episode, Matt and I break down what we learned from the session and what it actually means for creators trying to grow on LinkedIn.

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Six months ago, Matt and I started Connection Accepted with no idea what we were doing. No format, no audience, and no clue how to run a podcast. 

After recording 30+ interviews with founders, athletes, professors, and creators, we’re reflecting on what we learned in Season 1 and what’s coming in Season 2.

In this episode, we break down:

🔹 The Podcasting Illusion: Why podcasting is a hobby disguised as a grind, and the signal that tells you if you should keep going

🔹 Knowledge Aggregation: How interviewing people across completely different industries helps you see patterns most people miss

🔹 The Algorithm Myth: Why the algorithm is really just the audience (and why great communication always wins)

🔹 The Season 2 Shift: Why we’re moving beyond LinkedIn growth hacks and focusing on the timeless skill behind every great creator and leader

If you’re thinking about starting a podcast, building a personal brand, or improving how you communicate online and in real life, this episode is for you.

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Katelyn Bourgoin went from a bankrupt agency owner to the "Ownable idea expert" of LinkedIn.

She’s spent 15 years in the trenches of entrepreneurship: building a two-sided marketplace, launching the famous Why We Buy newsletter, and now helping founders become Unignorable.

In this episode, Katelyn breaks down:

🔹 The Expert’s Paradox: Why the smartest people are often the worst at marketing themselves 

🔹 Founder-Down vs. Product-Up: Why your strategy should start with your beliefs, not your features 

🔹 6 Types of Ownable Ideas: From "Coined Problems" to "X vs. Y" frameworks (and how to pick yours) 

🔹 The 52-Page AI Co-Writer: How she uses Claude to scale her voice without losing her soul

If you feel like a "commodity" in a crowded market, this is your rebrand roadmap.

Connect with Katelyn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katebour/

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You don’t grow on LinkedIn by consuming. You grow by posting.

In this episode of Connection Accepted, Matt & I break down exactly what it takes to go from 0 to 10,000 followers on LinkedIn in under six months (without buying followers, automating comments, or posting corporate slop).

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Bryce Grandison went from driving Uber to slinging real estate deals on LinkedIn.

60% of his business now comes from LinkedIn.

In this episode, Bryce breaks down:

🔹How a 1-year Master’s in Real Estate (taught by practitioners) reset his trajectory

🔹Why LinkedIn beats Instagram if your buyers are executives and business owners

🔹The exact “social selling” habits that compound over time

🔹A step-by-step crash course on buying a home (and what agents actually do)

If you want to build trust at scale, this is your blueprint.

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LinkedIn is cracking down on creators using AI to flood their feed with slop.

In this episode of Connection Accepted, Daniel Greenberg and Matt Huang break down what LinkedIn’s crackdown on automation, AI commenting tools, and the recent Top Voice purge means for creators building on the platform in 2026.

Referenced posts:

LinkedIn VP on Top Voice & automation crackdown:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7407561709646737408/?originTrackingId=Ox8OnpxmnLCQa2%2FYfhxWSw%3D%3D

LinkedIn VP on AI commenting & platform integrity:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7428092873394434048/?originTrackingId=Batk5hQKVCZYUeqB%2Bm6vNA%3D%3D

Ryan Roslansky long-form article:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140609232841-678940-it-s-during-bad-times-that-you-can-tell-if-someone-is-any-good/

The opportunity on LinkedIn is still massive.

But the bar for authenticity just went up.

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The "Forbes for the Creator Economy." Real-time rankings for millions of influencers.

Jeremy Boissinot is the man behind those viral ranking pyramids taking over your LinkedIn feed.

He didn't start as a social media guru. Jeremy pivoted from a "boring" government internship to building a 100% inbound marketing machine that tracks the 360° presence of every major creator on the planet.

Jeremy’s company, Favikon, has built a following of 100,000+ by proving that data and rankings are the ultimate "breath of fresh air" in a crowded feed.

In this conversation, Jeremy breaks down the shift toward "Knowledge Creators."

If you want to understand why LinkedIn is purging "Top Voice" badges, how to turn your employees into a marketing force without being cringe, and why your unique personality is your only defense against AI slop, this episode is for you.

Connect with Jeremy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyboissinot/

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Every giant you admire started at zero.

In this episode, we talk about the psychological warfare of the "Zero" phase.

We broke everything down into 3 easy to understand categories. 

My favorite part was when we  broke down why "intensity" beats "hours worked" every single time. 

If you’re waiting for a sign to start, this is it.

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33 million impressions in a "boring" niche. Selling vinyl sheet piles with viral videos.

David Jasinski is the "Face of Construction" on LinkedIn.

He doesn't sell a trendy AI tool or a lifestyle brand. He sells vinyl sheets, a complex civil engineering product for projects with multi-year sales cycles.

David generated over 33 million impressions last year and built a following of 140,000+ by proving that "technical" doesn't have to mean "boring."

In this conversation, David breaks down his video-first strategy.

If you want to understand how to simplify complex topics for mass appeal, why video is the biggest opportunity in B2B right now, and how to ignore bad LinkedIn advice, this episode is for you.

Connect with David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geocivildavid/

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You may know Kevin Cergol-Plotkin as Cluely’s lawyer. But there’s more behind the title.Kevin is a former running-app founder, a Duke Law grad, and someone deeply interested in how a traditional industry like law collides with Silicon Valley startups and 25-year-old founders who move at lightning speed.In this episode, we dive into Kevin’s take on content in 2026, what led him to advise early-stage startups as a Partner at Mission Law, and the key legal pitfalls founders should watch for when creating content, before it becomes a problem.Connect with Kevin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincergolplotkin/Go to connectionaccepted.com and put in your email if you want to be in a future creator help hotline episode.For sponsorships or business inquiries reach out to [email protected] Matt & I as we build a $10M Podcast: Subscribe on YouTubeListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3oeHvC5...Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Our LinkedIn: / connection-accepted