How to engage stakeholders - like a Justin Welsh LinkedIn post
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How to engage stakeholders - like a Justin Welsh LinkedIn post
Bear with me on this. I’ve long been a fan of LinkedIn.
Since I saw its magic after writing my first post (that wasn’t an automated job change update) in June 2020 to be precise.
I’ve also long been a fan of Justin Welsh and his newsletters.
Justin was one of the major influences on me creating this Procure Bites substack as I wanted direct access to you, my most engaged audience, rather than having to rely on an algorithm to randomly share my content.
My article today was scheduled to be something different but I just couldn’t resist writing about the incredible parallels that struck me about writing good copy for LinkedIn with creating good engagement as a Procurement Pro.
Follow me on this journey through Justin’s latest newsletter and you’ll understand why.
Step One: Write The "Meat" of the content
Justin Writes, “The first thing I do is create "the meat" of the content. This is where you’re teaching, showing, or suggesting something. It's the information the reader is looking to consume and that you're attempting to convey.”
For Procurement professionals this is the core of what we do. We have key process steps, perhaps an RFP process mapped out with templates, guides, evaluation methodology, negotiation tips. Anybody with a good level of Procurement experience, already knows their stuff, they know what they want to convey to the business and the Procurement toolkit they are ready to employ".