11 Tips for Optimizing
Your Sponsored Content
on LinkedIn
2
5
COMPELLING CONTENT
TYPES FOR THE
LINKEDIN MINDSET
#LinkedInEDU
#1: Help members stay current
3
#2: Offer professional development
Inspire your audience
4
#LinkedInEDU
5
#3: Offer leadership & productivity
Make your audience leaders of tomorrow
#LinkedInEDU
6
#4: Share industry trends
Help your audience plan for the future
7
#5: Produce peer research / ideas
Use social proof to appeal to your audience
#LinkedInEDU
Top updates for education:
advice, information & reputation
8
9
Higher Ed: Through the funnel
Plan content that educates and inspires
along with content that collects leadsUpper Funnel
Brand Messaging
Thought Leadership
Awareness
(Ungated)
Discovery
Selection
(Gated) Registration, Download
Information, Meet with an
Enrollment Counselor
Rankings, News,
Career Advice,
Courses/Degrees
Program Value,
Student Testimonials,
Blog Content
Faculty Profiles, Webinars,
On-Campus Events,
Alumni Testimonials
Bottom Funnel
Lead Focused
Direct Messaging #LinkedInEDU
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6
TIPS TO OPTIMIZE
CONTENT FOR THE
FEED
#LinkedInEDU
11
#1: Customize image, headline & urgency
All three must work in concert
12
Try writing in different perspectives
The Helpful Advisor
The Conversationalist
The Cliffhanger
Start by explaining how your piece of content
will help your target achieve professional
success.
Tell your audience just enough to pique their
interest but not so much that they aren’t
compelled to learn more.
Make a bold statement or ask
a question to spark a conversation and get your
audience to react.
13
#2: Invest in great images
Custom images generate higher engagement
14
#3: Use a consistent brand identity
Build brand memory
#LinkedInEDU
15
#4: Learn to write great headlines
Create multiple versions
http://aminstitute.com/headline
http://hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
#LinkedInEDU
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#5: Less content, more testing
The content isn’t always bad, sometimes just the framing is
120% LIFT
#LinkedInEDU
#6: And have fun
Stand out. Top updates are entertaining.
#LinkedInEDU
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11 Tips for Optimising Sponsored Content on LinkedIn (Education)

  • 1.
    11 Tips forOptimizing Your Sponsored Content on LinkedIn
  • 2.
    2 5 COMPELLING CONTENT TYPES FORTHE LINKEDIN MINDSET #LinkedInEDU
  • 3.
    #1: Help membersstay current 3
  • 4.
    #2: Offer professionaldevelopment Inspire your audience 4 #LinkedInEDU
  • 5.
    5 #3: Offer leadership& productivity Make your audience leaders of tomorrow #LinkedInEDU
  • 6.
    6 #4: Share industrytrends Help your audience plan for the future
  • 7.
    7 #5: Produce peerresearch / ideas Use social proof to appeal to your audience #LinkedInEDU
  • 8.
    Top updates foreducation: advice, information & reputation 8
  • 9.
    9 Higher Ed: Throughthe funnel Plan content that educates and inspires along with content that collects leadsUpper Funnel Brand Messaging Thought Leadership Awareness (Ungated) Discovery Selection (Gated) Registration, Download Information, Meet with an Enrollment Counselor Rankings, News, Career Advice, Courses/Degrees Program Value, Student Testimonials, Blog Content Faculty Profiles, Webinars, On-Campus Events, Alumni Testimonials Bottom Funnel Lead Focused Direct Messaging #LinkedInEDU
  • 10.
    10 6 TIPS TO OPTIMIZE CONTENTFOR THE FEED #LinkedInEDU
  • 11.
    11 #1: Customize image,headline & urgency All three must work in concert
  • 12.
    12 Try writing indifferent perspectives The Helpful Advisor The Conversationalist The Cliffhanger Start by explaining how your piece of content will help your target achieve professional success. Tell your audience just enough to pique their interest but not so much that they aren’t compelled to learn more. Make a bold statement or ask a question to spark a conversation and get your audience to react.
  • 13.
    13 #2: Invest ingreat images Custom images generate higher engagement
  • 14.
    14 #3: Use aconsistent brand identity Build brand memory #LinkedInEDU
  • 15.
    15 #4: Learn towrite great headlines Create multiple versions http://aminstitute.com/headline http://hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator #LinkedInEDU
  • 16.
    16 #5: Less content,more testing The content isn’t always bad, sometimes just the framing is 120% LIFT #LinkedInEDU
  • 17.
    #6: And havefun Stand out. Top updates are entertaining. #LinkedInEDU 17