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Introduction
Congratulations on syncing your
LinkedIn Page to your Hootsuite account!

With features such as post scheduling and Learn from real-life examples shared by
the ability to view post performance across all organizations of all sizes, across a variety
your social channels, sharing content to your of industries. Each example is organized by
LinkedIn Page has never been easier. objective, so you can more easily find posts
that are relevant to your business goals. At the
Now, you might be wondering what types of end, you’ll see some of our best tips and tricks
content perform best on our platform. To help when it comes to posting engaging content on
inspire your Page posts, we’ve assembled a LinkedIn Page.
this guidebook to showcase a number of
top-performing LinkedIn Pages posts. We’re always on the lookout for the best posts to
share and will update this guidebook regularly.
We hope this becomes a source of inspiration
as you grow your LinkedIn content strategy!
Examples

Showcase company culture


This is a great way to attract top talent
to your team
Blizzard Entertainment, the world-renowned
gaming company, shared a photo of a new
employee’s pup “at work” along with a thankful
quote from its human owner. The post ignited
interest in the company’s pet policy, and more
employees shared their pet photos in the
comments. The Page Admin promptly responded
with detailed information about the policy,
helping exemplify the company’s culture.

Spotlight employees
By giving your employees a voice, you’re
humanizing your brand and building a
relationship with your professional community
Uber spotlighted an employee who shared her
story of giving back to her home country through
the company and her transition back to work.
Build Community
Asking questions and responding to comments
is key to generating rich engagement and
standing out in the feed
University of Nevada, Las Vegas posed a simple
question: “Who made an impression on your time
at UNLV?” This generated over 100 thoughtful
stories and quality anecdotes from former students
who wanted to recognize professors who make a
difference during their time at the school.

Showcase mission
Using video can really bring your mission to
life: video drives 5x more engagement than
standard posts on LinkedIn
Fight Cancer Global, a small tech company
dedicated to enabling collaboration in the fight
against cancer, shared a touching video of what it
feels like for cancer patients to navigate their health
journey. Along with thoughtful @ mentions and
hashtags, the company’s CEO and COO jumped
into the comments to participate in the conversation.

Launch your product


Your organization’s Page is a great
place to demo or announce new
products and features
GitHub announced a new product feature,
built in response to overwhelming customer
requests, and members were thrilled.
Promote your product
Highlighting how your product solves
major pain points can help your
content stand out
Deeplearning.ai, a small company out of
California, shared a GIF of someone typing
repetitive code functions — a frustrating
experience for developers — with the intent
of encouraging members to check out their
product solution.

Demonstrate thought
leadership
LinkedIn is arguably the best platform for
organizations to establish thought leadership
in their respective industries
BCG shared an infographic about
transformational leadership, which sparked an
engaging dialogue on transformation within
the management consulting community.

Humanize your brand


On key holidays, insert your brand into the
conversations that are already happening to
drive authentic and relevant engagement
In honor of Father’s Day, Disney shared a video
featuring father-son technologists and their
inspiring story on never giving up on your dreams.

Abbott Labs shared a collage of employees tying


yellow ribbons around their corporate campus to
honor veterans on Memorial Day.
Best practices
Leverage video Re-share executive posts
Use video content to drive engagement. Video When your executives post a piece of content
on LinkedIn is 5x more likely to generate that’s relevant to your organization or industry,
engagement (than posts that don’t have a video). ask them to @ mention the organization’s
LinkedIn Live is a whopping 24x more likely to Page so you can easily re-share the post.
generate engagement than posting video clips.

@ mention members Use Employee Notifications


Tag relevant members in your post. Highlight Once a week, you can remind employees to
your executive team, partners, customers, or re-share top Page posts. This will help maximize
employees by @ mentioning their Pages or your content’s reach through the authentic voice
profiles. On LinkedIn, employees tend to have a of your employees. Find this feature by clicking
network 10x the size of a Page’s following. on the “three dots” icon on any post on desktop.

Use Content Suggestions Post around major holidays


We created a one-of-a-kind tool to help page We find that Admins and members are
admins discover trending topics and articles especially active around the holidays. Take
among target audiences. You’ll find it in the top this opportunity to build emotional resonance
navigation of your Admin View on desktop. and goodwill around your organization’s
brand by chiming in on the commemorative
and celebratory conversations.

To continue the conversation and learn more about


making the most of LinkedIn Pages, check out
these resources.

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the largest global community of business professionals. These are
the decision-makers, influencers, and the leaders of today and
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