#113: Austin Belcak – From zero job offers to attracting 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn - a podcast by Jay Clouse / The Podglomerate

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EPISODE DESCRIPTIONAustin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture, which people how to land jobs they love without “traditional” experience and without applying online.
Austin has 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn and his posts have been viewed hundreds of millions of times. He's recently started investing time into Twitter, where he already has more than 50,000 subscribers.In this episode, we talk about Austin’s approach to content creation, what content is working on LinkedIn today, why good people give bad advice, and how being Data Driven helped him become one of the biggest accounts on LinkedIn.
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00:13 - LinkedIn is underrated00:40 - Today’s guest
01:07 - The problem with our education system02:03 - Applying to tech companies
03:34 - Is Austin LinkedIn’s TOP creator?04:20 - What we learn today
04:58 - What do you want to be when you grow up?05:42 - Austin’s early interest in entrepreneurship
06:29 - Good people give bad advice08:45 - Learning the RIGHT way to get hired
11:09 - People project their own shortcomings onto you14:32 - Sometimes your friends work against you
15:40 - Seeking approval from others is a bad idea18:03 - You have to fail a lot
19:12 - Austin’s first piece of content20:58 - Starting to create on LinkedIn
22:24 - Early struggles creating content24:56 - Ways to remove anxiety from creating
25:35 - Developing habits27:10 - Austin’s content posting cadence
32:09 - Importance of luck32:59 - Importance of data
33:39 - Find a medium that gives you energy34:21 - Analyzing your content to improve
37:13 - Why analyzing content is important39:08 - New LinkedIn carousel strategy
41:24 - Longevity of LinkedIn content43:00 - Austin on building genuine relationships
47:40 - Using a CRM to track relationships?***
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