Search query builder
Buyers describe symptoms; vendors describe solutions. This builds a content search that finds the first group and excludes the second.
Keep it under about six terms
LinkedIn does not error when a content search carries too many operators — it returns an empty result set, which reads exactly like “nobody is talking about this.” Three phrases plus three exclusions is a reliable shape. If a search that should match goes silent, remove one exclusion before you rewrite the phrases.
How the operators behave
- Quotes match an exact phrase — the most useful operator here.
- OR covers the different ways people phrase the same complaint.
- NOT removes vendors, which is usually most of the results.
- Parentheses group clauses so the OR does not swallow the NOT.
Longer version in the boolean search guide.
Start the habit this week.
Install it, run one search, and save five people. That is the whole first session.