Microsoft Case Study

Microsoft Case Study

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  Marketing Solutions Microsoft Case Study Acquiring 2,500+ new members into the Australian Software Developer Community “ LinkedIn worked with us to create innovative opportunities tailored to our developer audience.” Objectives Christian Longstaff, Developer Audience Marketing • Engage the developer audience across Australia Manager, Microsoft Australia • Buildan engaged community of like minded developers, quickly • Advertise to developers outside of Microsoft’s network Microsoft Australia launched the ‘Australian Software Developer Community’ in November 2010. The results were Solution immediate, giving new members a local presence for like-minded developers to exchange ideas and network. The • Establishthe Australia Software Developer Group launch of the group on LinkedIn allowed Microsoft to on LinkedIn to engage developers engage local developers, share resources and help them to • Target web developers and invite them to join the become more productive and successful, all within a Microsoft Group by using LinkedIn Partner Messages branded environment. • Advertise group discussions to developers who have not yet joined via LinkedIn Group Ads Christian Longstaff, Developer Audience Marketing Manager at Microsoft Australia, says, “We wanted to target web Why LinkedIn? developers or people who are interested in web development • #1 resource for career-minded professionals with resources to help them become more productive and successful. This in turn helps drive Microsoft’s success. By • The place for business-related career advice, joining our group on LinkedIn, developers can seek answers to particularly to increase productivity problems, network, and discuss big ideas. Our LinkedIn • The ability to find the exact audience with precise campaign sponsored inMails that invited developers to join targeting by seniority, industry and job function the Group. We used the banners within the group to promote our new products that were relevant to developers.” Results • 423members joined in the first week, 896 in a For Microsoft Australia the motivation for joining and using month, 2,500+ members as of Feb 2012 LinkedIn was threefold: • 58% open rate for Partner Message 1) To be more productive in role • CTR of 32.87% 2) To network with peers 3) To consume Microsoft resources to drive developer satisfaction
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  Microsoft Australia wantedto achieve the following with their LinkedIn campaigns: • Boostgroup membership through Partner Messages and Group Ads • Engage developers, encourage discussion and networking • Drive developer satisfaction Christian Longstaff, Developer Audience Marketing Manager, Microsoft Australia, stated, “We are currently at 595 members and want to reach 2000* by year-end. By understanding what developers need, we can provide the resources for developers to be more productive. LinkedIn enables us to target our core audience based on title and behaviour. We cannot rely on developers coming to us, therefore, our key Partner Messages successfully engaged strategy is to go where the developers are — by using developers LinkedIn as part of our earned social media coverage, we Partner Messages (sponsored inMail) allowed Microsoft to ensure our content is being syndicated to gain as much reach find and communicate to web developers in Australia, with as possible.” targeted messaging. In this case, Microsoft partnered with other industry associations, inviting developers into their LinkedIn Group. Becoming a group member provided developers with access to experts from various vendors, not just Microsoft, as well as special promotions and the opportunity to network with many of the best developers in the country. Reach the world’s largest audience of business professionals with LinkedIn. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions http://marketing.linkedin.com/contact *As of Feb 2012, group had 2,500+ members. Copyright © 2012 LinkedIn Corporation. LinkedIn, the LinkedIn logo, and InMail are registered trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved. 10-LCS-063-G 0212