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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Is a LinkedIn Following Worth Chasing? #1871

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1871, Neil and Eric talk about whether it is worth chasing a LinkedIn following or not. Of course, numbers matter to a degree, but they might not be as important as you think. Tune in today to hear it all! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: Is a LinkedIn Following Worth Chasing? [00:27] Unless you’re going after B2B or enterprise, follower numbers don’t matter that much. [01:31] It comes back to the marketing basics; go where your audience hangs out.  [02:22] Consistency is the most important thing. [02:39] Smart ways to grow your LinkedIn following. [03:29] Where Neil is putting his focus at the moment.  [03:00] That’s it for today! [04:38] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information or call us on 310-349-3785!   Leave Some Feedback:     What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.     Connect with Us:    Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips

0:06.4

and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.

0:11.4

Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric

0:16.8

Sue.

0:17.8

All right guys, before we start, we got a special message from our sponsor.

0:24.1

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0:28.6

The faster your website loads, the better off you are.

0:31.4

With Google's Corvital update, that makes it super, super important to optimize your

0:35.5

site for low time.

0:37.7

And one easy way to do it is use the host that Eric and I use DreamHouse.

0:42.1

So just go to DreamHouse or Google it, find it, check it out, and it's a great way to

0:47.1

improve your low time.

0:48.4

Today, we are going to talk about if having a LinkedIn following is worth chasing.

0:56.9

So I've had a LinkedIn following for years now, Eric has as well.

1:01.2

And I use to actually try to grow the number in the early days.

1:04.1

I wanted more and more followers.

1:06.0

And what I found about LinkedIn is unless you're really going after B2B and you're going

1:11.1

after enterprise, the following isn't really going to make you the most ROI.

1:17.2

Yes, I get people on LinkedIn are consumers as well, but it's a B2B social network and

1:23.3

the higher ticket items that you're selling, the more valuable the following is, the more

1:28.1

lower ticket items that you're selling, I found that just less valuable that the following

1:32.6

is.

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