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Best practices for Linkedin ads?
Hi! I'm a Marketing Specialist that has just been tasked with our Linkedin ads. We are a B2B company and I know there are a few different options on how to advertise on Linkedin. What has been your personal experience with Linkedin ads, what kinds of things should I avoid? How should I test best produced results? Thank you!
In my experience using LinkedIn ads, from a B2B perspective, I've found them to be the least effective and most expensive when marketing a product/service/promotion.
In saying that, I've had more success with Sponsored Content than anything else. I find InMail to be intrusive and in the same bracket as a cold sales email, which is now frowned upon in most markets. If I get one I tend to unsubscribe from that person. Text ads have brought very little value.
Of course, every business will be different, so your results may differ. It all comes down to the purpose of your campaign, the audience you're going after and your budget.
For me, it's all about giving things a try. Whenever I go to test a new platform for advertising I tend to allocate 3-4 months for testing and a set budget.
That makes sense, thank you so much for your input!!
I agree with Shearn. LinkedIn sponsored posts are much better than their display ads or text ads. And the cost per lead is higher than Facebook or AdWords.
But the reason we recommend it for some clients is that it's possible to be extremely targeted with the campaigns. You can upload a list of target accounts, or a list of target contacts and know that you sponsored post will only be visible to those targets.
Compare this to paid search, where you routinely get clicks from people wanting a job, or a partnership, or want to sell you something. Paid search is great, but there is a lot of noise. LinkedIn can be very targeted.
Q: Best practices for Linkedin ads?
@albusse, we've had similar experiences as those described by @shearn (with two notable exceptions).
While many people think InMail = 'LinkedIn email' there are HUGE differences (some good / some bad).
- InMail is COMMUNITY 'email' which means LinkedIn can control its delivery with extreme precision.
Unlike traditional email which arrives willy-nilly whether or not the recipient is active InMail is held in a magical LinkedIn queue and only delivered when the LinkedIn member is currently online. This gives the illusion of 'perfect timing' -- something seasoned users of HubSpot Sales Pro tool have come to expect.
- InMail cost $10 each (once you consume your monthly alottment).
While not a big deal to CMOs with huge budgets, $10/message can be quite cost prohibitive for SMBs and certainly disqualifies InMail as a mass-campaign tool.
- InMail <> email and therefore requires a dramatically different approach.
Since the traditional spray-n-pray approach (like many use email) rarely works well on LinkedIn we recommend using EXTREME PERSONALIZATION in InMail campaigns. We've had great success with this approach ... even wrote an ebook with examples.
- We won't go so far as to say, "totally avoid LinkedIn groups", but close.
btw - LinkedIn also quietly removed public-facing LinkedIn group stats during that same timeframe in 2015. Basically, this means we can no longer determine how many new conversations versus new comments occur in a group -- an essential ranking factor for any serious data-driven LinkedIn group marketer.
- We won't go so far as to say, "totally avoid LIONs - (Li)nkedIn (O)pen (N)etworkers", but close.
While some LIONs are authentic marketers who take time to craft audience-centric LinkedIn campaigns with real value, most are spray-n-prayers (or worse) whose strategies have not evolved with changes LinkedIn has implemented on their platform -- e.g., the new 2017 LinkedIn InBox, the 2016 algorighm change limiting reach of organic posts in activity feeds for even 1st-degree connections, and the not-so-new group changes mentioned above.
- We won't go so far as to say, "don't trust LinkedIn ad stats", but close.
While there may be rare cases when LinkedIn's historically flawed stats reporting is accurate, we aren't aware of any.
Furthermore, we've never met a client who's paid as little as $0.32 per click in over 7 years of working LinkedIn. Just sayin' -- (see image straight from the 'How to Analyze Your Campaign Performance | Ad Tips' page in the LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Help Center). We used to routinely screenshot these pages since they historically have a way of mysteriously disappearing (or quietly changing without notice).
AND, thanks to Facebook and LinkedIn, also gone are the days of blindly trusting ad networks. Doubt seriously if Google, Microsoft, or anyone else can restore consumer confidence in these mediums.
We've found that B2B LinkedIn profiles (not Company Pages) have the greatest impact on both leads and conversion rates. Last year, LinkedIn made their 3rd attempt to redesign company pages with more $ex-appeal. They still fail miserably.
We think LinkedIn company pages continue to fail because, contrary to what many so-called LInkedIn marketers try to convince us, in the mind of the general public LinkedIn is still really only a 'SOCIAL platform' for recruiters and (to a much lesser extent) job seekers.
The above withstanding, the LinkedIn profile remains the single most searchable and impactful piece of content on the platform. In fact, its searchability extends so deep into Google SERP territory that the LinkedIn profile consistently ranks in the top 3 positions for most name searches across all verticals in all industries world-wide.
Point? Get those profiles cleaned-up BEFORE beginning ad campaigns.
This is particularly important for SMBs who can't rely on an already well established brand reputation.
Will LinkedIn be able to use video to shed its 'job search platform persona'?
Only time will tell, but sponsored video looks very promising as new (Microsoft-owned) LinkedIn ad platform strategies emerge for marketers.
Here's just one great example of a single person producing their own video content well enough to rival the majors -- (warning ... this girl is a pro and she ROCKS LinkedIn) -- Hire Me Video (YouTube) -- earned nearly a million views on LinkedIn.


So the customer calls… *ring, ring*, and it goes to my voicemail.
I get back to the shop and grab my cell phone, return the call, "Hi Ron here, Ramsden 1-800-painting returning the call, can you please give me a callback," then later I am not near my phone or I can't answer it and Mr. customer calls me back.
I am Ron Ramsden, I am a DYB Coach, also a painting contractor here in Northern Massachusettes and I've found a solution for phone tag!
I want to tell you about a piece of software that we found a while back, this is called "You Can Book Me".
Here's a FREE video training on it.
I know some of you are saying, I don't want to use anything extra, I want to be able to control my own calendar, but I am going to walk through this really quickly with you and tell you all of the benefits of using it.
First of all, you are going to love the cost, the software is FREE.
They do have an advanced feature, I believe it's $14 or $16 a month, that comes with a few extra bells and whistles, but the free version will work for most companies.
Anyways, "You Can Book Me", go to youcanbook.me.
This software helps us tremendously, especially because spring market is starting to come, and most of the bookings are being made online.
We do give the customers an option to leave a voicemail and we'll get back to them.
However, most of my customers go straight to "You Can Book Me".
You can actually customize the times a customer can book an appointment with you, by blocking out times you are busy.
You can also book how much time you are going to spend with them; you can do it in an hour, all the way up to as many as 4 hours.
I leave within 90 minutes, it doesn't take me that long to book or actually look at a job and write up an estimate, but if you are presenting the estimate on the spot, you need to try for 2 hours.
Depending on your geography, where you live and how far out the location is.
You don't have to fill your whole schedule openings for appointments, you create your own schedule.
Maybe you only want appointments in the afternoon, just set your calendar for openings in the afternoon!
As for myself, I have networking events in the mornings and I also schedule some time for one-to-ones on a weekly basis.
Those are automatically blocked off, I also host some mastermind groups, those times are blocked off as well.
You are not going to be able to book on my whole calendar, I only allow bookings on the times that I am free and it's usually the same times every week, so I don't have to customize it or change it.
Also, Saturdays and Sundays, I don't book appointments on Saturdays and Sundays, but maybe you have Saturday mornings as your estimate time, you can free up that portion of your calendar and have it open there.
Your time is undeniably valuable, and you don't want to waste time driving 30 minutes out to an estimate only to figure out that is it just NOT for you.
…so this next part is absolutely vital to implement.
I made something for you and it's completely FREE.
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We've also talked about the 3 P's, which is the Process, the People, and the Profit.
The people are one of the P's and that is very, very important.
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The questions in youcanbook.me are customizable, of course, you have name, address, phone number, email address.
We have that basic information, we can always use Zillow and see what kind of house you are walking into beforehand.
You might want to see if it is on sale, it has sold, square footage, and things like that.
By doing this you can get yourself warmed up for that estimate before going in there.
One question should be to ask if the home is a rental.
Also, when they will need the property painted.
How did they hear from you?
Always, always, always, ask how they found out about you.
If they have been referred to you, you probably have a leg up on the competition!
How soon do they want the work done?
Also, is this a rush job?
Maybe they found some water damage that needs to be done right away, there is a wedding coming up or something has happened and they need it done asap.
We have extra questions on hand that pertain to that, you can put as many questions as you need.
That's a great way to Pre-Qualify Your Customers.
Also, block-off time, like I said, if there is a certain time your unavailable, maybe your kid has baseball at 3 pm every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and you want to be there for every game.
You can block that time off and you will never have to worry about it.
As for myself, you cannot book an appointment with me after 2 o'clock on a Friday afternoon, that's my time to go to the lake.
They know that we have received the booking and they've received that email.
You can also customize the time the reminder email goes out to them to remind them the time and day of the appointment.
How many times in the past have you gone to an appointment, you knock on the door and nobody is home, that's a bummer!
After they've booked, I also give them a way to contact me, my email specifically, I don't hand out my phone number, but they do get my email and we chat on there all the time.
If you're using this software you can also link to it from FaceBook.
On your Facebook Page, it will show a "Book Now" button, linked straight to your "You Can Book Me" page.
You can also put a link right in your email.
It will save you time instead of going back and forth through email trying to find a day and time that works for both of you.
How about… they take a look at your calendar and choose a time and day that is right for them.
You would be silly NOT to implement this!
On the interface, open times will be in one color and there will be times with lines drawn through them that are already blocked.
This also syncs with your Google calendar, and this is awesome because if you have something already booked on your Google calendar, it would be blocked off as long as you block it off on your Google calendar.
Maybe you are going on a vacation, you just block off the entire week, there is no opening, you are not there, very easy to do.
We will have a customer that will book an appointment, they leave all their information and a lot of times they want it done ASAP.
Customers are also able to change the estimated time, they're always just so happy that they are able to do these things online.
They get all the information ahead of time, I know every once in a while I have to call them up and say, "I am so sorry that I had something else scheduled, I forgot to put it on my calendar, is there any way we can move that an hour ahead or until the next day?" No one has ever said no.
Anyways, customers love this opportunity and this service that we provide them and I just wanted to share it with you.
If you haven't gotten your free YouCanBook.Me Training yet, get it now!
I am Ron Ramsden, I am a DYB coach as I said, also a painting contractor up here in Massachusetts, if you need me, you can find me here at ron@dybcoach.com, you can also find me on Facebook, as many of you have.
Send me a message, I'd love to talk to you and answer some of your questions, share some ideas with you, I help painters work on their business so they don't have to work in the business.
Have a great day and save yourself and your customers some headaches, bye.


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Denis Villeneuve made the dune film that jodorowsky never could (yes it's that good)
I'll start my review by stating something I've repeated several times over the past few years:
Denis Villeneuve is the best Director working today (and has been for a while).
That's a pretty big statement, considering the directing talent that is out there now. But after seeing Denis' latest film, his magnum opus, a film he said for the first time in his career that he made for a single audience member (himself), Dune was everything I wanted it be and more. And it proves that there is no one working in or out of Hollywood who has more attention to detail, more ability to craft fully immersive worlds that feel like they exist than Denis.
With all the praise heaped upon Denis, I will also make an admission that I still love David Lynch's version to this day. And I think you can equally enjoy both the Lynch version and this one for their very own and distinct reasons.
So what makes this latest adaptation to Frank Herbert's classic Sci-Fi work so perfectly?
In short, everything.
Let's start with the cast shall we?
With any film, most projects begin and end with it's cast. Not only how those cast members "fit" into the roles they are cast in, but their buy-in to the project and those creative players driving it. Dune has an almost perfect cast in both areas. At the tip of that spear is Timothee' Chalamet in the lead role as young Paul Atreides. Timothee' has quickly moved up the ladder of leading man in Hollywood and his performance here only adds to his currency moving forward with whatever new projects he looks to star in.
After Timothee' you have a who's who cast of talent that all add their own particular abilities to the project. The three that stood out for me where Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard. But there are no weak links in Dune. No performance is wasted.
Another thing to point out with Dune is the incredible Set and Costume Design. As alien as the world of Dune feels, there is also a very strong base to those designs that also feels very familiar. It's a balancing act that many Sci-Fi projects have tried to accomplish time and time again, some successfully and some not so much. There are many things in Dune that give the viewer the feeling that the world the characters inhabit could exist.
As with any Sci-Fi project, visual effects are always a large part of making that project a success. With Dune, Denis went in the direction of keeping a film of this scope subudded in the CGI department. Yes, there are effects work present, but in a lot of instances, those needs for effects are either done practically, or they are done on a level that keeps the underlying technology grounded. For those who aren't aware, in the world of Dune, A.I. is outlawed by the Emperor throughout the Imperium. As result that was the fallout from the 1000 year conflict ended with computers and A.I. being deemed to dangerous.
This is why in the movie you see the hints of technology and various items that obviously are crafted using technological understanding, but no computers. Nothing that could possibly have the ability to become self-aware.
The backdrop of Dune is both familiar and very foreign (see a pattern here) to the viewer. Shot on location in Norway, Jordan, Hungary and UA Emirates. Denis wastes no frame using these locations. Giving us beautiful views into the various worlds of Dune. Each one as distinct as the next. Only resorting to sounds stages when absolutely necessary. And it shows. I found myself spending a good amount of times looking beyond the actors, to the spaces beyond them and marveling at the fantastic backdrops.
No film is complete without it's score. Dune is no exception.
What can you say about Hans Zimmer that hasn't already been?
His ability to create perfectly appropriate scores to help compliment and lift the film in question is on full display here. So many instances in Dune of Hans score elevating a scene or at the very least fitting in like the perfect puzzle piece are too many to mention. Admittedly when I first read about Hans being brought on to the project, as much of a fan as I am of his work, I wasn't convinced he was the right choice. After seeing the film, all of those concerns of fully put to bed.
A lot was said by Denis leading up to Dune's release about his insistence that audiences make their way to the cinema to see it. I am a huge proponent that film deserves to be seen in the proper venue (much like lot's of other art forms. Listening to your favorite band's latest album at home is great, but seeing it live gives you an experience you can't replicate at home). Dune deserves to be seen in the cinema, on the biggest screen possible.
I watched it on my local IMAX screen (the movie was shot by Denis on IMAX cameras and filmed specifically for IMAX screens) and I can emphasize enough, if you're in a place personally that you feel comfortable enough, go see it in your local cinema. There are things that will be missed otherwise. I don't mean story wise, but rather those technical pieces that your home setup, no matter how good, will not show up in a home viewing.
If you've read any on this version of Dune, it is well known that it is a 'part one', with the hope by Denis that Warner Bros. will greenlite part two. After a very strong opening weekend, things are looking like that will ultimately happen. But we are still waiting on the official word from WB brass.
It would be a tragedy if it weren't made. We deserve to see Denis' full vision of the world of Dune fully realized. If not for all of us, for him. For the audience of one. The true one. The quizat haderach of film.
So as fearful as it not being completed is, I will not fear, for fear is…well you know the rest.
As always, leave a comment with your thoughts. Until next time, LLAP!
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NinaRose says:
I Think Harry Styles would be great choice as Feyd-Rautha In Dune 2
I Think Jodie Comer would be great choice as Princess Irulan Corrino In Dune 2

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He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother Hillsborough Charity Single Christmas No1 2012
The Hillsborough charity single featuring Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams is tipped for Christmas No 1.
The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was a human crush which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15th April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England.
The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world's worst football disasters. Read more about the Hillsborough disaster on Wikipedia.
In the music video Sir Paul McCartney joins a host of stars on the Justice Collective's Christmas cover of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, in aid of the Hillsborough families (uploaded on YouTube, 5th December 2012).
Sir Paul will feature alongside the likes of Robbie Williams, Melanie C, Holly Johnson and Gerry Marsden on the single which is due to be released on December 17.
The acts, who are going under the name The Justice Collective, will raise money to cover the legal costs of the families of the Liverpool supporters killed in the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
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Story: Once more duke finds himself in the middle of a hostile situation, this time aboard a half flooded nuclear submarine, grounded on the rocks in the middle of the ocean on a dark stormy night. Though I doubt Duke cares what the weather is like! Find your way through the darkness of submerged corridors, beware what is lurking in the shadows for these waters are shark infested. You must keep your air supply topped up or you will end up like the former crew. Don't hesitate to open fire on anything that moves but watch the missile silos, we don't want to set off any nuclear explosions (though that is the point)!
This is a tough one, but don't give up….


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Q: Is there plugin for WP to show latest news with specific word in title or somewhere? I need help with WordPress. For example, I have 100 posts in my blog, and only one post has a word: "HOT". I'd like to show this post on the right side (like widget). Can you advise me something?

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