​ Jon Lombardo
Content Marketing Lead
​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to
LinkedIn – The Webinar
presents
​ Emma Hewage
Head of Marketing EMEA
​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
1 of every 3
Professionals
on the Planet is
on LinkedIn
Jobs
Content
Content pages
receive 7X the
page views vs.
job pages.
The Definitive
Publishing Platform
Professional
5
Not more content, more relevant content
​41%
​of overall respondents say they would consider
ending a brand relationship because of irrelevant
promotions, and an additional 22% say they would
definitely defect from the brand.
RAGE AGAINST
IRRELEVANCE….
​41%44%
7
8
Repurpose Content
Company Pages Sponsored Updates
(Turn it up to eleven!)
LinkedIn Groups SlideShare
9
​WAYS TO CREATE YOUR
BIG ROCK
10
1
​Create the all-
encompassing guide
to whatever the hell
conversation you
want to own
Download the Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn from emea.marketing.linkedin.com
12
Take it Global
14
2
​The “Hugh MacLeod”
Strategy—Write 5
relevant blogs then
roll them all together
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Raisin Bran
Spinach
Roast
Raisin Bran
Spinach
The blog is the social media rug
that ties the room together.
The Blogging Food Groups
A steady diet of quality content for your blog
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Raisin Bran
Spinach
Roast
Raisin Bran
Spinach
Raisin Bran
Chocolate
Cake
17
3
​Flip your case studies
on their heads—Turn
your bottom funnel case
studies into a collection
of “success stories”
18
T u r n i n g Yo u r C o n t e n t I n t o
C o m p e l l i n g U p d a t e s
Your audience should always be at the center
of your content. This is about THEM, not YOU.
01 Call out your audience
02 Use the word “you”
03 Explain what’s in it for them
16
6
Company Updates: Best Practices
Optimising Content
• Always ask, “why would my audience read
this?”
• Use concise and compelling
intros and headlines
• Ask compelling questions to involve the
target audience
• Include a clear call to action, regardless of
the objective
• Make sure your landing pages are
optimised for mobile traffic
Managing updates
• Plan your editorial calendar, but also react
to timely events
• Respond to comments regularly
• Consider keeping updates running through
the weekend
• Test to see what works with your audience
and then refine
Optimising visuals
• Always include an image, presentation, or video
• Ensure the thumbnail is relevant for external links
21
When you need that extra push…
• Driving Brand Awareness
• Expanding Thought Leadership
• Generating Quality Leads
• Driving Event Registration
Sponsored Updates To Achieve Business Goals
Set up a test of different updates to reach different audiences.
Sponsored Update 1:
Targeted to CMOs
These insights can help you drive
transformational change to your business.
[link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 1]
Sponsored Update 2:
Targeted to Marketing Directors
Need to demonstrate the ROI of your
marketing efforts? These insights can help.
[link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 2]
Sponsored Update 3:
Targeted to Social Media Managers
Social media managers: Get the insights you
need to drive the engagement you want.
[link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 3]
Big Rock
Content
Example: B2B Marketing company XYZ has
recently launched a new piece of research
and is publishing updates to LinkedIn to drive
marketers to download it.
Use targeting on LinkedIn to deliver the right
message to the right person at the right time.
But be careful NOT
to over-target.
It’s important to reach everyone
who could influence a buying
decision, so cast a wide net and
then refine your
targeting preferences.
Sponsored Updates
Who’s Doing it Right?
• LinkedIn drove 400% more qualified leads than
any other paid lead generation platform during
the campaign period.
Sponsored Updates:
Who’s Doing it Right?
38% more leads than other social channels
65% lower cost per lead than other social channels
27
Sponsored Updates:
Who’s Doing it Right?
• As a result of the brand exposure in the LinkedIn feed,
research confirmed that U.S. marketing executives
were 50% more likely to agree that Adobe can “shape
the future of digital marketing.”
Sponsored Updates:
Who’s Doing it Right?
Don’t bury the lead.
Concise intros (90-140 characters) are
more likely to result in higher
engagement.
29
With Direct Sponsored Content, reach your target audience
directly in the feed without publishing on your Company Page
Personalise
Test
Control
30
Personalise your message and offers to your target
audience to boost your performance
31
Test and optimise your reach to the right audience
with the right message
66%higher CTR
32
Sponsored InMails now reach members on mobile where
they most often check their messages
Reach mobile users
>50% of inbox views on mobile
80% higher open rate on mobile
Mobile is Accelerating Content
Consumption
9pm6pm3pm12pm9am6am
70% of clicks from Sponsored
Updates will come from mobile.
Most important, make sure your landing page is mobile responsive—
otherwise you are wasting leads.
21
Marketo reports a £10 drop in CPL when
shortening a form from 9 fields to 5.
Only capture the information you absolutely need – this will help
with conversions, especially on mobile
21
“On the average, 5 times as many people read the headline as read the body copy.
When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.”
The visual is the new headline!
Research shows that a picture
is really only worth 81.4 words,
on average.
SlideShare is a Platform for Visual
Content Marketing Thought Leadership
SlideShare for Lead Gen Kicks A**
Visual Kicks Text’s A**
328,000
Views!
Who’s Doing it Right?
Cross-channel Integration
Built in Lead Forms
What Does Success Look
Like?
48
MQL
48
Turkey Slices (Non Gated)
Lead Capture
No Yes
RevenueSales
SDR
Sales Qualified?
BIG ROCK
(Gated)
Nurture
No
Yes
The Results Out of the Gate
34%
32%
15%
9%
6%
4%
Email
Blog
InMail
Direct/ SEO
Other
Display
AdWords 64%7%
7%
7%
6%
4%
2%
1%
1%
United States
Netherlands
India
Canada
Australia
UK
Germany
New Zealand
Singapore
France
50
18,000% ROI
51
How do you Know if Your Content Strategy is
Working?
Increased
referral traffic
Social
Engagement
Higher
quality leads
Trending Content
The Topics That Matter to Your Audience
53
Content Marketing Score
Measure your brand’s influence
Score Benchmarking Recommendations
Measure your influence Compare to your peers How to improve
54
Discover our Sophisticated
Marketer’s Series
55
Demand GenContent Vertical Specific
56
Thank You!
​Emma Hewage
Head of Marketing EMEA
​LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
​ Jon Lombardo
Content Marketing Lead
​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

The sophisticated marketer’s guide to LinkedIn – the webinar

  • 1.
    ​ Jon Lombardo ContentMarketing Lead ​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions The Sophisticated Marketer’s Guide to LinkedIn – The Webinar presents ​ Emma Hewage Head of Marketing EMEA ​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
  • 2.
    1 of every3 Professionals on the Planet is on LinkedIn
  • 3.
    Jobs Content Content pages receive 7Xthe page views vs. job pages.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    5 Not more content,more relevant content
  • 6.
    ​41% ​of overall respondentssay they would consider ending a brand relationship because of irrelevant promotions, and an additional 22% say they would definitely defect from the brand. RAGE AGAINST IRRELEVANCE…. ​41%44%
  • 7.
  • 8.
    8 Repurpose Content Company PagesSponsored Updates (Turn it up to eleven!) LinkedIn Groups SlideShare
  • 9.
    9 ​WAYS TO CREATEYOUR BIG ROCK
  • 10.
    10 1 ​Create the all- encompassingguide to whatever the hell conversation you want to own
  • 11.
    Download the SophisticatedMarketer’s Guide to LinkedIn from emea.marketing.linkedin.com
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
    14 2 ​The “Hugh MacLeod” Strategy—Write5 relevant blogs then roll them all together Monday Tuesday Wednesday Raisin Bran Spinach Roast Raisin Bran Spinach
  • 15.
    The blog isthe social media rug that ties the room together.
  • 16.
    The Blogging FoodGroups A steady diet of quality content for your blog Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Raisin Bran Spinach Roast Raisin Bran Spinach Raisin Bran Chocolate Cake
  • 17.
    17 3 ​Flip your casestudies on their heads—Turn your bottom funnel case studies into a collection of “success stories”
  • 18.
    18 T u rn i n g Yo u r C o n t e n t I n t o C o m p e l l i n g U p d a t e s
  • 19.
    Your audience shouldalways be at the center of your content. This is about THEM, not YOU. 01 Call out your audience 02 Use the word “you” 03 Explain what’s in it for them 16
  • 20.
    6 Company Updates: BestPractices Optimising Content • Always ask, “why would my audience read this?” • Use concise and compelling intros and headlines • Ask compelling questions to involve the target audience • Include a clear call to action, regardless of the objective • Make sure your landing pages are optimised for mobile traffic Managing updates • Plan your editorial calendar, but also react to timely events • Respond to comments regularly • Consider keeping updates running through the weekend • Test to see what works with your audience and then refine Optimising visuals • Always include an image, presentation, or video • Ensure the thumbnail is relevant for external links
  • 21.
    21 When you needthat extra push…
  • 22.
    • Driving BrandAwareness • Expanding Thought Leadership • Generating Quality Leads • Driving Event Registration Sponsored Updates To Achieve Business Goals
  • 23.
    Set up atest of different updates to reach different audiences. Sponsored Update 1: Targeted to CMOs These insights can help you drive transformational change to your business. [link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 1] Sponsored Update 2: Targeted to Marketing Directors Need to demonstrate the ROI of your marketing efforts? These insights can help. [link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 2] Sponsored Update 3: Targeted to Social Media Managers Social media managers: Get the insights you need to drive the engagement you want. [link to white paper landing page with tracking tag 3] Big Rock Content Example: B2B Marketing company XYZ has recently launched a new piece of research and is publishing updates to LinkedIn to drive marketers to download it.
  • 24.
    Use targeting onLinkedIn to deliver the right message to the right person at the right time. But be careful NOT to over-target. It’s important to reach everyone who could influence a buying decision, so cast a wide net and then refine your targeting preferences.
  • 25.
    Sponsored Updates Who’s Doingit Right? • LinkedIn drove 400% more qualified leads than any other paid lead generation platform during the campaign period.
  • 26.
    Sponsored Updates: Who’s Doingit Right? 38% more leads than other social channels 65% lower cost per lead than other social channels
  • 27.
    27 Sponsored Updates: Who’s Doingit Right? • As a result of the brand exposure in the LinkedIn feed, research confirmed that U.S. marketing executives were 50% more likely to agree that Adobe can “shape the future of digital marketing.”
  • 28.
    Sponsored Updates: Who’s Doingit Right? Don’t bury the lead. Concise intros (90-140 characters) are more likely to result in higher engagement.
  • 29.
    29 With Direct SponsoredContent, reach your target audience directly in the feed without publishing on your Company Page Personalise Test Control
  • 30.
    30 Personalise your messageand offers to your target audience to boost your performance
  • 31.
    31 Test and optimiseyour reach to the right audience with the right message 66%higher CTR
  • 32.
    32 Sponsored InMails nowreach members on mobile where they most often check their messages Reach mobile users >50% of inbox views on mobile 80% higher open rate on mobile
  • 33.
    Mobile is AcceleratingContent Consumption 9pm6pm3pm12pm9am6am
  • 34.
    70% of clicksfrom Sponsored Updates will come from mobile. Most important, make sure your landing page is mobile responsive— otherwise you are wasting leads. 21
  • 35.
    Marketo reports a£10 drop in CPL when shortening a form from 9 fields to 5. Only capture the information you absolutely need – this will help with conversions, especially on mobile 21
  • 36.
    “On the average,5 times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.”
  • 37.
    The visual isthe new headline!
  • 40.
    Research shows thata picture is really only worth 81.4 words, on average.
  • 41.
    SlideShare is aPlatform for Visual Content Marketing Thought Leadership
  • 42.
    SlideShare for LeadGen Kicks A**
  • 43.
    Visual Kicks Text’sA** 328,000 Views! Who’s Doing it Right?
  • 44.
  • 45.
  • 47.
  • 48.
    48 MQL 48 Turkey Slices (NonGated) Lead Capture No Yes RevenueSales SDR Sales Qualified? BIG ROCK (Gated) Nurture No Yes
  • 49.
    The Results Outof the Gate 34% 32% 15% 9% 6% 4% Email Blog InMail Direct/ SEO Other Display AdWords 64%7% 7% 7% 6% 4% 2% 1% 1% United States Netherlands India Canada Australia UK Germany New Zealand Singapore France
  • 50.
  • 51.
    51 How do youKnow if Your Content Strategy is Working? Increased referral traffic Social Engagement Higher quality leads
  • 52.
    Trending Content The TopicsThat Matter to Your Audience
  • 53.
    53 Content Marketing Score Measureyour brand’s influence Score Benchmarking Recommendations Measure your influence Compare to your peers How to improve
  • 54.
  • 55.
  • 56.
    56 Thank You! ​Emma Hewage Headof Marketing EMEA ​LinkedIn Marketing Solutions ​ Jon Lombardo Content Marketing Lead ​ LinkedIn Marketing Solutions