Boost your profile How to make the most of your LinkedIn presence.
03 Introduction 04 Your Profile 09 Your Company Page
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12 Personal Status Updates 14 Company Status Updates 17 Career Pages 20 Sponsored Updates 23 More Resources
Introduction Your own personal profile and your company’s pages on LinkedIn are often the first encounter a candidate has with you as a potential employer. And you only get one chance to make a first impression.
Nancy Soni
CEO/Founder
Whether you're a HR professional, office manager or small business owner, we put this guide together to help boost your presence on LinkedIn. You’ll find tips and ideas to make sure your pages and updates have maximum impact and work to build your personal and employer brand. Are you making the most of the world’s largest professional network? Dive in and find out.
at FILD
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https://www.linkedi
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Background
Contact info
Summary
Experience
Certifications
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Your Profile Be approachable & engaging.
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Your Profile Be approachable & engaging.
Small businesses don’t always have dedicated HR professionals. Recruitment may be in the hands of the owner, office manager or anyone in between. Whatever your job title, if you’re responsible for hiring, your personal LinkedIn profile needs to be impeccable. The more you show who you are and what you do, the easier it is for candidates to engage with you and begin to imagine working with you. Identify and use relevant keywords throughout to help people find you.
Whatever your job title, if you’re responsible for hiring, your personal LinkedIn profile needs to be impeccable.
Here’s an example of a well-crafted profile with all the key elements you’ll want to optimize.
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Background image Add a background to make your profile more engaging. Show your personality and professional passion.
Nancy Soni
Photo
Headline This appears in search results. You can be as creative as you like, but make sure your role is clear.
CEO/Founder at FILD
Choose a photo of yourself that’s friendly and approachable.
Connect
Visible to your connections Email
[email protected]
Phone
IM
NancySoni (SKYPE)
Adress
Links
01 234567891
Include links to your company’s LinkedIn page, website, social media and anywhere a candidate can learn more.
Visible to everyone on LinkedIn
Custom URL Create a simplified custom URL for your public profile to include on your business card and email signature.
Twitter
@nancysoni
WeChat
NancySonyFILD
Websites
Company Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancysoni
45M profiles are viewed on LinkedIn daily. Profiles with photos are 11x more likely to be viewed.
Contact info
Connect
Summary Take all the time you need to nail it. Use the first person. Show your personality. Remember, you’re hiring, not job hunting.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancysoni
Contact info
Background
Summary
Experience
Rich media Showcase work and insights by uploading or linking to images, videos, blogs, presentations and websites.
Certifications Build credibility by sharing your certifications. If you are a LinkedIn Certified Professional, include that here.
Certifications
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Skills Include keywords here that candidates might be searching for. We’ll showcase your top 10 skills, based on the endorsements you receive.
Skills
Volunteering Volunteering
Paint a more complete picture by featuring your volunteer work or causes you care about.
Recommendations Get recommendations from colleagues who you’ve hired/managed so candidates know what it’s like to work for/with you.
Recommendations
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Your Company Page Give potential candidates something to follow.
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Your Company Page Give potential candidates something to follow.
How candidates perceive your company and its culture is critical to successful recruiting. To stay ahead today, you need to stand out. A Company Page is an information hub. It lays the foundation of your brand presence on LinkedIn. That means it will be used by clients and candidates alike — anyone who wants to learn more about what you do and how you do it.
It’s a competitive market out there.
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Your Company
Get started It all starts with your logo, banner image and company description. Here's how: linkedin.com/ company/add/show
193.170 followers
Internet 5001-10,000 employees
Find followers Get the word out about your new company page.
Add specialties
• Add a ‘Follow Us’ button on your website
Think about search keywords and SEO when you’re listing your specialties. This will make it easier for people to find your company.
• Put a link in your company email signature • Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter • Encourage colleagues to link from their profiles
Engage, engage, engage Remember, you have two different audiences: clients and candidates. Your content should be engaging for both.
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Personal Status Updates Build your personal brand.
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Personal Status Updates Build your personal brand.
What do people in your network know about you and your job? Are you seen as approachable and insightful in your industry? Are you the sort of person they would go to for career advice? It’s all part of your personal brand — and it’s a key element for successful recruiting. Your status updates help create your professional persona. They tell people where your interests and expertise lie. You can use them to keep you top-of-mind and engage your LinkedIn connections at scale.
Be visual Keep it interesting by including images, videos and presentations. The more likes, comments and shares your content receives, the wider it spreads through your LinkedIn network. Keep it balanced Sharing open vacancies at your company is important. But thought leadership is critical to your personal brand, too. Balance job posts with relevant articles and thought-provoking content. Interact Engage with your network by tagging specific people in your updates. The best way is to use an @ in front of their name. Then respond to comments in real-time to keep the conversation going.
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Company Status Updates Keep your followers engaged.
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Company Status Updates Keep your followers engaged.
Your company’s Status Updates are a highly effective way to nurture relationships with followers on LinkedIn. When you post an update from your Company Page, it appears on their LinkedIn feed. Encouraging followers to like, comment and share will amplify your content throughout the LinkedIn ecosystem.
Updates achieve…
75% 98%
more shares when you include a YouTube video more comments when you include an image
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Get targeted
Go beyond words
Know your audience
Did you know you can target updates based on criteria like job function, seniority or geography? These days, people expect content to be relevant to them personally. Engage your followers by choosing what you say to whom.
Updates with videos and other rich media — like photos, presentations or links — give your followers more substance to explore, engage with and share.
Your updates can reach candidates, existing clients, and potential clients across each of your business units or specialties. Create a content calendar to ensure you’re speaking to each audience regularly with targeted posts.
Keep your eyes open
Mix it up
Know what worked
Use successful blog posts, articles and news from your other social platforms to create a high-quality stream of updates. On LinkedIn, you’ll find ready-made, share-worthy content from Influencers, on Pulse, and in LinkedIn Groups.
To keep followers engaged, rotate your content themes regularly. For every post promoting your company, make sure four posts focus on thought leadership or industry trends.
Use the Analytics tab on your Company Page to understand how followers are engaging with your updates. This data will tell you what’s performing well — and what’s not — so you can tailor content and increase impact.
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Career Pages Focus your recruiting efforts.
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Career Pages Focus your recruiting efforts.
Another solution for building relationships with potential candidates is a LinkedIn Career Page. Your Career Page is your central hub for recruiting activity on LinkedIn. Its unique targeting capabilities allow you to engage the broader LinkedIn network with relevant information on your open opportunities, your brand, and your team.
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Make it pop
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Build your employer brand
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Target key candidates
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Think digital
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Think media
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Think differentiation
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Make it pop
Build your employer brand
Target key candidates
Use bold, memorable visuals. Friendly faces work too!
Take advantage of the Employee Spotlight section to position your company as an employer of choice.
Career Pages allow you to tailor the experience for unique segments with dynamic messaging based on visitors’ LinkedIn profiles. You can target based on a candidate’s job function, industry, geography and more.
Think digital
Think media
Think differentiation
Whatever you say, keep it brief. Attention spans are shorter online so your content should be shorter, too.
As always, bring your messaging to life with videos, photos, and presentations.
What makes your company really stand out? Communicate how your company is different from the competition. Your employees are ambassadors. Let them join in getting your message and culture across.
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Sponsored Updates Amplify your reach and impact.
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Sponsored Updates Amplify your reach and impact.
Sponsored Updates let you publish relevant content straight to the LinkedIn feed of any member on the site, not just your Company Page followers. They appear in feeds across devices (smartphone, desktop and tablet), giving you more opportunities to reach the people that matter.
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Sponsor your best content
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Avoid hyper-targeting
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Weekends work, too
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Measure and adjust
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Sponsor your best content
Avoid hyper-targeting
Look at the success of past updates to learn what works best for your company, and apply this insight to your strategy for Sponsored Updates.
You can target Sponsored Updates based on criteria like location, company size, industry, job function, and seniority. But there’s always a trade-off between targeting and audience size. Don’t add so many targeting filters that you exclude potentially important audiences.
Weekends work, too
Measure and adjust
Professionals don’t just engage with Sponsored Updates on weekdays. They show strong engagement through the weekend, too. Consider adopting an always-on approach or choose a couple of moments in the weekend to post and engage.
If you’re targeting new audiences, be prepared to test and learn. What works for one audience might not work for another. Sponsored Updates come with a host of analytics to help you assess and improve your performance.
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More Resources Keep learning and improving.
More Resources Keep learning and improving.
We have additional resources to help you make the most of your presence on LinkedIn.
Webinars
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The Modern Recruiter’s Guide Download Guide > LinkedIn — Boost your profile 24
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