LinkedIn's Marketing Consultant, Jaime Pham, presents why employees are our influencers and how we can use LinkedIn in public relations strategy. www.prfest.co.uk
8. Not all channels are created equal. Context matters.
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blog
9. And even the biggest leaders need multiple
channels to start a conversation
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10. six job views
three Company Page views
one Company Page follower
six profile views
and two new connections established
Every six pieces of content an employee
shares on LinkedIn influences
11. It’s time to move beyond the brand. Now, employees are producing,
unearthing, and distributing information
17. 1. Educating employees on their professional
brand so they are empowered to represent
themselves, and your organization, in a
transformative way
18. “Originally, we were focused on amplifying our brand messaging and giving
employees something to share about our brand on social media.
Now, we’ve taken a turn… from looking to drive one voice for our brand to
giving a voice to every single member of our program…This empowerment of
our employees as individuals is what drives brand authenticity on social media.”
– Nolan Carleton, employee social advocacy at AT&T
Building a relationship- takes time, trust, consistency
Constituency- internal and external stakeholders, prospective talent, prospective customers
What this means for CC and PR: more integral role in the org
Many companies get this first part, finally. Owned channels include the website, blog, email, maybe even a print publication. But so many companies are still using these owned channels to talk about their business. They are not really trying to tell stories or educate or give the “why” behind their business. This is where real connections are made.
The most followed influencers on LinkedIn are all synonymous with a company brand
But non-influencers can have big voices, too, and can use those voices to start a real conversation.
Building a relationship- takes time, trust, consistency
Constituency- internal and external stakeholders, prospective talent, prospective customers
What this means for CC and PR: more integral role in the org
A company’s brand and influence is not limited to it’s top leadership. Because LinkedIn is in this unique space where your personal identity is directly tied to the company you work for, or own, the 2 are not mutually exclusive. Through the LinkedIn Elevate employee activation app, we are starting to see some interesting trends.
So, you have employees sharing stuff. What are they sharing? This goes back to: do you have a social media policy? Is everyone aware of it? Does it balance openness and authenticity with risk management? Here are some examples of what happens when a company has a strong internal brand (and a good communications agency)
Social business means leveraging existing relationships. You, and your employees, know your existing network and your potential audience better than what you can achieve at a corporate level. The people in the room have high-quality networks and are the perfect test segment for finding out what happens when you start writing and sharing more
AMEX Open: small business owners
ANN Inc.: Prospective talent
LinkedIn: company page followers. Prospective and existing talent, alumni.
Find your writers, your socially active execs. Create an editorial calendar. Or use ours. It’s in the appendix of this presentation which, I believe, you will all get a copy of.