The best way to understand if you're getting good engagement on your LinkedIn posts is to look at the ratio of number of views to the number of comments; that way you have a better idea of how engaged people rather than an idea of how many people may have seen the post.

Is there a general structure to a LinkedIn post? If you want your post to get a little more exposure, make sure you start with a hook at the beginning of your post to get people excited.

Want more views on your profile? The first step is to like, comment, and engage on people's posts and they will be more likely to view your profile!

If you want to get more engagement on LinkedIn, you have to realize that you're not going to get engagement from people who are not engaged LinkedIn users. 

You have to build a relationship with users on the platform that are super engaged.

How can I get access to Polls and LinkedIn Live?

Sometimes LinkedIn rolls out new features, but not everyone has access to them. For instance, you can go to the LinkedIn Help Center and fill out a form to request access to LinkedIn Live!

What is the best way to message a stranger on LinkedIn without being spammy?

Greet people, feed information or send compliments to people. As long as you are not wasting time you are more likely to get a response. Although, some people won't respond no matter what you do.

Remember, it's not how often you're connecting, but if you're connecting with the right people and saying the right things.

Do you know why you should be sending direct messages on LinkedIn? To be successful, you need a DM strategy.

So you've heard our advice about direct messaging strategies. Now we're going to tell you how NOT to direct message. First piece of advice, don't use LinkedIn direct messaging as a dating app. If you want more content from Tami and Tara, subscribe to Growing Evyrgreen wherever you find your podcasts.

How do you know if you have good engagement? If you look at your post, you can see how many people viewed your post and if 10% of the people who viewed your post liked it or commented. So if 100 people viewed your post and 10 people liked it, that is about average engagement. You're doing really good.