Updated: 4 November 2026

Turn an experience into a LinkedIn post

This prompt turns a story from your work into a LinkedIn post. You give what happened, the lesson and who you want to reach, and it writes a first line that makes people click see more.

text-linkedin-post-story — chatgpt — 58 words

Write a LinkedIn post from this experience.

What happened: [STORY]
Lesson: [TAKEAWAY]
Audience: [WHO I WANT TO REACH]

Format: a first line that makes people click "see more", short paragraphs, no more than 180 words, one clear takeaway and a question at the end. Honest tone. No hashtag spam (max 3) and no "I am humbled to announce".

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Post stories about mistakes and lessons. They travel further than announcements.

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What you will get

A post under 180 words with a first line that earns the “see more” click, short paragraphs telling what happened, one clear lesson, at most three hashtags and a question at the end.

Why it works

Only the first two lines show before “see more”, so the prompt makes the opening its own job. The word limit and short paragraphs match how people read on a phone. Banning stock phrases and hashtag spam keeps the post sounding like a person, and the closing question gives readers an easy reason to comment.

Common mistake

The first line gives away the lesson.

Fix: Ask for an opening that starts in the middle of the moment, such as what someone said, and keeps the lesson for later.

Also watch for

The story loses its specifics. Keep at least one detail only you would know, such as a number, a time or a line someone said. Specifics are what make it believable.
The closing question is too broad to answer. “What do you think?” gets nothing. Ask for a question people can answer from their own job in one line.

Try a variation: carousel version

Turn the same story into a 6 slide carousel script: the hook on slide one, one beat per slide, and the lesson and question on the last.

Still not right? Reply with this

Give me three different first lines that start inside the moment, and make the closing question one my audience can answer in a sentence.