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Jill Jones Senior Communications Manager LinkedIn Leverage LinkedIn: Inside secrets of showcasing business and personal brands Dana Graves VP of Social Media Citi

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Jill JonesSenior Communications Manager

LinkedIn

Leverage LinkedIn: Inside secrets of showcasing business

and personal brands

Dana GravesVP of Social Media

Citi

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Connect the world’s professionals to make them

more productive and successful

LinkedIn’s mission

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Members

433MMembers per second

>2 NewMonthly unique visitors

106M

Growing global network

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STAY CONNECTED

& INFORMED

Delivering value for members

ADVANCE MY CAREER WORK SMARTER

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Building your Brand for

you and your executives

Staying Connected

on LinkedIn

Telling Your

Company’s Story

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Building Your BrandProfile Optimization

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Beginner Profile

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Add a

professional photo

1

More views with a profile

photo than without

14x

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Write an attention-

grabbing headline

2

Explain what it is you do

Show your passion and value

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Draft a

compelling summary

3

Focus on career accomplishments and

aspirations

Recommend 40 words or more

Include keywords – not buzzwords

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Detail your past

work experience

4

More profile views than

those without

12x

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5

Add examples of your work

in photos, presentations &

videos

Give a dynamic, visually appealing

representation of your professional story

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Add skills and get endorsed

for them

6

Include a mix of high level

and niche skills

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Include Volunteer

Experience & Causes

7

More profile views than

those without

6x

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Connections

Unique 1st

degree connections

636,375

Members

Current

members

5,305

Employees

Monthly viewers

of employees profiles

30,917

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Helping you grow and engage your network

Sharing updates vs. publishing posts

Share links, articles,

images, quotes or anything

else your followers might be

interested in

Deeply explore topics that

matter to you, then watch

the comments to see your

impact

UPDATES PUBLISHING

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Include links to content

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Or upload a photo

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Publishing on LinkedIn

Becomes part

of your profile

Gets shared

with your network

Reaches the largest

group of professionals

ever assembled

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Getting started is easy…

1.Log into LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com

2.Click “Publish a post” at the top of your homepage

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Be known for

what you know

Strengthen your reputation and

grow your reach

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Tips for publishing long form posts

Remember your audience,

who you want to reach

Add images that stand out

Be authentic, write about

what you know

Create a catchy headline

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Members engage with posts in a number of ways

1 Posts are shared with connections and followers in their feed

2 People can like, comment, share– so more people see it

3 Members can follow you in order to see more posts

4 Posts become part of your permanent profile

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Telling Your Company’s Story

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Professionals who have opted-in to a relationship with your company

Company Page & Followers

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The updates that get the most action

Fun facts

and quotes

Employment branding

and career opportunities

Tips and

best practices

Company branding: inside

looks and interviews

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Leveraging your employees

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What’s Trending: Share Company News

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Encourage

employees to

get on LinkedIn

Engage with

Company Page

content & posts

Amplify employee

posts through

Company Page &

externally

Post status

updates and long

form posts

Encouraging executive & employee engagement

is the secret sauce to increasing reach

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Humanize your brand with

senior execs and thought leaders

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Amplify great stories told by your employees

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Citi on LinkedIn

One Global

Company

Page

Launched in

2011

Reached 1

Million

Followers in

April 2016

Highly

engaged,

professional

audience

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Define

Setting Up For Success

Brainstorm

Track, Learn,

Refine

Audience

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Corporate

News

Career Enhancement

Thought Leadership

Finding a Content Balance

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Creating Compelling Content

1. Attention Grabbing Headline

2. Appealing Visuals

3. Authentic to Your Brand

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Driving Engagement

Refine and amplify who is exposed to

your content to drive follower growth,

reach, engagements and conversions.

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Employees as Content Ambassadors

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Building Influence

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