Secret Growth Hack: How this advisor signed up hundreds from his network in days

If you’ve been reading these blogs for a while, you’ve heard me say there are no shortcuts. Consistency is everything.

But all good rules are meant to be broken.

This hack is just too good not to share.

One financial advisor I work with converted 25% of his network into subscribers.

Another converted a third!

On average, this move has landed advisors hundreds of new prospects on their newsletter mailing list within days.

For advisors, these aren’t just “readers.” These are some of the warmest, highest-quality prospects imaginable. They're willingly choosing to get a regular dose of your expertise on a weekly basis.

Your newsletter subscribers are your “free subscription” clients. They’ve chosen you as their trusted resource for understanding the financial world. You can nurture them until they’re ready to convert into your “paid subscription” clients, and in the meantime, they’re likely not going to purchase that paid subscription from a competing advisor.

Ready for the best part? The advisors did it without any paid marketing. It actually doesn’t require any marketing or sales at all.

He did it with a simple growth hack that I’m shocked more people aren’t talking about.

I’ll break down exactly what he did, why it worked, and how you can replicate it immediately.

The Proven 2-Step Playbook for Growth (Quick Recap)

You’ve seen me say this before, but I’ll say it again: the most effective marketing strategy for advisors is simple:

1️⃣ Show up on social media 2–3 times per week with consistently valuable information or education.

2️⃣ Publish a weekly newsletter that’s timely, skimmable, and relevant to your clients’ and prospects’ lives.

The goal isn’t to convince someone to hire you from a single post.

It’s to get as many people as possible onto your free subscription.

Your free subscription is what builds the habit. It’s what gets you in front of the right people every week. It’s what turns visibility into trust, and trust into clients.

This formula is proven.

But there’s a secret shortcut that boosts your newsletter reach dramatically, and instantly.

LinkedIn newsletters.

Let me explain.

The Secret Growth Shortcut: LinkedIn Newsletters

LinkedIn Newsletters are an under-the-radar growth hack that can immediately expand your subscriber base and visibility with almost zero extra effort.

Yes, there are a few tradeoffs with LinkedIn newsletters. You don’t own your subscriber list, you don’t have direct email addresses, and you’ll want a parallel email strategy for long-term relationship control.

But the immediate upside is impossible to ignore.

1. LinkedIn newsletters = instant free subscriber growth

The minute you start a newsletter on LinkedIn, LinkedIn sends an automatic invite to all your connections and followers to subscribe. You don’t have to do anything.

That’s not just a nice growth feature. That’s a massive, free, soft-touch conversion opportunity.

It’s essentially LinkedIn saying, "Your connection is sharing valuable insights. Do you want a free subscription?"

And it works.

Advisors using this strategy are seeing up to a third of their entire network subscribe within days of launch.

And they’re coming from your personal and work network. Where better to find your new clients?

For zero dollars. Zero ads. No awkward asks.

This isn’t marketing. You’re not asking for anything. You’re just offering your insights. This is the "free subscription" to your expertise.

It's value-first, and that's why it works.

2. It keeps working automatically

Here’s the part that makes it a true growth machine.

Every time someone connects with you or follows you in the future, LinkedIn sends them an automatic invitation to subscribe to your newsletter.

That’s a second nudge, built right into the platform. And it’s one of the most frictionless funnels you can build.

Forget handing out business cards or chasing people to visit your website. Instead, after meeting someone new at a conference or speaking at an event, simply connect with them on LinkedIn. No sales pitch, just a friendly connection request.

LinkedIn does the rest, automatically offering them your free subscription to ongoing valuable insights.

If the content looks valuable, why wouldn’t they sign up?

It’s the ultimate no-pressure path to signing up for your services. Almost entirely hands-off.

Now imagine doing that over an entire year of networking, with dozens, maybe hundreds, of warm leads joining your mailing list without you ever asking for anything or pitching your services.

All you have to do is connect with people.

3. You're not just staying visible, you're building a moat

Let’s talk about what this actually means for your business.

These subscribers aren’t just casual readers. They’re the exact kind of people who are most likely to convert.

1. They’re already in your network.

2. They’ve seen your content and found it valuable enough to opt into your free subscription.

3. You’re now their trusted resource for understanding what’s going on in the world and how it affects them.

And that means when they’re ready to act, they’re calling you first. Not someone else.

That’s how you turn subscribers into clients, and clients into long-term loyalists.

Every newsletter edition you publish automatically reaches subscribers directly in their LinkedIn notifications, inboxes, or feeds, depending on their preferences.

It's like digitally bumping into your best prospects at the country club or networking event every single week, but it’s better. It’s completely free, way less effort, and you’re demonstrating your expertise instead of making small talk and hoping they bring up financial questions.

For your current clients, this means regular contact that naturally reinforces your relationship. For prospects, it keeps you top-of-mind as their trusted expert, one click away when they’re ready for deeper financial advice (that premium subscription).

4. It also makes social media way easier

Each LinkedIn newsletter you publish is automatically distributed like a regular LinkedIn post.

Publish a weekly newsletter, and that's already four posts per month right there. Add just one or two quick insights from your newsletter each week as separate posts (maybe even a quick video selfie) and you're effortlessly hitting the recommended 2-3 weekly posts LinkedIn suggests.

One advisor I work with increased his monthly posting frequency by 6x this way.

And it’s not just easier. It’s smarter.

You’re reinforcing the same messages, with consistent language and visuals, across multiple channels, which builds brand recall and trust.

That’s the playbook:

1️⃣ Post more value, get more visibility

2️⃣ Capture that visibility on a newsletter, convert into clients

(Pro tip: With Share Scoops Pro, you can generate your weekly newsletter in about five minutes each week.)

Pro Tips for Maximum Impact

✅ Publish from your personal LinkedIn account, not your business page. People trust personal voices and faces, not logos. You also likely have way more connections than your business has followers. You want that natural connection-to-subscribe offer to flow from your personal account.

✅ Re-share the newsletter to your company LinkedIn page, adding a quick note and a clear invitation: "Want this in your inbox? Drop your email here." Those who proactively subscribe directly via email are hot leads who warrant personalized follow-up.

✅ Keep content timely, simple, and relevant. The best posts break down current economic news or financial topics your audience genuinely cares about. You’re not marketing. You’re providing real value every single week. That’s how trust (and subscriptions) grow quickly.

✅ Use Share Scoops Pro to generate your weekly newsletter in five minutes, and you’ve got everything you need to launch your own growth engine today.

Bottom Line

This growth hack is so easy, you’re probably feeling guilty for not having done it already.

It’s okay, I won’t judge.

It’s the shortcut that not a lot of people are talking about, but they should be.

It grows your audience and keeps you top of mind with people who already know you.

And most importantly, it turns your network into a subscriber base, so when the time comes to hire an advisor, they already know who to trust.

Want a little help getting started? Join my webinar next week or book a quick call with me.