Capgemini launched a content marketing strategy called Content Loop on LinkedIn to build brand awareness and connect with business and IT decision makers. Content Loop curates relevant articles from media sources and Capgemini's own content. It invites users to connect with Capgemini experts and share comments. Capgemini uses LinkedIn's advertising and analytics tools to promote top performing Content Loop articles, generating over 350,000 visitors and 1.8 million social shares in the first six months. The partnership has been highly successful in growing Capgemini's follower count and engagement on LinkedIn.
1. Marketing Solutions
Committing to content puts Capgemini ahead
Collaborating with LinkedIn has put content at the heart of Capgeminis brand strategy, and
forged powerful connections with business and IT decision makers.
Capgemini offers an array of integrated services that combine
top-of-the-range technology with deep sector expertise to help
clients improve their performance and competitive positioning.
As the worlds leading B2B publishing platform, LinkedIn was
the natural partner to help build a content strategy embodying
this expertise.
Capgemini launched Content Loop in April 2013. The site,
with its seamless social integration, quickly put Capgemini at
the heart of business and IT conversations and is creating a
powerful competitive advantage for the brand as a result.
Why LinkedIn
The worlds leading B2B publishing platform
and a natural content partner
Proven reach and influence amongst business
and IT decision-makers
Powerful capabilities for targeting by role, location,
interest and technology choices
LinkedIn APIs drive content sharing and amplification
from dedicated microsite
Connecting with experts put Capgeminis human face
to the fore
Results:
358,719 unique visitors in Content Loops first
six months
Visitors spend an average of just over 4 minutes on
the site per visit
Capgeminis Company Page added 130,000 followers
in the six months following the launch of Content Loop,
bringing total followers to 280,000
The Company Page continues to add between 3,000
and 4,000 followers per week
Content Loop Sponsored Updates currently generate
an engagement rate of 3.27%, with the first 59 updates
delivering 368,856 viral impressions
Capgeminis content has generated over 1.8 million
shares, with 69% coming through LinkedIn
Capgemini Case Study
Challenge
Build awareness and engagement for Capgemini
Associate the Capgemini brand with digital innovation
and leadership
Increase the visibility of Capgemini experts and help them
forge connections with business and IT decision-makers
Solution
Content Loop, a content-driven microsite that aggregates
the most relevant daily stories for IT and business with
Capgeminis own content
LinkedIn member profiling used to display the most
relevant items for each Content Loop visitor
Invitations to connect to relevant Capgemini experts when
engaging with stories on Content Loop
Targeted promotion of the most compelling items using
LinkedIn Sponsored Updates and display advertising
Amplification through sharing of Content Loop comments
across LinkedIn networks
2. Natural born content provider
Capgemini is a natural content producer and consumer,
estimated to generate one new video each day on average,
and with experts continually consuming thought leadership
content from a huge range of publishers and media owners.
LinkedIn worked closely with Capgemini to embody this
content-led expertise in a dedicated microsite,
www.content-loop.com, which provides a central platform for
the brand to share content with decision-makers, and enables
it to use the full potential of LinkedIn to ensure relevance,
increase reach and generate engagement.
Keeping audiences in the loop
Content Loop publishes around 50 articles each week,
leveraging LinkedIns publishing expertise to bring together
agenda-setting features from relevant media owners like
Forbes and VentureBeat, and combining this with Capgeminis
own content. LinkedIn connections provide the next steps for
both amplifying and acting on Content Loop items: readers are
invited to connected to Capgemini experts relevant to each
story and the comments they post on Content Loop can be
shared across their LinkedIn networks as well.
Boosting reach with Sponsored Updates
Capgemini was one of the first brands to use LinkedIn
Sponsored Updates to maximise the reach and engagement
of its best-performing content. Posting the most compelling
Content Loop features from Capgeminis Company Page,
and delivering them in the worlds only professional feed,
has enabled these stories to reach their fullest potential for
the brand. Display advertising further boosts interaction with
relevant audiences: Content Ads summarise the key stories
currently appearing on Content Loop, and surface them to
Capgeminis target audience of IT professionals and business
decision-makers on LinkedIn.
Rena Patel
Brand and Advertising Campaign Manager,
Capgemini Group
Were not just promoting Capgemini content but getting
behind content that each of our audiences will be interested in.
The LinkedIn partnership has enabled us to deliver pieces that
are social, complementary, relevant and fun and were seeing
levels of engagement that we would never get from traditional
B2B marketing.
The benefits of being a content brand
Focusing on delivering the content that is most relevant to
decision-makers needs has delivered spectacular engagement
metrics for Capgemini. And the connections driven by the
sharing of that content on LinkedIn are delivering significant
business opportunities. In the six months since its launch in
April 2013, Content Loop received 358,719 unique visitors,
and added 130,000 followers for Capgeminis LinkedIn
Company Page, with over 3,000 more joining each week.
Sponsored Updates promoting Content Loop features
generate a 3.27% engagement rate, with the first 59 updates
driving 368,856 viral impressions. Of Capgeminis more than
1.8 million social shares, 69% now come through LinkedIn.
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