Cracking LinkedIn SSI: Results & Tips

Introduction

Today marks the end of my second month working on improving my LinkedIn SSI. If you’re curious about my progress during the first month, you can find the details here. I recommend checking it out first to get the full context.

Let me start with a bit about myself and my goals. For one, I’ve never had an Instagram account—really! Some might call me a dinosaur, but I’m confident that skipping Instagram has saved me a lot of time. If Instagram couldn’t pull me into blogging, stories, and other time-consuming trends, LinkedIn stands no chance. My primary goal here remains unchanged: I want to find a job, not become a LinkedIn influencer with an SSI over 75.

Given this, my strategy is simple: do less to achieve more. If I can skip certain activities, I will. If there’s a shortcut, I’m taking it.

With that in mind, let me share my latest results and offer some practical tips on how I implement this minimalist strategy.

The Results

I wrapped up my first month with an SSI score of 48—a solid starting point. Now, I’m thrilled to report that after the second month, my SSI stands at 65!

Midway through the month, however, my score unexpectedly dropped from 58 to 52 in just one day. I hadn’t changed my strategy or account activity, so I was initially puzzled. Here’s what my weekly routine typically looks like:

? Post one article

? Repost something once

? Leave up to 5 valuable comments on articles I find interesting

? Like ~20 pieces of content in my feed

? Use Sales Navigator to connect with useful contacts

This sudden drop was frustrating, especially since I was so close to my goal of 60. However, without altering most of my behavior, except for one tweak (more on that in the tips), my SSI climbed back to 59 within a week, reaching a new high. I continued growing my network by connecting with professionals in similar roles in my country, and one day, I woke up to see 65!

The global goal of hitting 60+ SSI is achieved. Since my strategy takes minimal time, I’ll continue to monitor whether this score is sustainable or capped.

So, interested in some tips? Let’s dive in.

Cracking LinkedIn SSI: Tips

Tip №1: Don’t Overdo Connections

When I started using Sales Navigator, I quickly scaled up to adding 10 people daily. Soon, this became 20–25, as the conversion rate was low (10–20%). Within a few weeks, I had over 250 pending connection requests. That’s when my SSI dropped from 58 to 52.

I decided to cancel most of those requests, reducing the number of pending connections to fewer than 80. Within a week, my SSI jumped back to 59. Lesson learned:

keep your active pending requests under 100—ideally under 50

Tip №2: Consistency Pays Off

Posting valuable content won’t yield immediate results, but it pays off over time. Impressions (the number of times your content is shown) will increase as more people discover you. Stick to your routine of posting articles or updates regularly. LinkedIn’s algorithms track consistency, and they’ll eventually reward you.

Tip №3: Use AI Tools for Efficiency

Creating content doesn’t have to take hours. I’ve found the Sider Chrome extension invaluable for generating ideas and drafting posts quickly. Here’s how I use it:

1. Highlight text from an article or documentation that interests me

2. Ask Sider to draft an article based on the current page (don’t forget to say “please”—it might help when AI takes over the world!)

3. Copy the draft, tweak it a bit, and post it

This process takes less than 10 minutes per article. My philosophy:

let AI fight LinkedIn’s AI—I’m just here to watch

Feel free to use my referral link for Sider: LINK. I’ll earn some credits if you sign up with it. You will get enough credits to write articles and comments for free! If you are curious, I also use the free version.

Tip №4: Automate Comments

Building on Tip №3, you can use Sider to generate comments too. Highlight the text you want to comment on, ask for a suggestion in the sidebar, and copy-paste the result.

To be honest, I don’t always read these comments—I trust the AI. My standard prompt is:

“Please write a comment on this article in English. 3–4 sentences will suffice.”

Easy, right?

Final Thoughts

This article wasn’t written using AI (I swear!). But I’m curious to see if it performs significantly better than AI-assisted posts. My bet? It won’t. And if I’m right, why should anyone spend more time than necessary on content creation?

Best of luck with your LinkedIn journey, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

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