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There are two main ways to track metrics using LinkedIn analytics:

1. LinkedIn’s built-in analytics tools, or
2. Third-party tools, like Hootsuite’s LinkedIn analytics product

Visitor analytics show you people who are coming to your page but aren’t loyal followers of your brand on LinkedIn — yet!

You can use this data to spot traffic patterns and tailor your LinkedIn updates to new visitors. This can lead to visitors converting into new followers and increased social engagement.

Scheduling tools like Hootsuite can also help you convert visitors to followers. When you find out which posts are performing best, use Hootsuite to promote them as sponsored content and draw in new audiences.

Update metrics show how effective your LinkedIn updates are. They can tell you if your followers are engaging with your updates. This data is great for helping social media managers spot trends and patterns.

For example, if your update analytics show low post engagement, start testing different variables. You can try changing the time you schedule posts or the type of content that’s published.

These metrics highlight who is interacting with your page content and updates. When you understand your followers, you can create content that speaks directly to them. This can help improve engagement and traffic.

LinkedIn shows you this data based on your followers’ location, job, seniority, the industry they work in, and company size.

LinkedIn competitor analytics is a newer feature that’s still in development. Currently, you can compare your page followers and engagement with competitors.

This comparison helps you improve your social media strategy. Competitor analytics can tell you what you’re doing right and where there’s room to improve.

If you have a lead generation form on your LinkedIn page, you’ll also be able to track leads and conversions. Look at metrics like conversion rate and cost per lead to get an idea of how effective your campaigns are.

You can also download your leads and measure the impact of your campaign by viewing metrics like completion rate, cost per lead, and more. This data will help you understand what’s working and what isn’t so you can improve your results.

These numbers help LinkedIn Page admins review how employees engage with recommended content.

(Note: These numbers will be a little more useful if you have employees!)

You can view metrics like the number of recommendations made for employees and the number of comments on employee posts.

Drill down on the metrics for a specific post by clicking View analytics in the bottom right corner of a post.

This view will show you the number of impressions and engagement your post received. It can also show you the demographics of people reached.

You can also find detailed insights into post-performance using Hootsuite Analytics:

Tracking profile analytics is a good idea if you offer professional services from your LinkedIn profile or act as a brand ambassador.

These stats can be found on your profile, directly under Your Dashboard.

There are countless LinkedIn metrics available to marketers. But does that mean you should be tracking, monitoring, and reporting on them all?

Nope! That’s a lot of data.

Here are the best LinkedIn update metrics to track.

This metric lets you know the total number of times your LinkedIn update is visible for at least 300 milliseconds. This tracks when the post is also, at minimum, 50% in view to a user that’s logged into LinkedIn.

You might also want to track unique impressions. This is the number of times your post displays to individual signed-in members. Unlike impressions, unique impressions won’t count when a user sees the same post multiple times.

These engagement metrics count the number of times your post received a reaction, comment, or share.

A click tells you your call-to-action worked. In other words, a user engaged with something of yours on LinkedIn instead of just scrolling past it.

On LinkedIn, clicks are counted when a signed-in member clicks on your post, company name, or logo. It does not include other interactions like shares, reactions, or comments.

CTR, or click-through rate, is a metric that divides the number of clicks your post receives by the number of impressions it got. This percentage gives you a better idea of the post’s engagement.

Here are the most important LinkedIn metrics for followers and visitors to track.

Followers analytics measure the number of people who would like to stay connected with your brand. Important metrics your brand should monitor include:

This shows key metrics about the visitors coming to your LinkedIn page, but who aren’t following you in order to see your updates regularly. Important metrics your brand should monitor include:

You can also review some LinkedIn metrics without a business profile. If you’re using the platform as a business influencer or to share thought leadership articles, try tracking these metrics:

• Search appearances: The number of times your profile appeared in search results during a given period.
• Post Views: The total number of views your posts, documents, or articles have received. You can also dive deeper for a post-by-post breakdown and to see insights like reactions, comments, and share details.

Premium accounts will get more in-depth information, like who those users are, what their job title is, and the keywords they used to find you.

Now that you know which LinkedIn LinkedIn analytics to use, it’s time to start creating reports.

You can create six types of reports using LinkedIn Analytics. These are:

1. Update reports
2. Follower reports
3. Visitor reports
4. Competitor reports
5. Lead reports
6. Employee advocacy reports

We’ll explain these in more detail below.

To create a LinkedIn analytics report, follow these steps:

First, navigate to your LinkedIn page and access your Page Admin View.

Then, choose the Analytics tab and choose Updates, Followers, or Visitors from the drop-down menu.

On the upper right side of the screen, you’ll see an Export button. Choose the timeframe you’d like the report to cover, and click Export.

You can export data from up to a year in the past. Data will be downloaded in an .XLS file.

Here are a few of the best LinkedIn analytics tools to help you track, measure, and optimize your LinkedIn content.

If your company has accounts on several social media platforms, Hootsuite Analytics can make your job a lot simpler.

Connecting your LinkedIn account to Hootsuite lets you schedule posts in advance and at optimal times, but that’s not all. You can also measure how your LinkedIn analytics compare to your other social metrics.

Hootsuite Analytics lets you:

• Track, monitor, and compare metrics for your brand’s multiple social accounts from one place.
• Set performance benchmarks, making it easier to work toward your goals.
• Create customizable, clear-to-read reports that are easy to share with your team.

Hootsuite Impact is our enterprise-level analytics tool. It lets you measure the value of your social efforts, including those on LinkedIn.

Ever wonder how your hashtags are performing on LinkedIn? This FILT Pod tool lets you track how many likes, comments, and follows your hashtags bring in. You can use it within your Hootsuite dashboard.

You can even view your entire history to see which past hashtags have brought in the most traffic.

Learn more about Linkedin hashtag analytics by FILT Pod here:

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