Definition
TOFU / MOFU / BOFU
Top, middle, and bottom of the marketing funnel. LinkedIn engagement at the comment level is TOFU — it builds awareness with people who have never heard of you before any direct conversation starts.
From the episode “Why Posting on LinkedIn Is Dead (And What Top Founders Do Instead)”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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