Company status updates - best practices

Company status updates - best practices

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  Recruiting Solutions Company statusupdates As a LinkedIn Career Page administrator, you can post a status update on behalf of your company. This is a powerful way of building relationships with your company’s Followers and keeping your employment brand top of mind. Your status updates will appear in the network update feed of all of your Followers, and can include messages as well as links to job listings, LinkedIn groups, articles or other content. Your updates instantly go viral, as Followers Like, Comment and Share, and analytics allow you to see how many people you’re reaching. 10 tips for updating your company status: How to post a status update Navigate to the “Overview” tab of your company’s LinkedIn Company Page. In order to create company status updates, you must designate administrators for your Company Page. In Edit mode, click the “Designated users only” radio button, type in the names of the people you’d like to designate, and click “Publish.” All admins can then create network updates by entering content in the “Share an update” box. You can add a link by clicking “Attach a link,” and the link will automatically be shortened. (If you want to use your own URL shortener, copy the shortened link directly into the “Share an update” box). Click “Share” to post your update. Build your Followers Reach more candidates and increase the buzz around your employment brand by growing your base of followers. This happens organically on LinkedIn today, but LinkedIn can help turbo-charge your follower base through Company Follow Ads. Email lcsmedia@linkedin.com for more information. Be authentic: Your Followers are already interested in hearing what you have to say, so keep your message genuine and relevant. Maintain contact: Send updates periodically to stay top of mind with your audience. You might choose to update several times per week. Mix it up: Keep the conversation fresh by including links to interesting press about your company, exciting new jobs and other content. You can also post industry news and insights to build credibility with your Followers. Keep it brief and punchy: Shorter updates typically lead to higher engagement. Time your updates: Update during business hours for the Followers you’re trying to reach, and target the beginning and end of the work day. Participate in the conversation: See how Followers respond to your updates and add your own comments. Analyze your engagement: Pay attention to what kind of content drives the most Likes, comments and clicks. Refine your strategy based on what your Followers like. Weave in your LinkedIn assets: Use status updates to raise awareness of your LinkedIn Groups, Career Page and Jobs. Spice up your content with embedded images or videos from YouTube. Members can view any videos you share inline in your status update. Involve your employees: Encourage your employees to share your updates to spread the word to their professional connections. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Engage your Followers with company status updates xyzCo ranked a top place to work for sales people again. Find out more about why: http://lnkd.in/kBrjxy xyzCo Steve Kirkland, Amy Gallagher and 69 others like this Work at xyzCo 5 days ago • Like (71) • Comment (2) • Share • 59,570 impressions • 0.28% engagement