From personal brand to team presence
Your profile is like your own lunchbox with your name on it. A LinkedIn Page is like the school's notice board: it speaks for the whole group, many people help keep it tidy, and everyone can see it.
- Before this course: LinkedIn Authority: thought leadership and reputation (course 8.3.3). You already have a clear lane, a content series, a proof checklist and an honest analytics habit for yourself. Now you lead a team or an organisation's presence.
- Profile or Page: a profile is one member. A LinkedIn Page speaks for an organisation. LinkedIn Help says you must have a LinkedIn account to create a Page, and Pages are free to create.
- Where: LinkedIn Help says you can create a Page on desktop or in the iOS app; creating a Page is not supported on Android mobile devices.
- Page types on desktop: Company, Showcase page and Educational institution (the iOS app offers Company and Educational institution).
- Desktop steps (LinkedIn Help): click the For Business icon at the top right of your homepage, scroll down and click Create a Company Page, choose the page type, fill in the details, tick the box confirming you have the right to act on behalf of the company or school, click Create page, then Start building your page!
- Who is in charge: the person who creates the Page becomes its super admin and can assign other admins.
- Employer brand (general practice): what people believe it is like to work at your organisation. It is built by the Page, by job posts, and most of all by real employees telling honest stories about their work. You cannot buy it with slogans; actions have to match words, as you learned in course 8.3.3.
- Only act with permission. That verification box matters: create or run a Page only for an organisation you are authorised to represent.
- Write "Before this course: LinkedIn Authority, course 8.3.3" at the top of a page.
- Search LinkedIn for your organisation's name to see whether a Page already exists, so you do not make a second one.
- Ask your manager or owner, in writing, to confirm you may run the Page.
- On desktop, click For Business, then Create a Company Page, and choose the page type (names can differ by version).
- Fill in the details, tick the verification box and click Create page.
- Write the Page's one-sentence promise, like your personal lane: "We help [who] with [what]."
- Check: the Page exists once, you have written permission, and the promise fits real work your team does.
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[Host] "Your profile is your voice. A Page is the team's voice."
[Screen: For Business, Create a Company Page] "On desktop, click For Business, then Create a Company Page."
[Text on screen: Only with permission] "Tick the box only if you really have the right to act for the organisation."
[Text on screen: Creator = super admin] "Whoever creates the Page becomes its super admin."
[Host] "And remember: real employees telling honest stories build the employer brand. Not slogans."
Check whether your organisation (or a club or volunteer group you help) has a Page. Write its one-sentence promise and the name of the person who approved you to manage it.
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I'm learning "LinkedIn for Teams: employer brand and training" on The Future Market. Lesson 1: "From personal brand to team presence". What the lesson teaches: - Before this course: LinkedIn Authority: thought leadership and reputation (course 8.3.3). You already have a clear lane, a content series, a proof checklist and an honest analytics habit for yourself. Now you lead a team or an organisation's presence. - Profile or Page: a profile is one member. A LinkedIn Page speaks for an organisation. LinkedIn Help says you must have a LinkedIn account to create a Page, and Pages are free to create. - Where: LinkedIn Help says you can create a Page on desktop or in the iOS app; creating a Page is not supported on Android mobile devices. - Page types on desktop: Company, Showcase page and Educational institution (the iOS app offers Company and Educational institution). - Desktop steps (LinkedIn Help): click the For Business icon at the top right of your homepage, scroll down and click Create a Company Page, choose the page type, fill in the details, tick the box confirming you have the right to act on behalf of the company or school, click Create page, then Start building your page! - Who is in charge: the person who creates the Page becomes its super admin and can assign other admins. - Employer brand (general practice): what people believe it is like to work at your organisation. It is built by the Page, by job posts, and most of all by real employees telling honest stories about their work. You cannot buy it with slogans; actions have to match words, as you learned in course 8.3.3. The exercise I'm working on: Check whether your organisation (or a club or volunteer group you help) has a Page. Write its one-sentence promise and the name of the person who approved you to manage it. I'm stuck. Please: 1. Explain the main idea in plain, simple words with one everyday example. 2. Walk me through the exercise one small step at a time. Ask me what I've done so far before giving the next step. 3. Don't just give me the final answer. Help me do it myself, and check my work when I share it.
I'm a parent helping my child (about 8 years old) with a lesson called "From personal brand to team presence" from the course "LinkedIn for Teams: employer brand and training". Here's what the lesson says: Your profile is like your own lunchbox with your name on it. A LinkedIn Page is like the school's notice board: it speaks for the whole group, many people help keep it tidy, and everyone can see it. The activity: Check whether your organisation (or a club or volunteer group you help) has a Page. Write its one-sentence promise and the name of the person who approved you to manage it. Please explain this so an 8-year-old understands: short sentences, a fun everyday example, and no hard words. Then give me 3 simple questions I can ask my child to check they understood, and a way to do the activity together, one tiny step at a time.
Sources
- LinkedIn Help, Create a LinkedIn Page: www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a543852
Roles, access and a governance plan
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Write team guidelines for LinkedIn
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Content rights, privacy and accessibility
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Employer brand and job posts that follow the rules
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Employee notifications and honest measurement
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Run a training session and review others' work
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Final project
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Quiz
Who becomes the super admin of a new LinkedIn Page?
The person who creates it.
What must you confirm when you create a Page?
That you have the right to act on behalf of the organisation.
Which Page admin role can only see analytics?
Analyst.
Why keep two trusted super admins?
So the Page is not lost if one person leaves.
Does LinkedIn allow employees to agree in advance to like each other's posts?
No. Its policies forbid artificially increasing engagement.
What should employees do when they praise their employer's products?
Make it clear that they work there, as many advertising rules expect.
Who is alt text for?
Members using screen readers.
What do LinkedIn's Jobs Policies say about fees?
Applicants must never be asked to pay to apply or to be hired.
How should a job post describe a language requirement?
As a skill level, not as being a native speaker.
How often can an admin use Notify employees?
Once per day.
Followers went from 1,200 to 1,260. What is the growth?
5%.
When you review a colleague's profile, who decides what to change?
The colleague; you suggest one or two clear changes.
Final exam
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