The Sophisticated Marketer's Guide to LinkedIn
First, build your company's brand and build trust with your community.
Second, create your first ad campaign on LinkedIn's ad platform.
Reach and engage a professional audience in the LinkedIn feed.
Engage your prospects where professional conversations happen.
Engage prospects with ads automatically personalized to them.
Self-service ad formats to create campaigns in minutes.
Discover how much it costs to advertise on LinkedIn.
Reach the people who matter most to your business.
Qualified leads come from a quality audience on LinkedIn.
An easy way to reach new audiences by amplifying your best content.
Measure the true impact of your LinkedIn ads.
Measure the ROI of your LinkedIn ads.
Choose your LinkedIn ad format based on your objective and customer journey.
Cisco Canada Lowers Lead Generation Costs With LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT and networking. They help companies of all sizes transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Two years ago, the marketing team for Cisco’s Canada operations wanted to expand its digital marketing efforts, which included social media. The team was looking for a more effective way to hits its KPIs in digital marketing, and turned to LinkedIn for help in key areas including:
• Lead generation and contact acquisition
• Better value for their marketing solutions
Cisco’s team was willing to put in the time and money to create content that would generate more form-fills and promising contacts, but wanted a better return on its investment.
Cisco partnered with LinkedIn to create several campaigns focusing on lower cost per customer acquisition and improved targeting. The team used LinkedIn advertising to showcase a white paper that featured important Cisco technology for the manufacturing industry, with a goal of generating high-quality leads.
Equally important was targeting their intended audience. Cisco was able to strategically focus on IT decision makers, narrowing the campaign audience by job role, title, and seniority. They also used the Matched Audiences feature to determine which insights and characteristics are most valuable, carrying this data over to future campaigns.
Prior to launching the LinkedIn campaign, Cisco Canada wanted to lower cost per acquisition. Through LinkedIn, they not only saw an improvement in lead acquisition costs, but were also able to use targeting for enhanced precision with their campaign.
Additionally, they tapped into the knowledge of LinkedIn’s specialists to determine which approaches would suit them best, helping Cisco’s team hit its goals head-on.
“I think the best practice is to work with your LinkedIn Marketing Solutions team,” says Social Media Manager, Julian Jasniewski. “Really talk to them. Let them understand what you’re trying to achieve with your campaigns, and make it a partnership, because they will help you get where you need to be.”
INDUSTRY: Computer Networking |
NO. OF EMPLOYEES: 10,000+ (global) |
HQ LOCATION: Toronto, Canada |
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“LinkedIn is a strong performer in terms of value, and it has also helped us reach the right audience.”
“Our cost per acquisition was a bit high via our traditional marketing, so a new avenue of lead generation or contact acquisition through LinkedIn was fantastic.”
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