Reconverse Case Study
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The document discusses how Reconverse successfully utilized LinkedIn to raise awareness for its HR-focused business, generating significant engagement through status updates which attracted qualified leads and community interaction. Their marketing efforts yielded a substantial following and revenue, primarily from LinkedIn, surpassing other platforms like Facebook. The case study emphasizes the importance of platform choice and engaging content in reaching target audiences effectively.
Reconverse Case Study
- 1. Marketing Solutions Reconverse Case Study Raising awareness for a new business with LinkedIn Company Pages and status updates “ All of the people who follow us are in the exact industries we are targeting, so we consider Challenge them qualified business leads. Ninety percent • Raisingawareness of new company and business of our revenue is coming from our LinkedIn concept community.” • Reaching HR and recruitment professionals • Creating conversations with recruitment community Jamie Leonard Director, Reconverse Solution • Launched LinkedIn Company Page • Used status updates to encourage engagement and drive leads Why LinkedIn? Reconverse status update contest • Professionalaudience helps businesses reach desired prospects • Status updates promote engagement between members and businesses Reaching target audience for startup company Results London-based Reconverse (www.reconverse.com) launched with a promise to reenergize how human resources • Firststatus update provided 1,403 likes, 120 professionals share new ideas about recruiting talent. At comments, and 87 followers Reconverse’s networking events, small groups of 10 to 15 • Status update “contest” attracts 15 event attendees, people (called “delegates”) participate in a roundtable 4 supplier clients discussion, and then attend one-to-one speed meetings to • 90% of revenue comes from LinkedIn community- figure how to put new ideas into practice – like using mobile building efforts platforms or social networks to cultivate talent. Reconverse • 132 followers and going strong! also invites suppliers – such as job boards and media companies – to present their products to delegates (delegates attend free of charge, while suppliers pay a fee). To get its business off to a flying start, Reconverse needed to reach out to the Human Resource (HR) community. One of the company’s first marketing attempts, explains Reconverse director Jamie Leonard, was via Facebook advertising.
- 2. “With Facebook, we didn’t see measureable results,” Leonard Contest attracts new followers explains. “Facebook is good for marketing products to “In the first few hours after we posted our first status update, consumers, but it doesn’t lend itself to raising awareness of we had 100 likes,” Leonard says. “Then it went viral, and we new services for professionals.” Reconverse also purchased started getting likes outside of the UK. What was really banner ads on HR industry websites in order to drive traffic to interesting was that people started commenting as well – the its website, but the banners didn’t perform as anticipated. LinkedIn status update encouraged conversations among followers and their own networks.” Leonard had his own personal profile on LinkedIn, and realized that the site might offer the strong professional community and Within one week, a single Company Page status update connections to HR people that Facebook and other industry sites provided Reconverse with 1,403 likes, 120 comments – and 87 lacked. He and Reconverse co-director Lois Leonard set up new followers. “All of the people who follow us are in the Reconverse’s LinkedIn Company Page shortly before the business exact industries we are targeting, so we consider them launched in summer 2011. qualified business leads,” Leonard explains. From that initial push for likes and followers, Reconverse attracted 15 “Facebook is like the pub where you hang out, and Twitter is like delegates and four new supplier clients for its events. a street where conversations are very open and public,” says Leonard. “But LinkedIn is the office – it’s the place where people “Ninety percent of our revenue is coming from our LinkedIn go to do business. As a friend says, LinkedIn is like an all-day, community,” Leonard says. A second “contest” status update 365-days-a-year business conference. We decided that LinkedIn in early 2012 – this time, offering a £50 iTunes gift card – drew was where we would find our HR audience, in a place where they 318 likes and 11 comments, as well as 12 requests for more were open to hearing about new approaches for solving their information about Reconverse’s events. As of February 2012, recruitment problems.” Reconverse has 132 followers and 35 recommendations. Reconverse’s use of contest-oriented status updates echoes Engaging members with status updates its lighthearted and witty company voice – and these updates Reconverse has had its biggest success using status updates are resonating with the audience that the company needs to on its Company Page. “As soon as status updates were reach. For other small and medium-sized businesses seeking introduced by LinkedIn, we decided to test the feature and to use status updates to attract followers and business leads, see what response we’d get,” Leonard says. Reconverse asked Leonard advises testing different approaches to delivering people to “like” its update, saying that everyone who did so company news. would be eligible to win a prize of a few bottles of their favorite drink. “Every company has its own voice, so try to create status updates that reflect your unique voice,” Leonard suggests. “It helps set you apart from the white noise from many companies. And be aware of the time of day or week you are posting updates, since your audience may react better to your news on certain days. For instance, we notice that our followers pay more attention to updates posted on Mondays, probably because they’re back at their desks and in work mode after the weekend.” Visit marketing.linkedin.com to learn how other marketers have successfully met their marketing objectives. Reconverse’s LinkedIn Company Page Copyright © 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, and InMail are registered trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. 10-LCS-062-G 0212