Glossary

B2B LinkedIn glossary

Definitions for employee advocacy, social selling, team thought leadership, LinkedIn content for teams, and B2B content governance.

Employee advocacy

Employee advocacy is the practice of helping employees share company stories, expertise, and messages from their own social profiles. In B2B, the main channel is usually LinkedIn.

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LinkedIn employee advocacy

LinkedIn employee advocacy is an employee advocacy program focused on personal LinkedIn profiles. It helps employees publish useful company, industry, or expertise content on LinkedIn.

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Social selling

Social selling is the use of social channels to build trust, share expertise, and create warmer commercial conversations before or during the sales process.

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Team thought leadership

Team thought leadership means making a company's expertise visible through several employees, not only the founder, CEO, or company page.

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Earned media value

Earned media value estimates what organic visibility would have cost if the same reach or impressions had been bought through paid media.

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Content governance

Content governance is the set of rules, roles, approvals, and guardrails that keep published content accurate, consistent, and compliant.

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LinkedIn content for teams

LinkedIn content for teams is a workflow where several employees publish coordinated but personalized LinkedIn posts around company expertise, campaigns, or market topics.

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Personal branding at work

Personal branding at work is the practice of making an employee's expertise, values, and professional point of view visible while staying aligned with the company.

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