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Canadian Automotive Tour
Core Narrative

February 21st & February 22nd, 2013
Canadian Automotive Tour: Core Narrative
Agenda

 LinkedIn Company Overview

 Audience

 Marketing Solutions

 Content Marketing

 Auto Research

 Case Studies

 Q&A




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Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Company Overview




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Our Mission
Connect the world’s professionals to
make them more productive and
successful
200M+ professionals and rising

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                                                                                 Members (mn)
*Internal metrics reflect LinkedIn site only, not including SlideShare                                                                                       5
Our Vision
Create economic opportunity for every
professional in the world
Connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale
The value we bring to our members



     Identity             Insights           Everywhere
   Connect, find, and     Be great at what   Work wherever our
       be found               you do          members work
The business of connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale
Three diverse, sustainable, and scalable business lines



      Hire                 Market                      Sell
 Engage the world’s       Connect most           Turn cold calls into
 best passive talent      effectively with        warm prospects
                           professionals
Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Audience




                                          9
10
The globally connected
professional network

200,000,000+                             UK
                                                      NL
                                         11M+
                                                          3M+
                                                                DACH
registered members
                                                                   3M+
                                              France
                                                    4M+
                                                                Italy
 Canada
                                         Spain                   4M+
    7M+               Europe
                                           3M+
     USA               39M+
      74M+                     India
                                18M+
                                       SE Asia
                                         4M+
             Brazil
                                        Australia
               11M+
                                           3M+
LinkedIn in Canada
5th Largest Market in the World!


                     7,000,000+ Canadian Members
                      4.9 Million Unique Visitors*
                      164 Million Page Views*
                      119 Million Minutes*
                      4.7 Average Minutes Per Visitor*
                      5.1 Visits per UV/month




                                           * Source: ComScore - December 2012
Visitors Increasing Their Time On LinkedIn
                   YoY Total Minutes (MM)


140
                                                 LinkedIn

                                                 The Globe And Mail
120
                                                 Rogers Digital Media

100                                              The New York Times Brand

                                                National Post Sites

80
                                                Wall Street Digital Network

60
                                               LinkedIn overtook lead 6
40
                                                months ago and
                                                increasing gap vs.
20
                                                competitors
                                               Previous lead publisher
 0                                              experiencing
                                                71% decrease
                                                in time spent online

                          13
Only LinkedIn reaches this affluent audience
                                          (December 2012 Audience Duplication)




                3,241M
                Unique Monthly Visitors
                                            1,078M                                                                   4,095M
                                                                                 1,121M                   Unique Monthly Visitors


78%                                                                                                                                          77%
of LinkedIn users
do not visit G&M                                          4,938M                                                                     of LinkedIn users
                                                                                                                                    do not visit Rogers
                                                      Unique Monthly Visitors
                                             766M
                                                                                822M
   84%
   of LinkedIn users
   do not visit NYT          2,414M                           357M
                             Unique Monthly
                             Visitors
                                                                                           2,555M                           83%
                                                                                Unique Monthly Visitors            of LinkedIn users
                                                              1,061M                                                  do not visit NP
                                          93%                 Unique Monthly
                                                                     Visitors

                                          of LinkedIn users
                                          do not visit WSJ
Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Marketing Solutions




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LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Powered by precise and authentic targeting


              Core                              Social                   API / Off-Platform

 Standard Display Ads                Company Pages                     APIs/Plug-Ins
   300x250, 1x1 text link, 728x90,     Social Ad: Follow Company         Custom Executions built by
   160x600                             Social Ad: Recommendation Ads     LinkedIn Certified Developers
                                                                         (CDP)
 Polls                               Groups
                                       Social Ad: Join Group           Mobile
                                                                         iPad
 Content Modules
                                                                       LinkedIn Audience Network
 Sponsored InMails                                                     (LAN)
 Social Ads                                                            Slideshare
   Join Group & Follow Company




                          PRECISE TARGETING
                          Authentic Profile Data
Targeting Strategies
LI Declared Data

 1   Profile Targeting (Title, Industry, Education, Interests)


 2   Trigger Targeting (Career Changer, Degree change)


 3   Inferred Targeting (High Net Worth, Influencers)


4    Look a like modeling (Social Graph – CXO 1st Degree Connection, $250K+ 1st Degree)


 5   Third Party Overlays (In-Market, In-Market for BMW, Conquest)
“inCrowds” Canada
Automotive

Image-driven     • 884,612      Eco-conscious        • 211,195
Professionals
   Career        • 127,746       Adventurer-         • 35,759
  Changers                        Seekers

                 • 342,944      Road Warriors        • 1,207,099
   Opinion
   Leaders
                                 Luxury Tech         • 134,950

 Influencers     • 1,271,915   Empty-Nesters         • 40,032

 Millennials     • 455,448     Active Lifestyle      • 179,504
                                    Female
Early Adopters   • 1,667,873   Professionals (25 -   • 402,103
                                      54)
                                     Run of          • 7,122,897
                               Professional—U.S.
Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Content Marketing




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The Modern Marketing Funnel



     Content



     Context



     Conversion
The Journey…

Company Page   Blog Article         Landing Page
Post




                              CTA
Content Marketing Strategy
                                                Content in the form of:



                             Powerpoint       Whitepapers                Video            Articles




                                                       Delivered via:




                              Targeted
                                                            Organic                      Owned
                               Status     Paid Media                       Slideshare
                                                            Groups                       Groups
                              Updates




                                                       Delivered to:




                              C-level            IT                    HNW              Prosum       Conversation drives
                              Custom           Decision               FinServ             ers            content.
                              Targets          Makers                 Targets
Content   Company Pages
                 Groups

              Slideshare


                   News


              Influencers
Groups




40M      users   210M   memberships   1.3M   groups
Slideshare




             9M +
                Content Upload
LinkedIn Today




                 1M +
                    Publishers
2B+   Network Updates
                        108M +
                             Comscore
      Viewed Weekly          Uniques
Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Auto Research
2012 Canadian Automotive Study
  Executive Summary
 Nine in 10 LI members in Canada own at least one vehicle (89%), while nearly
  one in six leases
   – Nearly one in four LinkedIn members in Canada has a luxury vehicle (22%).


 One in three LI members plan to purchase a new vehicle in the next year (32%).
   – Nearly a third who plan to purchase a new vehicle will do so within six months (28%).


 Job changes lead LI members to rethink the vehicle types and brands they
  would consider purchasing
   – One in four LI members considered purchasing a new vehicle the last time there was
     a job change in their household (22%), and 43% of these ended up purchasing


 Auto marketers have a unique opportunity to influence vehicle purchase
  consideration through LinkedIn’s audience
   – More than four in five members would be influenced by automotive experts (81%),
     while nearly three in four would be influenced by the auto brand itself (71%).


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Nearly a third of new auto purchases planned for the
     next year are triggered by professional motivations

         Want better gas mileage/more environmentally friendly vehicle                                    36%

                      Want to upgrade to the newest model of a vehicle                              30%
Current vehicle no longer fits my needs for personal reasons (e.g. family
                                  grew)                                                       24%
  Want to upgrade to the latest automotive technologies (e.g. Bluetooth,
                             navigation, etc)                                                 24%

                       Current vehicle has safety or maintenance issues                       23%

                          Want a vehicle that fits my professional image                17%
    Changed/expect to change my job or career, and current vehicle no
                                                                                  11%
                                                                                                    30%
                       longer fits needs for work                                             of plans to purchase
   Received/expect to receive a raise, bonus or other new work-related                           are triggered by
                                 income                                           10%
                                                                                                   at least one
                                                                                              professional reason
                       I have moved/expect to move to a new residence            8%

                     An achievement such as a promotion or graduation        6%

                          A milestone such as a birthday or anniversary     3%
Younger LI members are especially likely to cite
  professional motivations as a trigger to purchase
                                                           18-24   25-34   35-44   45-54   55-64   65+
Want better gas mileage/more environmentally friendly
                                                           41%     35%     35%     36%     35%     38%
                                              vehicle
      Want to upgrade to the newest model of a vehicle     26%     23%     27%     27%     41%     44%

     Want to upgrade to latest automotive technologies     31%     24%     23%     24%     22%     25%
    Current vehicle no longer fits my needs for personal
                                                           24%     31%     30%     22%     16%     8%
                              reasons (e.g. family grew)
       Current vehicle has safety or maintenance issues    26%     21%     26%     25%     19%     8%

          Want a vehicle that fits my professional image   30%     26%     20%     12%     10%     3%
Changed/expect to change my job or career, and current
                                                           22%     14%     11%      9%      8%     14%
                   vehicle no longer fits needs for work
 Received/expect to receive a raise, bonus or other new
                                                           37%     14%     11%      7%      5%     6%
                                   work-related income
       I have moved/expect to move to a new residence      17%     16%      6%      4%      5%     8%

     An achievement such as a promotion or graduation      24%     13%      5%      2%      2%     1%

          A milestone such as a birthday or anniversary     6%      4%      2%      2%      2%     4%
Auto brands on LinkedIn have a unique
    opportunity to influence purchase consideration
•   More than four in five LI members in Canada would be influenced by automotive experts, while seven in 10
    would be influenced by an auto brand.
% who say information/recommendations from each source would influence vehicle purchase decision:



                    Automotive experts                                             81%


                       Family or friends                                        75%

                                                                                              Only LinkedIn
           Automotive brand/company                                           71%               provides a
                                                                                               platform for
                                                                                             professionals to
                                                                                              interact with
                             Colleagues                                     66%              each other AND
                                                                                                  brands
Other online consumers (NOT family,
                                                                          63%
       friends or colleagues)

       Automotive dealer/salesperson                         35%
Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Case Studies




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Increase awareness of new model via an
engaging, viral, contextual contest

                                 Objectives
                                  Increase product awareness
                                  Launch a new product



                                 Solution
                                  Invite 5 connections
                                  Win test drive to gourmet
                                   restaurant and lunch
                                  Recommend to connections



                                 Data Leveraged
                                  Member profile
                                  Messaging & network updates
Increase awareness via personalized,
engaging contest

                           Objectives
                            Increase brand awareness
                            Increase product awareness



                           Solution
                            Compete with connections
                            Stronger profile = more points
                            Win Volkswagen Passat



                           Data Leveraged
                            Member profile
                            Connection profiles
Some compelling videos…


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtorsGeHlMs (VW Passat)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2lWn7oup4 (KLM Meet & Seat)




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Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative

Q&A




                                          39

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Canadian automotive tour core narrative

  • 1. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative February 21st & February 22nd, 2013
  • 2. Canadian Automotive Tour: Core Narrative Agenda  LinkedIn Company Overview  Audience  Marketing Solutions  Content Marketing  Auto Research  Case Studies  Q&A 2
  • 3. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Company Overview 3
  • 4. Our Mission Connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful
  • 5. 200M+ professionals and rising 220 200 187 180 174 161 145 140 131 116 102 100 90 81 72 64 60 55.1 48 37.3 42 20 Q1'09 Q2'09 Q3'09 Q4'09 Q1'10 Q2'10 Q3'10 Q4'10 Q1'11 Q2'11 Q3'11 Q4'11 Q1'12 Q2'12 Q3'12 Q4' 12 Members (mn) *Internal metrics reflect LinkedIn site only, not including SlideShare 5
  • 6. Our Vision Create economic opportunity for every professional in the world
  • 7. Connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale The value we bring to our members Identity Insights Everywhere Connect, find, and Be great at what Work wherever our be found you do members work
  • 8. The business of connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale Three diverse, sustainable, and scalable business lines Hire Market Sell Engage the world’s Connect most Turn cold calls into best passive talent effectively with warm prospects professionals
  • 9. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Audience 9
  • 10. 10
  • 11. The globally connected professional network 200,000,000+ UK NL 11M+ 3M+ DACH registered members 3M+ France 4M+ Italy Canada Spain 4M+ 7M+ Europe 3M+ USA 39M+ 74M+ India 18M+ SE Asia 4M+ Brazil Australia 11M+ 3M+
  • 12. LinkedIn in Canada 5th Largest Market in the World! 7,000,000+ Canadian Members  4.9 Million Unique Visitors*  164 Million Page Views*  119 Million Minutes*  4.7 Average Minutes Per Visitor*  5.1 Visits per UV/month * Source: ComScore - December 2012
  • 13. Visitors Increasing Their Time On LinkedIn YoY Total Minutes (MM) 140 LinkedIn The Globe And Mail 120 Rogers Digital Media 100 The New York Times Brand National Post Sites 80 Wall Street Digital Network 60  LinkedIn overtook lead 6 40 months ago and increasing gap vs. 20 competitors  Previous lead publisher 0 experiencing 71% decrease in time spent online 13
  • 14. Only LinkedIn reaches this affluent audience (December 2012 Audience Duplication) 3,241M Unique Monthly Visitors 1,078M 4,095M 1,121M Unique Monthly Visitors 78% 77% of LinkedIn users do not visit G&M 4,938M of LinkedIn users do not visit Rogers Unique Monthly Visitors 766M 822M 84% of LinkedIn users do not visit NYT 2,414M 357M Unique Monthly Visitors 2,555M 83% Unique Monthly Visitors of LinkedIn users 1,061M do not visit NP 93% Unique Monthly Visitors of LinkedIn users do not visit WSJ
  • 15. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Marketing Solutions 15
  • 16. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Powered by precise and authentic targeting Core Social API / Off-Platform Standard Display Ads Company Pages APIs/Plug-Ins 300x250, 1x1 text link, 728x90, Social Ad: Follow Company Custom Executions built by 160x600 Social Ad: Recommendation Ads LinkedIn Certified Developers (CDP) Polls Groups Social Ad: Join Group Mobile iPad Content Modules LinkedIn Audience Network Sponsored InMails (LAN) Social Ads Slideshare Join Group & Follow Company PRECISE TARGETING Authentic Profile Data
  • 17. Targeting Strategies LI Declared Data 1 Profile Targeting (Title, Industry, Education, Interests) 2 Trigger Targeting (Career Changer, Degree change) 3 Inferred Targeting (High Net Worth, Influencers) 4 Look a like modeling (Social Graph – CXO 1st Degree Connection, $250K+ 1st Degree) 5 Third Party Overlays (In-Market, In-Market for BMW, Conquest)
  • 18. “inCrowds” Canada Automotive Image-driven • 884,612 Eco-conscious • 211,195 Professionals Career • 127,746 Adventurer- • 35,759 Changers Seekers • 342,944 Road Warriors • 1,207,099 Opinion Leaders Luxury Tech • 134,950 Influencers • 1,271,915 Empty-Nesters • 40,032 Millennials • 455,448 Active Lifestyle • 179,504 Female Early Adopters • 1,667,873 Professionals (25 - • 402,103 54) Run of • 7,122,897 Professional—U.S.
  • 19. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Content Marketing 19
  • 20. The Modern Marketing Funnel Content Context Conversion
  • 21. The Journey… Company Page Blog Article Landing Page Post CTA
  • 22.
  • 23. Content Marketing Strategy Content in the form of: Powerpoint Whitepapers Video Articles Delivered via: Targeted Organic Owned Status Paid Media Slideshare Groups Groups Updates Delivered to: C-level IT HNW Prosum Conversation drives Custom Decision FinServ ers content. Targets Makers Targets
  • 24. Content Company Pages Groups Slideshare News Influencers
  • 25. Groups 40M users 210M memberships 1.3M groups
  • 26. Slideshare 9M + Content Upload
  • 27. LinkedIn Today 1M + Publishers
  • 28. 2B+ Network Updates 108M + Comscore Viewed Weekly Uniques
  • 29. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Auto Research
  • 30. 2012 Canadian Automotive Study Executive Summary  Nine in 10 LI members in Canada own at least one vehicle (89%), while nearly one in six leases – Nearly one in four LinkedIn members in Canada has a luxury vehicle (22%).  One in three LI members plan to purchase a new vehicle in the next year (32%). – Nearly a third who plan to purchase a new vehicle will do so within six months (28%).  Job changes lead LI members to rethink the vehicle types and brands they would consider purchasing – One in four LI members considered purchasing a new vehicle the last time there was a job change in their household (22%), and 43% of these ended up purchasing  Auto marketers have a unique opportunity to influence vehicle purchase consideration through LinkedIn’s audience – More than four in five members would be influenced by automotive experts (81%), while nearly three in four would be influenced by the auto brand itself (71%). 30
  • 31. Nearly a third of new auto purchases planned for the next year are triggered by professional motivations Want better gas mileage/more environmentally friendly vehicle 36% Want to upgrade to the newest model of a vehicle 30% Current vehicle no longer fits my needs for personal reasons (e.g. family grew) 24% Want to upgrade to the latest automotive technologies (e.g. Bluetooth, navigation, etc) 24% Current vehicle has safety or maintenance issues 23% Want a vehicle that fits my professional image 17% Changed/expect to change my job or career, and current vehicle no 11% 30% longer fits needs for work of plans to purchase Received/expect to receive a raise, bonus or other new work-related are triggered by income 10% at least one professional reason I have moved/expect to move to a new residence 8% An achievement such as a promotion or graduation 6% A milestone such as a birthday or anniversary 3%
  • 32. Younger LI members are especially likely to cite professional motivations as a trigger to purchase 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Want better gas mileage/more environmentally friendly 41% 35% 35% 36% 35% 38% vehicle Want to upgrade to the newest model of a vehicle 26% 23% 27% 27% 41% 44% Want to upgrade to latest automotive technologies 31% 24% 23% 24% 22% 25% Current vehicle no longer fits my needs for personal 24% 31% 30% 22% 16% 8% reasons (e.g. family grew) Current vehicle has safety or maintenance issues 26% 21% 26% 25% 19% 8% Want a vehicle that fits my professional image 30% 26% 20% 12% 10% 3% Changed/expect to change my job or career, and current 22% 14% 11% 9% 8% 14% vehicle no longer fits needs for work Received/expect to receive a raise, bonus or other new 37% 14% 11% 7% 5% 6% work-related income I have moved/expect to move to a new residence 17% 16% 6% 4% 5% 8% An achievement such as a promotion or graduation 24% 13% 5% 2% 2% 1% A milestone such as a birthday or anniversary 6% 4% 2% 2% 2% 4%
  • 33. Auto brands on LinkedIn have a unique opportunity to influence purchase consideration • More than four in five LI members in Canada would be influenced by automotive experts, while seven in 10 would be influenced by an auto brand. % who say information/recommendations from each source would influence vehicle purchase decision: Automotive experts 81% Family or friends 75% Only LinkedIn Automotive brand/company 71% provides a platform for professionals to interact with Colleagues 66% each other AND brands Other online consumers (NOT family, 63% friends or colleagues) Automotive dealer/salesperson 35%
  • 34. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Case Studies 34
  • 35. 35
  • 36. Increase awareness of new model via an engaging, viral, contextual contest Objectives  Increase product awareness  Launch a new product Solution  Invite 5 connections  Win test drive to gourmet restaurant and lunch  Recommend to connections Data Leveraged  Member profile  Messaging & network updates
  • 37. Increase awareness via personalized, engaging contest Objectives  Increase brand awareness  Increase product awareness Solution  Compete with connections  Stronger profile = more points  Win Volkswagen Passat Data Leveraged  Member profile  Connection profiles
  • 38. Some compelling videos… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtorsGeHlMs (VW Passat) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2lWn7oup4 (KLM Meet & Seat) 38
  • 39. Canadian Automotive Tour Core Narrative Q&A 39