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Making the Connected School a RealityHowLinkedInisAdaptingitsPlatformforHigherEducation
Lindsey EdwardsHead of Product
LinkedIn Enterprise Solutions@linzedw
Five Major Trends Shaping the Future of Education
The less educated are being left behind
of job growth in the recovery went to workers with more than a high school education
99% 0Growth of jobs
for those with a high school diploma or less since the economic recovery
%
1 – America’s Divided Recovery: College Haves and Have-Nots, Georgetown University, Center on the Education and the Workforce
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Recession Recovery
Gained8.4millionjobsDuringtherecovery
Gained3.1millionjobsDuringtherecovery
HighSchoolOrless
Associate’sdegreeOrsomecollege
Bachelor’sdegreeorhigher
Gained80,000jobsDuringtherecovery
Lost5.6millionjobs
Lost1.8millionjobs
Gained187,000jobs
Affordability is in the spotlight
Measuring outcomes increasingly important
Working learners are the new normal
percent of college students are both active in the labor market and
formally enrolled in some form of postsecondary education or training
75%
1 – Learning While Earning: The New Normal, Georgetown University, Center on the Education and the Workforce
In 2014
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Online enrollments growing, while overall enrollments drop
Online Report Card: Tracking Online Education in the United States, Babson Research Group
5.8+Million students
are taking at least 1 distance education course
28.4%of all
Enrolled students
That’s
27.1%In 2013
25.9%In 2012
up from up from
which is
Declining interest in MBA
Shrinking future audience
Competition has increased
Cost per inquiries rising
It’s a challenging world for education marketers
“In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity”
of admissions directorsdid not meet their 2015
enrollment goals
58% 63
of all American jobs will require some sort of education beyond
high school by 2018
%
– Albert Einstein
1 – 2015 Survey of College and University Admissions Directors, Inside Higher Ed2 – Job Growth and Educational Requirements through 2020, Georgetown University, 2014
How LinkedIn can help
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Connect the world’s professionals to make them
more productive and successful
LinkedIn’s Mission
The largest global community of professionals
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
32M
450M+professionals
50M+students and recent
college grads
Market to who matters on LinkedIn Only LinkedIn provides this unique combination of benefits
First-Party DataUse our accurate data to target
your audience
Mindset Align your message with a
professional mindset
Quality Reach a higher quality
prospect
Target throughout the entire student journey
RESEARCHSCHOOL APPLY TO
SCHOOL
DEVELOPPROFILE
BUILD NETWORK
CONNECT WITH ALUMNI
INTERNSHIP JOB
UPGRADESKILLS
DEVELOPCAREER
SUPPORTCAUSES
Prospects / Applicants Students Alumni
LinkedIn solutions support all major educational departments
v
Admission
Education
Career Services
Marketing
Educational Institution
Development
IP/ThoughtLeadership
How LinkedIn Helps Higher Ed Today
Engage your prospects with relevant content in the world’s only professional feed — and beyond
Sponsored Content
Build customer relationships at every stage of the buyer’s journey by targeting content to your most valuable audiences wherever they spend their time.
Sponsored by Loyola University Chicago
Send timely, convenient, and relevant private messages to the people that matter most to your business
LinkedIn Sponsored InMail
Your marketing performance dashboard & control center
Integrated Campaign Management
LinkedIn Learning
Our new e-learning platform that merges Lynda’s beloved content with LinkedIn’s unique graph to provide a data-driven, personalized approach to learning and development
Helps people and organizations develop in-demand and necessary skills by connecting our content with professional outcomes
Piece of the toolkit for organizations looking to develop, retain and transform their staff
A daily career exploration tool for college students5 job and company ideas a day, based on alumni career data
LinkedIn Students App
Students can explore…
Jobs matched to them Companies they’re connected to
Careers of similar alum
Connecting Prospects, Current Students to Your Best AdvocatesThe Alumni Tool
How LinkedIn Will Help Higher
Education in the Future
What we’re hearing from our customers…
Further boost ROI Provide better measurement and
optimization
Simplify your platform & provide
better learning resources
Further your strength in targeting
Further boost ROI
Sponsored Content Beyond LinkedInScale professional reach beyond LinkedIn to high quality destinations
In-ad lead genEasily generate high-quality leads from your campaigns, based
on a variety of calls-to-actions and objectives
Piloting in Q4 2016
Refreshed designs for Dynamic AdsMeet marketing use cases to engage professionals with dynamically
generated, personalized ads.
Get more Followers for your Company and Showcase Pages
Drive qualified traffic to your website or landing pages
Instantly populate lead forms with accurate, LinkedIn professional data
Improve quantity and quality of leads through access to LinkedIn’s professional data
Make it easy to fill out forms on mobile or desktop with a single click
Boost Conversion Rates with LinkedIn AutoFill
Further your strength in targeting
Target audiences that matter most to your business
Audience Matching: Website Retargeting and Marketing Automation Contact Targeting
Provide better measurement and
optimization
Easily measure and optimize the business impact of your LinkedIn Ads investment using native attribution tools
Conversion Tracking
Analyze the performance of your campaigns using Campaign Manager rich demographic reporting to understand who your ads resonate with best
Campaign Demographic Reporting Beyond the Click
Optimize your campaigns with in-product Insights & Recommendations
Campaign Insights and Recommendations
Simplify your platform & provide
better learning resources
Simplify your brand experience…
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University Page Company Page
Into a new, unified university experience
With the same Alumni Tool we all love…
And an all new, streamlined admin page
Brand new self-service channel for marketers to reach professionals in the most personalized and direct way on
Sponsored InMail for Self-Service
Reach the right customers with Display Ads using your preferred demand-side platform (DSP) or agency trading desk
(ATD)
Programmatic Display
Further boost ROI
Simplify your platform & provide
better learning resources
Provide better measurement and
optimization
Further your strength in targeting
In-Ad Lead Forms
New Dynamic Ads Formats
Sponsored Content Beyond LinkedIn
Autofill
Account Targeting
Website Retargeting
Marketing Automation Contact
Targeting
Contact Targeting
Conversion TrackingExpanded
analytics API
Campaign Insights and
RecommendationsCampaign Demographic
Reporting
Help center revamp
Programmatic Display
Sponsored InMail for Self-Service
University Pages Merge
We are Committed to Higher Education And Investing in its Future