LinkedIn Post Hooks

Generate attention-grabbing opening lines that stop the scroll on LinkedIn.

Prompt Template

Create 10 LinkedIn post hooks for:

**Topic:** [What the post is about]
**Target Audience:** [Who you want to reach]
**Post Goal:** [Engagement/Thought leadership/Lead gen/Brand awareness]
**Tone:** [Professional/Conversational/Provocative/Inspirational]

Requirements:
- First line must be compelling (it's all people see before "see more")
- Create curiosity or tension
- Avoid clickbait that doesn't deliver
- Mix formats: questions, statements, stories, contrarian takes

Hook Categories

Story Hooks

• "Last week, I made a $50,000 mistake."
• "The best advice I ever got came from an Uber driver."
• "In 2019, I almost quit my job. Here's what happened instead."

Contrarian Hooks

• "Unpopular opinion: Cold calling isn't dead."
• "Everything you've been told about marketing funnels is wrong."
• "The 'best' sales advice is actually destroying your pipeline."

Question Hooks

• "What would you do with 10 extra hours per week?"
• "Why do 90% of startups fail at the same growth stage?"
• "Is your sales process actually helping or hurting?"

Data Hooks

• "I analyzed 1,000 cold emails. Here's what actually works."
• "We tested 50 subject lines. The winner surprised everyone."
• "After 500 sales calls, I discovered one pattern."

Vulnerability Hooks

• "I've been in sales for 10 years and I still get rejected daily."
• "Here's what I wish someone told me before my first marketing role."
• "I used to think I was good at this. Then I saw the data."

Best Practices

• Keep hooks under 150 characters
• Use line breaks strategically
• Match the hook energy to the content
• Deliver on the promise in the post body