Nathan BarryFounder and CEO, Kit · Founder and CEO at Kit

How Chris Donnelly Became Nr 1 On LinkedIn

5 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, Chris Donnelly explains the systematic approach he used to become the fastest‑growing LinkedIn account. He details how he engineered hook creation, conducted a data‑driven study of hundreds of creators by monitoring daily follower counts and pinpointing the posts that generated the biggest spikes. He identified three high‑performing content pillars—delegation, system creation, and habits—and focused exclusively on them. By investing $80,000 over six months, he scaled his revenue to $350,000 by year‑end, cementing his status as the top‑growing LinkedIn creator.

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What content is gonna get people to want to follow me? What content is going to educate people so they associate trust with me? I really systemize creating hooks. I really studied other creators. Like, I would study hundreds of other creators, and I would take a note of their following every day, and then I would look at which individual post drove the biggest followers before that technology was available, right? And so I was like, okay, well, it's the content on delegation, or it's the content on system creation, or on habits that's driving massive growth. And so In many ways, I took all the things I loved and all the things I knew would do well, and I went all in on that. And from 6 months and $80,000, I then got to $350,000 by the end of the year. And that's when people were like, that's the fastest growing account like in the world. And the benefits started to be very significant at that point.