top 10 strategies for marketing your business on linkedin
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The Top 10 Strategies For Marketing
Your Business On
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Agenda:
Why you need to pay attention to LinkedIn
How to use LinkedIn to grow your business
Key Takeaways and audience questions
Why you need to be paying attention to LinkedIn
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Why you need to be paying attention to LinkedIn
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Why you need to be paying attention to LinkedIn
Professional Image
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Openness to create professional contacts/new
relationships
Why you need to be paying attention to LinkedIn
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Online Visibility/Website Traffic
In search (Google) LinkedIn has authority
Piggyback on LinkedIn’s email updates
Why you need to be paying attention to LinkedIn
The Top
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The Top 10 strategies - 01
Get A Company Page On LinkedIn
How are company pages different from personal
profiles?
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How are company pages different from personal
profiles?
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What is a company page:
1Site Navigation
2Site Image
3Company Posts
4
Friends & Colleagues
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Why do you need one? Tell your company’s story
Highlight your products and servicesEngage with followers
Share career opportunities
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Make Sure Your Profiles are Complete & Optimized
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Make sure your personal profile is complete!
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Tips for optimizing your profileStrong headline
Professional picture
Publish content of your own
Use keywords you want to identify with
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Connect with as many people as possible
Post Regular Updates
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Benefits of posting regularlyAppear in LinkedIn Network UpdatesStay top of mind
Position as a source of good info
Others take notice and connect
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Post regular updates
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Post regular updates
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What kind of content to share?Articles you’ve written
Company news
Industry news
Events, meetings, webinars, etc.
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Tips for updatingAdd the LinkedIn share button to browserPublish on your website, then shareInclude a catchy image
Include keywords
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Make LOTS Of Connections
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It’s a SOCIAL Network!
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It’s a SOCIAL Network!
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Tips for adding connectionsMake it a daily routine
Collect business cards from everyoneConnect with everyone you’ve worked withHave all employees build LinkedIn profiles and connect
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Accept all connection invites
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Promote Your Page
With Your OtherWeb Properties
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Post your page URL on your:Website
Blog
Business Card
Email Signature
Other Social Networks
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Get Recommendations From Happy
Customers/Vendors/Employees
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Company/product recommendations
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Personal recommendations
Tips for getting recommendationsDo great work!
Don’t force it
Recommend others
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Build great products!
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Advertise
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Benefits
Simple and fast
Great targeting
Huge exposure to otherwise hard to reach people
Affordable
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Where?
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Examples
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Targeting
Title
Company
Location
Groups
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Advertising Strategies
Always split-test your ads
Get really targeted
Test totally different images
Test different ad formats (video!)
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Participate In Groups
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Why groups?
Collections of people by interest, industry, etc.
Great place to make connections
Great place to find your target audience
Demonstrate your expertise
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Group tips
Connect with the people in the groupAnswer questions
Start thoughtful discussions
Don’t spam!
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Create Your Own Group
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Benefits
Show your expertise
Demonstrate leadership
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Control over conversation
Message your group members
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Tips3
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Your name is important!
Create a group for the audience you are
targeting
Design the group logo to fit.
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Use IntroductionsAnd InMail To
Reach Out To People
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InMail
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Introductions
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Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways
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Case Study: James Filbird
Case Study
• Built $5 million business through efforts on LinkedIn
• Completed profile• Joined 50 groups• One hour weekly
participating in groups• Sent connections to
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LinkedIn is an easy and cost effective way to…
Expand your reach
Brand yourself and your company
Engage your prospects and customers
Network with key influencers in your industry
Summary
Be STRATEGICin your use of
LinkedIn and you’ll have GREAT results!
Summary
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Questions?QUESTIONS?
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