Lead Generation
Generating leads and converting connections into customers can increase dramatically when you begin to marketing your business on LinkedIn. This professional network allows you to build connections with those who share similar interests or work in the same industry, many of whom may be important individuals or firms who you would have never been introduced to.
Sizing up Your Competition
Finding out what your competition is up to is important in any business. LinkedIn allows you to see your competition’s clients, references, recommendations, and other important information that may not be readily available elsewhere.
Greater Visibility
Like all of your social pages, your LinkedIn company page will be indexed by Google, meaning an engaging, authoritative and interesting page could play a crucial role in your SEO (search engine optimisation strategy), meaning more visibility.
Market Research
LinkedIn allows you to conduct market research effortlessly too. Let’s suppose you’re considering a new product or service. You can research on LinkedIn to see what kind of demand there is, whilst LinkedIn offers a Q&A feature that you can make good use of, receiving feedback from relevant individuals.
Recommendations
LinkedIn allows others to publicly recommend you and/or your business, and as we know, word of mouth recommendations will always be a crucial aspect of marketing, especially on LinkedIn where a professional, relevant and engaged user base will be watching.