effective use of linkedin
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Chloë Thomas, indiumonline www.charitycomms.org.uk/eventsTRANSCRIPT
Social Media Conference
21 March 2012
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Effective Use of LinkedIn
Wednesday 21st March 2012
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Breakout Overview
• How LinkedIn works
o For individuals
o For companies
• The most important LinkedIn tools
• How to optimise your LinkedIn activity to improve your
results
• How to use LinkedIn Ads
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• 100m users worldwide (March 2011) – grows by 1m a week
• 11m users across Europe
• 5m+ UK users (Dec 2010) – grew by 2m in 2010
• Over 2m companies have Linkedin Company Pages
• There were nearly two billion people searches on LinkedIn in 2010
Why LinkedIn?
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Overlaps with Online PR, SEO, the Real World
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Social
Media
PR The Real
World
SEO
• Your address book
• Your professional
networking tool
• Email system
• Notice board
• Support forum
• “Free”
What is LinkedIn?
• Complement and amplify
what you’re already doing
• It’s another one-to-one
contact channel
• Publicise events
• Group mailings
• Enable prospects to find you
• Find prospects and make
contact
Why should you be
using it?
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The Theory of LinkedIn
1st Level
2nd Level
& Groups
3rd Level
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• One Off Set Up
• Profile Page
• Skills
• Company Page
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• Use the ‘right’ job title
• Do fill in your previous employers
• Write a strong description
• Add Skills – lots of skills!
• Take control of the Company Page
One off Set Up Top Tips
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• Status Updates
• Connections & Recommendations
• Join the conversation
• Groups
• Answers
• Custom Search “Signal”
Harness the Power of LinkedIn
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onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
onlinemarketingworkshops.co.uk01865 980 630
Daily Activities Top Tips
• 1st few pages of “People you may know”
• Check saved searches
• Check group discussions
• Check link invitations
• Check inbox
• Share update of what you’re working on
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Precise targeting:
• Geographic –
country & town
• Company – name or
sector & size
• Job Title – specific
or categories
• Groups members
• Gender
• Age
And collect leads
LinkedIn Ads
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