Step by Step Instructions to Establish and Leverage Your LinkedIn Company Page Step-by-Step

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It’s free and easy to set up a LinkedIn company page for your small business, as a solopreneur, or self-employed individual to leverage LinkedIn.

By Lynne Williams

It’s free and easy to set up a LinkedIn company page for your small business, as a solopreneur, or self-employed individual to leverage LinkedIn.

Not only will the link below these instructions provide you with step-by-step visuals, but if you keep tabs on the Donnay Consulting Group LinkedIn company page and profile, you will also see how this solopreneur will utilize LinkedIn to advertise her upcoming anti-bias training workshops, which you can also sign up for this fall.

When Dr. Donnay participated in my Princeton Adult School LinkedIn workshops in March (which went from in-person to online with COVID), she started with only 37 connections and has grown her profile to over 500.

Amanda Fox-Rouch just built Dr. Donnay a new website. So, you will see the very new beginnings of a new small business of an academic entrepreneur!

Here are the step by step instructions.

  • Create a banner image 1128 x 191 px (com was used).
  • Create a Logo image 300 x 300 px (com was used).
  • Click on the down arrow on the 9 square Work icon at the top right of the LinkedIn. profile, then click Create Company Page +.
  • Choose the type of business you are. Small Business was used for the example.
  • Fill out the Page Identity details.
  • Fill out the Company details.
  • Fill out the Profile details.
  • Click the Verify button, and then the blue “Create page” button will pop up, which you will click.
  • A new window will pop up.
  • Click on the pen in the top right to upload the cover image.
  • Click on the blue Add button to add a Description and click Save at the end. Include 20 skills (though LinkedIn allowed more than 20 to be typed in).
  • Click on the blue Add button to add a Location.
  • Click on the blue Post button to create your first post.
  • Under Community, click on hashtags to follow and create your own hashtag for branding #donnayconsultinggroup and choose two others after reviewing the number of followers. These can be changed whenever you want. #antibias #diversityequityinclusion
  • If you are going to have a LinkedIn group, you can add a featured group.
  • You have the ability to manage languages if appropriate.
  • Go to your personal profile under Experience and click on the pen to edit and start. typing your company name and choose the selection from the drop-down menu with the logo you just created on your new company page.
  • Now you are ready to create your first post on your company page. Make sure you include your new branded hashtag, as well as others that pertain to the topic of the post. The first three hashtags will become part of the URL.
  • LinkedIn will create a custom URL for any URLs over 26 characters. When you post from your company page, you will click on the three dots at the top right hand corner of the post and choose “copy link to post.” You can then add your commentary to the link with the URL on your home page.

>>>>> Here are the step by step instructions with visuals to set up a company page.

Need to learn more about LinkedIn? Register with the Chester County Library for Saturday, October 17, 2020, for LinkedIn Part 2 of 3. In this workshop, you will learn how to make the visuals and how your efforts on LinkedIn can connect on other social media platforms.

Missed the previous LinkedIn article on Sharing a Small Business Success Story on LinkedIn? Click here. Want to read the additional article I wrote on LinkedIn? Click here and visit our company page also.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lynne Williams, Ed.D. Candidate (she/her/hers) is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group, a nonprofit with over 6300 members and alumni. Contact Lynne by phone at 484-393-2951, email at director@greatcareersphl.org, on social media @GreatCareersPHL and #GreatCareersPHL and connect on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewilliams. Read our SCORE Success Story as a 2020 Small Business Achievement Award Winner!

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