Live Webinar: Using LinkedIn for Brand Marketing
Transcript of Live Webinar: Using LinkedIn for Brand Marketing
Using LinkedIn for Brand MarketingAndrew KaplanSr. Product Marketing ManagerLinkedIn@andrewjkaplan
Adrianne PsarrasCommunications ManagerSeed Equity Ventures
Todd CroslandFounder and CEOSeed Equity Ventures
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How to Engage with Us
Let’s talk about
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• What’s the buyer’s journey really like?• Rethinking brand marketing with LinkedIn• Success story: Seed Equity Ventures• Q&A
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Today’s buyer’s journeyThe only thing predictable about it is its unpredictability
It’s a challenging world
90%Before customersreach out directly*
Sources: *Forrester, “Buyer Behavior Helps B2B Marketers Guide the Buyer’s Journey,” October 2012; **Zero Moment of Truth Study, Google
It’s a challenging world
10Pieces of content
are consumed before a purchasing decision
is made **
Sources: *Forrester, “Buyer Behavior Helps B2B Marketers Guide the Buyer’s Journey,” October 2012; **Zero Moment of Truth Study, Google
Display advertising
Social media marketing
Content marketing
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Today’s approach
Email marketing
SEO
Paid search
We can still do better.
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Missed opportunities
4. 95% of website visitors don’t fill out a form
3. 61% of B2B marketers aren’t using mobile marketing
1. For B2B decision-makers, online communities are one of the most popular sources of content in the purchase decision
2. Forty-four percent of B2B buyers researched company products on a smartphone or tablet in 2014
5. 80% aren’t opening emails
6. Half of business decisions are made outside of the office
7. 17 people typically involved in an enterprise tech purchase
1. eMarketer 2. Acquity Group LLC 3. SiriusDecisions 4. eMarketer 5. MarketingProfs 6. B2B Marketing
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Imagine if the funnel worked like it should
Reach only the right people
Deliver highly relevant and helpful content
Tailor your message based on where they are in the decision process
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Drive more effective marketing
Increase awareness
Build brand
Shape perception
Increase awareness
Build brand
Shape perception
Increase awareness
Build brand
Shape perception
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Drive more effective marketing
Improve lead quality
Increase conversion
Drive pipeline and revenue
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The only full-funnel professional platform
Onsite Display
Network Display
Sponsored Updates
Sponsored InMail
Lead Accelerator
Full-funnel analytics & reporting
products that impact every stage of your funnel and get results
How can we rethinkbrand marketing?
Rethinking brand marketing with LinkedIn
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2. Engage prospects anywhere online
4. Reach prospects where they’re most engaged
3. Target precise audiences with relevant content
1. Reach professionals in the right context
Reach professionals in the right context
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• Prospects are doing more research online and are in control of where they interact with your brand
• To shape the outcome of the purchase decision, get their attention where they’re spending time in a professional context
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LinkedIn Onsite DisplayReach a professional audience in a premium context
• Target LinkedIn members with accuracy based on the professional member profile, including audiences unique to LinkedIn
• Reach your audience in the high-quality context of the LinkedIn desktop experience
• Deploy a variety of formats from IAB standard ads to highly engaging native formats
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LinkedIn Text Ads drive targeted traffic to your site using scalable, self-service tools
Text Ads help you scale your messaging to the right audience and drive performance
• Target your audience using accurate data in the professional profile
• Optimize by bidding on CPC or CPM basis, testing creative variants
• Run messages across key placements like the homepage, profile, inbox, etc.
Get started at linkedin.com/ads
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“LinkedIn has helped create an environment where we can not only invite people to join, but engage them once they arrive. We can have dialogues with potential customers in a way that encourages organic growth of the community.”Bryna CorcoranDigital Marketing and Social Media Strategist, HP
Results300,000+ new followers in two months including 112% increase in CXO followers
Strong CXO engagement rate of 0.15%
Low follower attrition rate of 3%
Significant increase in unaided brand awareness
Followers 2.5x more likely to recommend HP solutions
Download the full case study here: https://lnkd.in/d6XnEtQ
Engage prospects anywhere online
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• B2B and high-consideration B2C sales cycles are long and complex
• Keep your brand awareness level high throughout the purchase decision
Reach professionals across the web with scale and frequency
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LinkedIn Network Display
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Engage audiences on leading publisher sites, including top globally-ranked comScore domains
LinkedIn Publisher Network and Exchanges
Note: LinkedIn does not guarantee placement on specific sites. The sites listed on this slide are not all-inclusive and are meant to represent a sample of sites where customers’ ads could appear. There are hundreds of domains and properties on the LND whitelist where ads may appear during a campaign.
LinkedIn properties
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“With LinkedIn Network Display, we’ve become a leading brand in our space, and LinkedIn has been a key contributor to our success—getting MyCase visibility with the right people at the right time.”
Increased brand awareness and targeted traffic by targeting professionals across the Web using LinkedIn data and the Insight Tag pixel
More than 2,000 new targeted website visitors in 3 months – a 5x increase in daily visits from members in legal job functions
See full case study here: https://lnkd.in/dCrRVmg
Sarah BottorffDirector of Marketing, MyCase
Results
Target the right audiences with relevant content
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• Prospects are at different stages of their purchase decision
• The content you provide must be both educational and relevant to what their needs are
• Build on your branding efforts with effective nurturing
Lead Accelerator lets you nurture everyone. Differently.
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Measure the impact of your campaigns across upper- and lower-funnel objectives. Track audience demographics, impressions, new visitors, landing page engagement, and more
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Measure campaign impact with full-funnel analytics
OpenDNS reached, nurtured, and converted IT decision makers with LinkedIn Network Display and Lead Accelerator
Drove more than 9,400 new website visits from IT pros
Increased engagement: 140% increase in page views per visitor; 64% increase in visits per visitor
Generated 280+ new leads
Results
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Reach prospects where they’re most engaged
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• Be where your prospects are
• Engage them with content that is useful and relevant, and when they are most receptive to your message
LinkedIn Sponsored Updates allow you to publishrelevant content where members engage most
Sponsored Updates: native advertising in the feed, across devices
7x – the amount of time professionalsare spending with content on LinkedIn vs. job-related activity
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Get started at linkedin.com/ads, or sponsor an update right from your LinkedIn Company Page
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Optimize and measure with robust campaign tools
New Test and refine campaigns with LinkedIn’s
new-and-improved, self-service platform
• Simplicity: One view of all your accounts
• Visibility: Real-time visual reports, audience insights by account, social actions measurement
• Control: Test ads at scale, easily adjust campaign start/end dates, save drafts
LinkedIn Sponsored InMail delivers relevant, personalized messages to the LinkedIn inbox
Sponsored InMail gets the attention of high-value audiences with personalized content, 100% deliverability
• Messages sent to the LinkedIn inbox only when members are on LinkedIn
• Mobile-optimized design with persistent call-to-action button
• Target your ideal professional audience
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54% open rate for Sponsored InMails.
Up to 0.90% engagement on ansarada’s Sponsored Updates.
Reached over 600,000 unique members in a sought-after professional segment of finance professionals (M&A deal makers).
Positive brand engagement and ongoing conversation with audience startedvia comments, shares, and social followers acquired.
Download full case study here: https://lnkd.in/dtBJ5pW
Results
Ansarada engaged over 600,000 unique professionals in M&A occupations using Sponsored inMail and Sponsored Updates
Success story:Seed Equity Ventures
Seed Equity Ventures overview
Seed Equity Ventures is a registered broker dealer providing investment banking services to startups and growth companies. Seed Equity's goal is to connect startups and growth companies with investors from around the world through its proprietary social investing platform.
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Follow Seed Equity on● LinkedIn● Facebook● Twitter: @GetSeedEquity
Seed Equity challenges
• Raise profile of new equity crowdfunding platform.• Drive registrations for investor social community.• Connect investors to investment offerings.
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How we use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
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Spotlight Ads
How we use LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
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Sponsored Updates
Results
• 1,205% increase in new investor signups • 43% increase in Company Page followers • Spotlight Ads CTR 5X LinkedIn benchmarks • Sponsored Updates engagement 3.4X LinkedIn
benchmarks • Expanded member base to 33 new countries
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Takeaways – how we did it
• Targeted our main persona based on their professional profile (skills, LinkedIn Group membership).
• Matched our creative and offer to our audience’s interests.• Avoided “salesy” calls-to-action. Instead, we offered a chance for
investors to join a community of like-minded professionals and connect with startups they might be interested in.
• Partnered closely with our LinkedIn account team and agency Dean Media to refine approach along the way.
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