LinkedIn has always been a popular social media platform but over the past couple of years, many people and businesses have taken to posting on LinkedIn to build their community and create more opportunities for themselves and their businesses. With that being said, we thought we would provide you with some tips on using LinkedIn for community building. 

Post Relevant and Engaging Industry Content

Posting engaging and relevant industry content is a great way to meet new connections and build relationships with current ones. Writing about what you know about the industry will make you more appealing to fellow LinkedIn users who are searching for employees. Regularly posting relatable content on LinkedIn can do wonders for your profile. Give it a try and watch the opportunities roll in. 

Post Consistently 

Post consistently on the platform, however, please note that posting consistently does not mean frequently. Yes, post 3-5 times a week, however, there is no need to post 3-5 times a day as this can result in a lot of your posts getting lost (which can mean a lot of your hard work being wasted). Come up with a posting strategy and stick to this. Do some audience research, see the days and times your audience is most active, and post at these times. Research has shown that people who post once a week see 2x more engagement than those who post less frequently. 

Be Proactive With Your Outreach

You cannot expect your audience to always come to you, sometimes you need to go and find your audience yourself. Build your community by searching for individuals who are similar to you and think like you. Having one genuine connection will be more valuable than 150 random connections.

Build Relationships With Your Connections

When you have connected with a new person on LinkedIn, try and start a friendly conversation with that person and begin to engage with them to start building a professional and friendly relationship with them. Reach out to them frequently, everyone leads busy lives but this person will remember you if you reach out to them often and check-in. 

Collaborate With Connections

Collaborate with like-minded LinkedIn creators. Send them a connection request and start to build a friendship with them. Once you have decided to collaborate then you can decide on a small project that you can work together on and get creative!

Get Personal and Provide Value

When posting on LinkedIn you want to get personal, you want to be able to relate to your audience, whilst you get personal on LinkedIn you will also want to provide value, your audience will enjoy reading this content more than the generic LinkedIn posts.

There you have it, our top tips on building a community on LinkedIn. Are you going to start posting on LinkedIn? Let us know in the comments! For more social media, digital marketing, SEO, and more posts social media marketing, digital marketing, SEO, and more, click here to read our other posts.