Week of 26 Oct · 20 ideas · Updated every Monday

20 LinkedIn post ideas for consultants and coaches, this week.

Ideas pulled from real engagements, workshops and coaching sessions, each with an opening that works. Use them free, or let Wiri write the whole post in your voice.

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02Question

Ask if others charge for the diagnostic

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Consultants, do you charge for the diagnostic phase? I gave it away for years. Now it’s a fixed $5,000, and I’ll share why I changed.
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Why it works: A money question peers have strong views on, with your own answer to start.

03Question

Ask coaches about late cancellations

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Coaches, what do you do when a client cancels two hours before a session? I changed my policy last month, after the third time in a row.
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Why it works: A practical problem every coach has. Comments become a shared playbook.

04Question

Ask buyers what they wish consultants did

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If you’ve ever hired a consultant, what do you wish they had done differently? I’ll start with the honest feedback a client gave me in June.
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Why it works: It invites your buyers into the comments, not just your peers.

05Question

Ask about working with in-house teams

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How do you work with a client’s internal strategy team without stepping on them? I got this wrong on a project last year, and I’m still thinking about it.
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Why it works: An awkward, common situation. Admitting your mistake makes others share theirs.

06Question

Ask whether to niche in year one

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Should a new consultant pick a niche in year one? I didn’t. I took any project I could get for two years. I’m not sure I’d change it.
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Why it works: Everyone has an opinion on niching. Your honest doubt gives them room to answer.

07Story

The discovery call that changed the scope

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On our first call, the client called it a sales problem. By the third stakeholder interview, it was clear the real problem was how they paid their sales team.
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Why it works: Readers love the gap between what the client asked for and what they needed.

08Story

A workshop that went off script

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I had 14 slides planned for Thursday’s leadership offsite. We used two. At 10:15 the CFO stood up and said something nobody had said out loud in a year.
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Why it works: A room, a time and a turn in the plot. People read on to hear what was said.

09Story

The coaching client who ended it early

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In session six, my client told me she didn’t want to continue. She was right, and it took me a week to admit why.
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Why it works: Coaches rarely share the ones that ended. Honesty here builds more trust than a testimonial.

10Story

The stakeholder who blocked everything

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The head of operations didn’t say a word in our kickoff. Three weeks later I found out he’d already tried our exact plan in 2022.
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Why it works: Every consultant has met this person. The reveal makes them want the rest.

11Story

The day you told a CEO hard news

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I had to tell a CEO that his favorite project was the reason his team was burning out. I rehearsed it for 25 minutes on the drive in.
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Why it works: High stakes and a human detail. Clients want to know you can have this conversation.

12Lesson

What a failed engagement taught you

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My worst engagement was a $35,000 strategy project for a logistics firm. The work was good. The way I set it up was the problem.
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Why it works: Owning a miss with a real number shows judgment, which is what clients pay for.

13Lesson

Why you now interview the front line first

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I used to start every engagement with the leadership team. Now I start with the people who answer the phones. The first week sounds completely different.
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Why it works: A small change in method that other consultants can copy on Monday.

14Lesson

The framework you stopped using

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I used the same 2x2 matrix in almost every workshop for five years. Last spring I dropped it. Clients started arguing about the right things.
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Why it works: Giving up your own tool is surprising, and the result makes people curious.

15Lesson

Setting goals coaching clients keep

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My coaching clients used to leave session one with five goals. By session four they were working on none of them. I changed one thing about how we set them.
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Why it works: Every coach has watched goals fade. One clear change is easy to save.

16Lesson

Writing the success measure into the contract

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Every proposal I send now has one line most consultants leave out. It says exactly how the client will know, in 90 days, that hiring me worked.
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Why it works: Practical, a little bold, and it shows buyers you stand behind your work.

17Opinion

Best practice is someone else’s context

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A client asked me for “best practice” on team structure last week. I told him I could give him one, but it came from a company four times his size.
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Why it works: It pushes back on a phrase clients use daily, so it sparks a real debate.

18Opinion

Why coaches should coach fewer people

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I cap my coaching practice at 12 clients. I tried 20 once. By Thursday each week I was giving tired advice to people paying full price.
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Why it works: A clear limit with a reason. Coaches argue about it, clients respect it.

19Opinion

Retainers that run too long

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Most consulting retainers run six months longer than they should. I ended one myself in August. The client thanked me, then referred two people.
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Why it works: Saying what the industry avoids saying earns attention and trust.

20Opinion

Why you stopped leading with benchmarks

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Every client wants to know how they compare to the industry average. I’ve stopped leading with benchmarks, because the average company in most industries isn’t doing well.
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Why it works: A sharp line that makes leaders rethink a habit. Easy to agree or argue with.

KA note from KaustubhFounder, Wiral.Social

Why these ideas work

Consultants and coaches sell judgment. The trouble is, your best judgment happens in rooms nobody else sees.

A workshop that turned, a client who pushed back, a session where one question did the work. These are the moments buyers want to see. Most of you never write them down because they feel ordinary to you. They aren’t ordinary to someone deciding who to hire.

Every idea here comes from the real work: proposals, stakeholder interviews, retainers, canceled sessions. You already have the stories. You just need a way in.

How to use them

Pick one engagement or one session from the last month. Fresh memories carry the details that make a post believable.

Keep the client anonymous, keep the moment specific. A day, a number, what someone actually said. Your job is to show how you think, not to name who paid you.

Tip: Don’t turn the post into a pitch at the end. The moment you add “DM me to book a call”, the people you want to reach scroll past.

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What should a consultant post on LinkedIn to get clients?

Post the thinking behind your work. A problem you diagnosed, a recommendation that changed, a mistake you fixed. Buyers hire the person whose judgment they’ve already seen.

How can a coach share client stories without breaking confidentiality?

Change the details that identify people and keep the moment itself. Talk about the question you asked or the shift you saw, not who it was. When in doubt, ask the client first.

Can I use these ideas for free?

Yes. Every idea on this page is free to use, any week, with no sign-up. You only need a free account if you want Wiri to write the post in your voice.

Will Wiri write the post from my engagement?

Yes. Pick an idea, tell Wiri what happened in a line or two, and you get three posts in your voice to choose from. You stay in control of what gets shared.

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