✍️ AI LinkedIn Ghostwriter & 30-Day Content Engine

Slug: ai-linkedin-ghostwriter
Category: Content Marketing / Personal Branding
Powered by: Apify + Claude AI

Scrape the top viral LinkedIn posts in your niche, reverse-engineer what makes them explode, and generate a full 30-day content calendar written in YOUR voice — ready to post. Zero blank page. Zero writer's block. Ever again.

💥 Why This Skill Will Dominate ClawHub

LinkedIn has 1 billion users. 97% never post. The 3% who do get all the leads, speaking gigs, clients, and opportunities.

Every founder, agency owner, freelancer, consultant, and solopreneur NEEDS this. That's your entire audience — all at once.

What this skill does:

• 🔍 Scrapes the top 50 viral posts in any niche (last 30 days)
• 🧠 Analyzes hooks, formats, structures & emotional triggers that drove engagement
• 🎯 Identifies the 5 content formats that work best in your specific niche
• ✍️ Generates 30 full LinkedIn posts written in your personal tone & voice
• 📅 Organizes everything into a ready-to-use content calendar
• 🔁 Includes post variations for A/B testing hooks

🛠️ Apify Actors Used

⚙️ Full Workflow

INPUT: Your niche + target audience + tone + 3 content goals
        ↓
STEP 1 — Scrape Top 50 Viral Posts in Your Niche (last 30 days)
  └─ Filter by: likes, comments, shares, reposts
        ↓
STEP 2 — Analyze What Made Them Go Viral
  └─ Hook patterns, post length, format type, emotional triggers,
     CTA style, use of line breaks, storytelling structure
        ↓
STEP 3 — Identify Top 5 Winning Formats for Your Niche
  └─ e.g. Contrarian take / Personal story / How-to list /
     Unpopular opinion / Before & after transformation
        ↓
STEP 4 — Scrape Reddit & Google Trends
  └─ Find the raw questions, frustrations & desires of YOUR audience
        ↓
STEP 5 — Build Your Content Pillars (5 topics that own your niche)
  └─ Based on viral data + audience pain points + your expertise
        ↓
STEP 6 — Claude AI Writes 30 Full Posts in Your Voice
  └─ Week 1: Authority & expertise posts
  └─ Week 2: Personal story & vulnerability posts
  └─ Week 3: Contrarian & opinion posts
  └─ Week 4: Value, tips & actionable how-to posts
        ↓
OUTPUT: 30 posts + calendar + hook variations + posting schedule (JSON / Markdown)

📥 Inputs

{
  "your_profile": {
    "niche": "Digital Marketing for SaaS",
    "target_audience": "SaaS founders and CMOs",
    "tone": "direct, no-fluff, slightly contrarian",
    "expertise": "Paid ads, LinkedIn growth, demand generation",
    "personal_story": "Went from agency employee to $30K/month freelancer in 18 months",
    "content_goals": ["generate inbound leads", "build authority", "grow to 10K followers"]
  },
  "scraping": {
    "hashtags": ["saasmarketing", "b2bmarketing", "linkedingrowth"],
    "top_creators_to_analyze": ["competitor1_linkedin_url", "competitor2_linkedin_url"],
    "lookback_days": 30,
    "min_likes": 200
  },
  "output": {
    "posts_count": 30,
    "include_hook_variations": true,
    "include_posting_schedule": true,
    "format": "markdown"
  },
  "apify_token": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
}

📤 Output Example

{
  "niche_analysis": {
    "top_formats": [
      { "format": "Contrarian take", "avg_likes": 847, "share": "34% of viral posts" },
      { "format": "Personal transformation story", "avg_likes": 612, "share": "28% of viral posts" },
      { "format": "Numbered how-to list", "avg_likes": 430, "share": "19% of viral posts" }
    ],
    "best_posting_times": "Tuesday & Thursday 8-9am",
    "optimal_post_length": "900-1,200 characters",
    "top_performing_hooks": [
      "I made $X doing Y. Here's exactly how:",
      "Unpopular opinion: [contrarian statement]",
      "Nobody talks about this but [insight]"
    ]
  },
  "content_pillars": [
    "Paid Ads that actually convert (tactical)",
    "The reality of freelancing no one shows (personal)",
    "Why most SaaS marketing is broken (contrarian)",
    "Behind-the-scenes of scaling to $30K/month (story)",
    "Frameworks & templates you can steal (value)"
  ],
  "posts": [
    {
      "day": 1,
      "pillar": "Contrarian",
      "format": "Unpopular opinion",
      "hook": "Unpopular opinion: Your LinkedIn content isn't failing because of the algorithm.",
      "body": "It's failing because you're writing for your peers.\
Not your buyers.\
\
Every post is full of industry jargon.\
Every insight assumes too much context.\
Every CTA is vague.\
\
Your ideal client — the SaaS founder drowning in churn —\
doesn't care about 'omnichannel synergy'.\
\
They care about:\
→ Getting more trials\
→ Converting free users to paid\
→ Not bleeding budget on ads that don't work\
\
Write for them.\
Use their words.\
Solve their specific problem in every post.\
\
The algorithm rewards relevance.\
Relevance comes from specificity.\
Specificity comes from knowing your buyer cold.\
\
Stop writing for likes.\
Start writing for leads.",
      "cta": "What's the #1 mistake you see in B2B content? Drop it below 👇",
      "hook_variation_a": "Unpopular opinion: Your LinkedIn content isn't failing because of the algorithm.",
      "hook_variation_b": "I reviewed 200 SaaS LinkedIn profiles last month. 94% made the same mistake."
    },
    {
      "day": 3,
      "pillar": "Personal story",
      "format": "Transformation story",
      "hook": "18 months ago I was billing $4,500/month as a freelancer and thinking about quitting.",
      "body": "Today I cleared $30K last month.\
\
Here's the exact shift that changed everything:\
\
I stopped selling 'Facebook Ads services'.\
I started selling 'predictable SaaS trial growth'.\
\
Same skill set.\
Completely different positioning.\
\
The old me: 'I run ads for businesses'\
The new me: 'I help SaaS founders get their first 1,000 trials without burning cash'\
\
Results:\
→ Average client value went from $1,500 to $6,000/month\
→ Sales calls dropped from 15/month to 4/month\
→ Close rate went from 20% to 75%\
\
Positioning isn't about lying.\
It's about being the most relevant option\
for one specific person with one specific problem.\
\
Niche down until it feels uncomfortable.\
Then go one level deeper.",
      "cta": "What's your current positioning? I'll give you honest feedback 👇",
      "hook_variation_a": "18 months ago I was billing $4,500/month as a freelancer and thinking about quitting.",
      "hook_variation_b": "The day I raised my prices by 4x and started getting MORE clients, not fewer."
    }
  ],
  "calendar": [
    { "day": "Monday", "week": 1, "post_id": 1, "pillar": "Contrarian", "status": "ready" },
    { "day": "Wednesday", "week": 1, "post_id": 2, "pillar": "Value/How-to", "status": "ready" },
    { "day": "Friday", "week": 1, "post_id": 3, "pillar": "Personal Story", "status": "ready" }
  ],
  "posting_schedule": {
    "frequency": "3x per week",
    "best_days": ["Tuesday", "Thursday", "Saturday"],
    "best_time": "8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (audience local time)",
    "monthly_reach_estimate": "15,000 - 45,000 impressions (based on niche benchmarks)"
  }
}

🧠 Claude AI Master Prompt

You are a world-class LinkedIn ghostwriter and content strategist.

VIRAL POST ANALYSIS FROM SCRAPING:
{{viral_posts_data}}

AUDIENCE PAIN POINTS FROM REDDIT:
{{reddit_pain_points}}

TRENDING TOPICS THIS MONTH:
{{trending_topics}}

MY PROFILE:
- Niche: {{niche}}
- Target audience: {{target_audience}}
- Tone: {{tone}}
- Expertise: {{expertise}}
- Personal story: {{personal_story}}
- Goals: {{content_goals}}

TASK:
1. Identify the top 5 content formats that dominate this niche
2. Define 5 content pillars based on viral patterns + audience pain points
3. Write 30 full LinkedIn posts (10 per format type) in the user's exact tone
4. For each post include: hook, full body, CTA, 2 hook variations for A/B test
5. Build a 30-day posting calendar (3x/week: Mon/Wed/Fri or Tue/Thu/Sat)
6. Add estimated reach based on niche engagement benchmarks

RULES FOR EVERY POST:
- Hook = first line must stop the scroll. Make a bold claim or ask a sharp question.
- Use white space aggressively — short punchy lines, never walls of text
- No corporate jargon. Write like a human talking to a human.
- End with a CTA that invites conversation, not just likes
- Optimal length: 900-1,200 characters

OUTPUT: Valid JSON only. No markdown. No preamble.

💰 Cost Estimate

💡 $5 free Apify credits on signup = your first 14 clients' content completely free.
👉 https://www.apify.com?fpr=dx06p

🔗 Use Cases That Print Money

📊 Why This Skill Beats Everything in Your Catalog

🚀 Setup in 3 Steps

Step 1 — Get your Apify API Token
Sign up free → https://www.apify.com?fpr=dx06p
Go to: Settings → Integrations → API Token

Step 2 — Fill in your profile details
Niche, audience, tone, your story, your goals. The more specific, the better the output.

Step 3 — Add your target hashtags & run
30 posts + full calendar ready in under 5 minutes.

⚡ Pro Tips to Get Maximum Engagement

• Post consistency beats post perfection — 3x/week for 90 days beats 1 viral post
• Your best hook is always your first line — rewrite it 5 times before posting
• Reply to every comment in the first 60 minutes — LinkedIn rewards fast engagement
• Pin your best performing post — new visitors see your best content first
• Use the A/B hook variations — test the same post with 2 different openers 2 weeks apart

🏷️ Tags

linkedin content-marketing ghostwriting personal-branding agencies freelancers content-calendar apify ai-copywriting social-media thought-leadership lead-generation

Powered by Apify + Claude AI