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Everything we have learned about turning this product into posts people actually read: how to write a prompt that works, which starting point to pick, how to shape a draft, and how to keep a rhythm you can sustain. Skim it once, then come back to the section you need.
01Your first fifteen minutes
Do these four things in order and you will have published something that sounds like you before you learn a single control.
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Finish your voice profile
Tone, audience, topics and the phrases you never use. Everything downstream reads from it, so ten minutes here saves you effort on every prompt afterwards.
- 2
Connect LinkedIn
Needed to publish and schedule from inside SolenAI. Until it is connected you can still write drafts and copy them out by hand.
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Press Shuffle
No prompt required. It writes a complete post from your profile and topics, which is the fastest way to see your own voice come back at you.
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Change one line, then publish
Rewrite the hook into something only you would say. That single edit is the difference between an AI post and your post.
If a draft ever sounds generic
The fix is almost always the voice profile, not the prompt. Add the specifics of who you talk to and what you refuse to sound like, then generate again.
02Prompts that produce publishable posts
A prompt is not a topic. The generator already knows how you write; what it needs from you is the point of view.
Name the audience
Founders raising a first round beats business people. The narrower the reader, the sharper the post.
State the claim
What do you actually believe? A prompt without a claim comes back as a definition of the topic.
Give one piece of evidence
One number, one client, one moment. Specifics are what make a short post credible.
Say what changes
What should the reader do or think differently by the last line? That is your ending.
Ask for a shape
A short story, a five point teardown, a contrarian take. If you have a format in mind, say so.
Use it as an editor
Paste a rough draft and describe what to fix. Rewriting your words is often better than generating new ones.
- Lead with a concrete number, name or moment: cut onboarding from fourteen days to three.
- Write the opinion you are willing to defend in the comments.
- Say what the audience already believes, so the post can push against it.
- Ask for the format when you know it, and let it choose when you do not.
- Paste your own draft and give editing instructions instead of starting over.
- Do not write post about AI. You will get an encyclopedia entry, not a take.
- Do not stack five ideas into one prompt. Generate them separately and you have a week of posts.
- Do not pad the prompt with hashtag or emoji instructions. They crowd the hook and add nothing a reader values.
- Do not describe your tone in the prompt. That is what the voice profile is for.
- Do not force an angle you do not have. Shuffle or Ideas exist for exactly that moment.
We missed our Q2 target by thirty percent because I kept three underperforming features alive instead of killing them. Write a post for early-stage founders about the real cost of not cutting scope, ending with the one question I now ask in every roadmap review.
Why it works: A number, a decision you own, a named audience and a closing device.
Most B2B teams treat onboarding docs as a support cost. I think onboarding is the highest-leverage marketing asset a product has. Make the case for SaaS marketers in a short, punchy post with two examples of what changes when you treat it that way.
Why it works: States the common belief first, then the claim, so the post has tension to work with.
A logistics client cut quote turnaround from two days to four hours by deleting an approval step, not by adding software. Write a post for operations leaders about removing steps before buying tools. No company names.
Why it works: Proof without a name, and an instruction that keeps you out of trouble.
Everyone is shipping AI chat into products nobody asked to chat with. Write a post for product managers on how to tell whether a feature needs conversation or just a better default, with a simple test they can apply this week.
Why it works: Asks for something the reader can use immediately, which is what earns saves.
We crossed ten thousand users this month. Write a post for other bootstrappers that spends most of its words on the two things that actually compounded, weekly customer calls and saying no to enterprise deals, and only a line on the milestone itself.
Why it works: Redirects a number nobody cares about into a lesson they do.
Here is my draft. Keep my argument, cut the first three lines so it opens on the tension, tighten every sentence, and make the last line a question. Draft:
Why it works: The generator is a better editor than most people expect. Give it your words and a brief.
03Six ways to start a post
Blank page is a choice, not a state. Each of these gets you to a draft from a different direction.
From a prompt
Best when you already know the point you want to make. Everything in the section above applies here.
Shuffle
No prompt at all. Writes from your voice profile and topics, so it is the fastest way out of a blank page.
From a viral post
Borrow a structure that already worked and fill it with your own argument. You are copying the shape, never the words.
From a news story
Comment on something happening now. Stories refresh throughout the day and each one carries a suggested angle.
From a LinkedIn link
Paste any public post link and write your own take on it. Drop the link straight into the prompt box and it attaches itself.
From ideas
Out of angles entirely? Generate a list from your profile and topics, then pick the one you have an opinion about.
They all cost the same
Every source draws one post from the same monthly pool, so pick whichever gets you to a good draft fastest rather than the one that feels cheapest.
04Turn a good draft into your post
The draft is the raw material. These are the tools that make it worth someone stopping for.
Virality score
A read on hook strength, structure and payoff, with the reasoning attached. Treat it as a smoke alarm, not a grade.
Structure checks
Flags a weak opening, a wall of text or a missing takeaway before your audience gets the chance to.
Quick tweaks
Shorter, punchier, more concrete, add a call to action. One click each, no re-prompting from scratch.
Versions
Every change is kept. Restore any earlier version and it becomes the live one again, with nothing overwritten and no history piling up.
Adapt
Switch writing style or language without losing the argument. Writing in other languages is on Growth and Pro.
Your own hands
The edit box never goes away. One human line in the hook does more than three regenerations.
- Does the first line stand alone with no context? It is all most people will see.
- Is there one specific number, name or moment in the post?
- Could anyone else in your field have published this? If yes, it is not yours yet.
- Does the last line invite a reply rather than announce one?
- Read it aloud. Wherever you stumble, your reader will too.
05Learn from what already works
You do not need to guess what performs in your niche. Both the library and the people you admire are searchable.
Search the viral library
Filter by reactions, comments or date, or search by topic. When something lands, use Inspire to write your own version of it.
Pick five sharp keywords
Your feed runs on five keywords, three posts each. LinkedIn ghostwriting works, marketing does not. Generic terms get filtered out on purpose.
Know the cadence
Your personalized feed refreshes throughout the day. The viral library is the full archive and is searchable whenever you want it.
Write in a creator voice
Follow the people you learn from, then write a draft in their voice while keeping your own argument. One slot on Starter, five on Growth, unlimited on Pro.
Changing plan never loses a creator
If you move to a smaller plan, the creators beyond your new slot count are locked rather than removed. You choose which ones stay active, and the rest come back the moment you upgrade.
06Ride the news cycle before it cools
Commentary posted on the same day as the story outperforms the same thought posted a week later.
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Set the window
Six hours when you are chasing something breaking, up to seven days for slower moving sectors.
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Filter to your industry
Use the topic pills so you are reading five relevant stories instead of fifty irrelevant ones.
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Read the suggested angle
Each story carries one. It is the shortest route from a headline to an opinion you can defend.
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Add what only you can add
The story is public. What it means for your customers is not. That sentence is the whole post.
Check before you build on it
Stories are summaries of public posts and they move fast. Verify a specific claim yourself before you put your name on a post about it.
07Post on a rhythm, not in bursts
The calendar is where consistency actually happens. Fill it on a good day so a bad week cannot empty it.
Use the suggested time
Each draft carries a recommended day and window for your audience. Autofill takes it so you are not guessing.
Work in the week view
Drop a draft onto a slot, or schedule straight from the post page when you finish writing.
Set a recurring slot
Feed it from your drafts, a prompt or an image so the calendar keeps itself full instead of waiting for you.
Preview first
The LinkedIn preview shows your line breaks and exactly where the see more cut lands before you commit.
Let it remind you
Notifications and email tell you when a post is about to publish, and immediately if publishing fails.
Sustainable beats impressive
Two good posts a week for a year will do more for you than daily posting for three weeks and then silence. Schedule the volume you can keep.
08Engagement is the other half
Publishing is the easy half. Reach follows conversation, and conversation has to start somewhere.
Comment from your feed
Posts picked from your own keywords, so leaving three thoughtful comments takes minutes instead of an hour of scrolling.
Draft comments, then edit them
A comment can be drafted in your voice and in the language of the post. Always edit before sending, because a generic comment is worse than none.
Stay inside LinkedIn
The Chrome extension lets you react, comment and connect while you browse, with everything still tracked in SolenAI.
Connect after you engage
Send the request to someone whose post you just commented on. Warm beats cold, every time.
Growth and Pro
The personalized feed, AI comment suggestions and the Chrome extension are included from Growth upwards.
09Images that earn their place
An image either carries information or costs attention. There is no neutral option.
Add one when it informs
A chart, a before and after, a screenshot of the thing you are describing. Decoration makes a post slower to read, not richer.
Set your brand colours once
Save your hex colours and generated images come back on brand instead of in generic stock gradients.
Change the brief, not the dice
When an image misses, rewrite what you asked for rather than rolling again. Image tweaks come from a monthly budget.
Keep text short
A handful of words at most. Long strings render badly and become unreadable on a phone, which is where most people will see it.
10Know what your plan includes
Most of the frustration we see comes from not knowing where a limit sits. Here is the whole picture.
| Trial | Starter | Growth | Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI posts per month | 3 | 15 | 30 | Unlimited* |
| AI images per month | 3 | 15 | 30 | Unlimited* |
| Idea generations | 3 | 10 | 15 | Unlimited* |
| Scheduled publishes | 3 | 15 | 30 | Unlimited* |
| Rewrites per post | 1 | 3 | 5 | Unlimited* |
| Image tweaks per month | 3 | 10 | 15 | 40 |
| Creator slots | — | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
| AI comment suggestions | — | — | 50 | Unlimited* |
| Feed, extension, multilingual | — | — | Included | Included |
*Pro is high volume with a fair use soft cap rather than a hard monthly number.
Every generation costs the same
A post from a prompt, a viral reference, a news story or a pasted link all draw from the one monthly pool, so there is no cheaper way to start.
11Five habits that quietly cost reach
None of these are about the tool. They are the things we watch good writers do to themselves.
- Publishing the first draft. The score and the structure notes exist because the first draft is rarely the best one.
- A hook that needs context to make sense. The first line is the advert for everything under it.
- Five ideas in one post. Split them and you have five posts, each with room to breathe.
- Posting and walking away. Replying in the first hour does more for a post than the post did.
- Three weeks silent, then three days of daily posting. Consistency compounds and bursts do not.
Now go write one.
Reading about posting is not posting. Open SolenAI, press Shuffle, and publish the draft it gives you with one line changed.