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**For B2B brands and marketers, few social media sites can compare to LinkedIn.**
The site allows you to connect and network with fellow professionals, reach out to prospects, and share updates from your business. If you’re yet to create a business page for your company, what are you waiting for?
Where Facebook rules for B2C companies, LinkedIn gives B2B marketers maximum return on investment.
To create a page for your business, you must first have your own personal profile. From then on though, creating a profile is pretty simple. But filling it out in a way that ensure you’re making the most out of LinkedIn, is another story.
**Optimising your LinkedIn marketing**
Remember how we shared with you tips for (link: https://www.superdream.co.uk/optimising-twitter-marketing/ text: optimising Twitter marketing popup: true title: 5 Step Plan to Optimising Your Twitter Marketing)? You have to do the same with LinkedIn.
You should first fill in your company description, taking care to speak directly to your peers and prospects. Focus on their needs, rather than what makes you special. This is much more likely to result in clicks than a ‘selfish’ attitude.
Next, be sure to include an eye-catching image at the top of your profile. This could be an image of your team, your logo, or an example of your work. This will be the first thing people who land on your profile will see, so make it count.
Finally, you need to update your services. LinkedIn gives you the opportunity to list your services and the members of staff working in these departments. This is a great way for prospects and clients to learn more about the business, and contact you if necessary.
**Posting the right content**
Much like you do on Facebook and Twitter, you should also be sharing your business’s content on LinkedIn. But as the insights feature will tell you, the audience you’re reaching out to is different. Chances are, your audience will consist of marketing managers so you need to make sure the content you share appeals to them.
Share your blog posts, as well as other information your target audience would be interested in. Using the insights feature, you’ll be able to see which posts generated the most clicks and shares. This will help you make an informed decision about the content you share in the future.
LinkedIn is a great social media site for your business, if you optimise it correctly. By following these tips and trying things out for yourself, you will be able to make the most of LinkedIn.
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