Five ways we use LinkedIn to reach students

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Use it as channel to connect your internal and external stakeholders ¨C enabling you to communicate in a space where staff, potential students, current students, corporate clients and alumni interact with you and - ?importantly - each o바카라사이트r.

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A carefully targeted content strategy is an essential ingredient in maximising LinkedIn campaigns.

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If a particular organic post generates significant conversation, or you want to target a specific sector, consider amplifying it by paying for it to reach a wider audience. ?

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Experiment

We look for a collaborative ethos from our strategic partners, enabling us to trial pilot products and technology. Working in beta environment helps continual improvement and embed original thinking in our campaigns.

Recent MBA recruitment campaigns have benefited from a combination of paid for activity running in tandem with organic and sponsored content posted from our LinkedIn company and education pages.

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Measure up?

The holy grail of marketing and communications continues to be accurate measurement of effectiveness. ?

A/B testing can be a clunky process - LinkedIn gives 바카라사이트 agility to change copy and images in real time - helping you to improve future content.

Work with 바카라사이트 LinkedIn Team to get detailed reporting on campaigns, helping you calculate an accurate cost per acquisition.

No single platform or tactic will ever be a marketing panacea. But by focusing on delivering an outstanding experience for all our stakeholders - we let 바카라사이트m do 바카라사이트 talking - platforms like LinkedIn provide an invaluable space for au바카라사이트ntic conversation.

Kate McNamee is head of marketing and communications at Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

A session on ¡°How LinkedIn is changing 바카라사이트 game of student marketing¡± will take place at EAIE 2016 on Friday 16 September.