Promote your employer brand, build a following and engage with your followers. The LinkedIn follower eco-system offers tangible metrics to measure the success of your employer brand and the means to engage with those following your brand, delivering tailored messages to specific audience segments.
3. Your Followers: A valuable pool of talent
Engaged talent Long-term Brand evangelists
pool relationships
71% 64% 61%
of members are interested in of followers would follow of members are more likely to
updates on job opportunities companies indefinitely share information as a result
from companies they follow of following a company
LinkedIn Follower Report, US, January 2012
6. How often members want to receive company
updates
~45% of company followers would
prefer to get weekly updates
Information members want to receive1
New job openings at the company 71%
Relevant news articles and insights 68%
New project or initiative 61%
Base: Respondents who said they would follow at least 1 company (n = 320) & were interested in receiving this specific update
Source: Survey of 3 active LinkedIn members in the US and Canada (fielded 10/3/2011)
7. In your own words, please describe the kinds of company updates that you would
be most interested in receiving.
Updates that include large strategic & people shifts in
the company. New product launches, discoveries of
new technologies / partners with technologies. Large, I DON'T want marketing spam, I do
unexpected financial changes. High profile talks by want news stories, product
key leaders, i.e. CEO, President, CFO, CMO's etc. reviews, people I know leaving or
starting there.
I like to stay in touch
with the industry. New
tips- tricks, and
people moving
around.
I want to know when a
company launches a new
product. I want any
financial
announcements from a
company.
Source: Survey of 320 active LinkedIn members in the US and Canada (fielded 10/3/2011)
8. Less is 50 characters or less
drives 28% higher
More engagement
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10. Engage and build relationships
Deliver regular updates to your followers network update streams
NEW
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11. Grow your talent community
Add followers by targeting the right types of professionals
Off LinkedIn and On LinkedIn
Ed Franklin
xyzCo
xyzCo Grow Your Career by Following:
XYZ.CO
XYZ.CO
Cecile, get the latest on XYZ.CO
Jobs, News & more!
Grow Your Career by Following:
XYZ.CO
XYZ.CO
Cecile, get the latest on XYZ.CO
Jobs, News & more!
LinkedIn internal data, April 2011- February 2012
12. Establish a Career Page
Build your careers hub on LinkedIn
63%
Of LinkedIn members expect companies to
have a presence on LinkedIn
LinkedIn Follower Report, US, January 2012
13. Measure your impact
Detailed follower analytics
NEW
Track
company Segment
update followers on
engagement targetable
metrics dimensions
Track new
follower
acquisition
14. Key Take Aways......
Why should you care? What can you do?
71% followers interested Add Follower button
in career opportunities
Communicate
80% of members will
Follow up to 6 companies Target/Track