Final exam — Social Selling on LinkedIn — Fluent Collective Courses

Ten questions, seven to pass. This tests whether the course's key ideas actually stuck — not trivia, the concepts that matter. Pass and you bank 100 XP.

1. What is the Warm-Up Rule?

Pitch within 24 hours of connecting, while you are fresh in their mind Engage visibly with a prospect's content for two weeks before any pitch Send a connection request with no note, then wait a month Comment on exactly one post, then send your pitch

2. A prospect checks your profile before replying to your message. What are they doing in the ten-second scan?

Reading your entire work history in detail Judging photo, headline, and banner Counting your connections Checking what university you attended

3. Which headline follows the seller's formula?

Senior Sales Director at TechCorp Results-driven growth catalyst | Let's connect today! I help SaaS founders turn trial users into paying customers Open to work — experienced sales professional

4. The Credibility Stack has three layers. Which set is correct?

Profile + content + engagement Likes + shares + follows Headline + banner + photo Posts + polls + videos

5. Which is the strongest buying signal?

They have an active LinkedIn account with a photo They work at a company in your target market They just started a new role with budget authority They accepted your connection request earlier this week

6. Your prospect list has 1,000 loosely targeted names you cannot personally warm up. What should you do?

Message all 1,000 as fast as possible Cut it to 100 precisely targeted prospects, tiered by buying signals Buy a bigger list Delete the list and start over every week

7. Which comment follows the rules of effective commenting?

Great insights! Really resonated with me. Your point about onboarding emails hits home Check out my profile for more on this topic! Agreed.

8. What is the correct connection note formula?

Five paragraphs about your company and a demo link Three lines max: who you are, why them specifically, no pitch No note at all — mystery gets acceptances A pitch with a limited-time discount to create urgency

9. A prospect replies 'not now, maybe next quarter.' What do you do?

Argue that now is actually the best time Delete them from your list permanently and never contact them again Thank them graciously, ask to check back next quarter, file them in 90-day nurture Send three more messages this week to change their mind

10. James has forty friendly LinkedIn conversations but zero booked calls. What is he missing?

Longer conversations The pivot More emojis in his messages A bigger network

Final exam: Social Selling on LinkedIn