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IBM DB2 best practices Linked in July 2012
1. Become a LinkedIn
Lead Generation Star !
Prove Best Practices
Surekha Parekh
WW DB2 for z/OS Program Director & IM System z Social
Media Strategist
2. Facts about LinkedIn as Social
Most Powerful B2B Social Network
61% B2B companies have acquired a customer via LinkedIn
(source www.hubspot.com)
LinkedIn drove more B2B websites nearly 3 TIMES > Twitter
(source www.leadformix.com 2010 survey)
3. Social Media Hints & Tips
Social Media Marketing are a new set of Marketing Tools for the
Market Managers Tool kit that must be INTEGRATED with existing
marketing strategies/tools to help Marketers work SMARTER instead
of HARDER
• Keep focused on your objective ?
SEGMENTATION TARGETING POSITIONING are KEY
Who do you want to target ?
What is the need/challenge you are trying to address ?
How are you going to measure success ?
4. Complete Profile – Just the START
Use Keywords find the right words to describe your current position
use KEYWORDS in PROFILE HEADLINE & Summary
(Search Engines & LinkedIn use KEYWORDS)
Add PHOTO
Add your company website URL not personal URL
LinkedIn Status not like FB – should be Business Focused not
PERSONAL
5. Build a network of STRONG TIES
Follow an in-person meeting with LinkedIn Connection request
Follow up on phone calls with LinkedIn requests
Do not use generic requests add some details
Review LinkedIn suggested contacts
Connect to all work colleagues shows strong impressive of
connected company
Reach out to people in your groups but ADD context to REQUESTS
6. Business Value Through SHARING
Create Business Value by SHARING
Import BLOGS & Twitter feeds
Grow Recommendations
7. 3 STEPS TO LinkedIn STARDOM !
JOIN GROUPs
CONNECT
SHARE & COLLABORATE
8. DB2 for z/OS on LinkedIn - 3260 + Members
Set Targets for Group
Create action Plan
11. Top DB2 for z/OS Communities
World of DB2 for z/OS - 1900+ members http://db2forzos.ning.com/
DB2 10 LinkedIn - 1390+ members http://linkd.in/IBMDB210
DB2 for z/OS What’s On LinkedIn – 3240+ members http://linkd.in/kd05LH
DB2 for z/OS YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/IBMDB2forzOS
WW IDUG LinkedIn Group - 3500 +members http://linkd.in/IDUGLinkedIn
IDUG.ORG http://www.idug.org
IBM developerWorks http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/community/