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LinkedIn Content That Lifted Parul University's Engagement by 573%

A LinkedIn-first content and paid social programme for Parul University: a weekly content calendar, placement and research stories, and sponsored posts that lifted LinkedIn engagement by 573%.

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ContentJul 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Export

Compared with the previous 184 days

Highlights

2,318,447

Impressions

▲ 402.6%

96,184

Reactions

▲ 588.3%

4,071

Comments

▲ 512.7%

3,960

Reposts

▲ 541.2%

5.2%

Engagement rate

▲ 1.9%

MetricsImpressionsOrganic and sponsored
OrganicSponsored
Client
Parul University
Location
Vadodara, India
Sector
Education
Duration
6 months (ongoing)
Team
4 people: social lead, content writer, designer, paid social specialist
Built with
LinkedIn Campaign ManagerLinkedIn Page AnalyticsMeta Business SuiteCanvaFigmaLooker StudioNotion
LinkedIn engagement
+573%LinkedIn engagement
new LinkedIn followers
+41,000new LinkedIn followers
post impressions
2.3Mpost impressions
average engagement rate
5.2%average engagement rate

01 · About the client

Parul University is a private university in Vadodara, Gujarat, with a large multi-disciplinary campus spanning engineering, medicine, pharmacy, management, law, design and the arts, and a growing number of international students. Its LinkedIn page mattered to prospective students, parents, recruiters and academic partners alike, but it was used mainly for notices and event photos, and posts reached few people beyond existing followers.

02 · The problem

  • 01

    A notice board, not a channel.

    Posts were mostly announcements and event photos with little reach or conversation.

  • 02

    Many audiences.

    Students, parents, recruiters, alumni and partners all read the page and wanted different things.

  • 03

    No rhythm.

    Posting was irregular, with no calendar, formats or measure of what worked.

03 · Our solution

We treated LinkedIn as the university's main professional channel. We set content pillars around placements, research, faculty, student achievement and campus life, and ran a weekly calendar of carousels, short videos, faculty posts and alumni stories written for each audience. Strong organic posts were boosted with sponsored content aimed at prospective students, parents in target cities and recruiters, and a monthly report showed what drove engagement so the calendar kept improving. The same stories were adapted for Instagram and Facebook.

04 · What we built

  • Content pillars

    Placements, research, faculty, student achievement and campus life, each with a clear audience.

  • Weekly calendar

    Carousels, short videos, polls and long-form posts planned a month ahead.

  • Faculty and alumni voices

    Posts drafted for faculty and alumni to share from their own profiles.

  • Sponsored content

    Top organic posts boosted to students, parents and recruiters on LinkedIn.

  • Monthly reporting

    Engagement, reach and follower growth by pillar and format.

Want a LinkedIn page people actually engage with?

05 · Challenges we solved

  1. 1

    Approvals

    Content had to pass several departments, so we built a simple monthly approval cycle.

  2. 2

    Raw material

    Stories were scattered across departments; we set up a monthly story round-up with each school.

  3. 3

    Right audience

    Paid posts had to reach prospective students and recruiters, not just existing followers.

06 · Our approach

  1. Weeks 1–2

    01 Audit

    Reviewed past posts, followers and competitors to find what earned engagement.

  2. Weeks 2–3

    02 Strategy

    Defined content pillars, formats, tone and a monthly approval cycle.

  3. Weekly

    03 Publish

    Ran the content calendar across LinkedIn, with adapted versions for Instagram and Facebook.

  4. Monthly

    04 Amplify

    Boosted the strongest posts with sponsored content for target audiences.

  5. Monthly

    05 Report

    Shared engagement by pillar and format and fed the results into the next calendar.

07 · Results

LinkedIn engagement rose by 573% as the page moved from notices to stories people wanted to share. Placement carousels and faculty posts performed best, the page added around 41,000 followers, and posts earned 2.3 million impressions. Sponsored content took the strongest stories to prospective students, parents and recruiters beyond the university's existing network.

Inside the campaign. 

Key screens from the campaigns and reports. Click any screen to enlarge.

LinkedIn Page analytics: content highlights and impressions, Jul–Dec 2023

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ContentJul 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Export

Compared with the previous 184 days

Highlights

2,318,447

Impressions

▲ 402.6%

96,184

Reactions

▲ 588.3%

4,071

Comments

▲ 512.7%

3,960

Reposts

▲ 541.2%

5.2%

Engagement rate

▲ 1.9%

MetricsImpressionsOrganic and sponsored
OrganicSponsored
01LinkedIn Page analytics: content highlights and impressions, Jul–Dec 2023

The Placements 2023 document post on Parul University's LinkedIn page

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Parul University287,614 followers3w · Follow
Placement season 2023 in 8 slides: the recruiters, the roles and the students behind this year’s offers. #ParulUniversity #Placements2023 #CampusHiring
Placements 2023 at Parul University· 8 pages

PLACEMENTS 2023

Where our graduates are starting their careers

1 / 8
2,413186 comments · 97 reposts
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02The Placements 2023 document post on Parul University's LinkedIn page

LinkedIn content calendar by pillar in Notion, December 2023

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LinkedIn content calendar

CalendarBy pillarApprovalsAll postsNew
December 2023Open in CalendarToday
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
26
27
28
29
30
1

Pharmacy research grant

Research
2
3
4

Faculty voice: AI in teaching

Faculty
5

Placements 2023 carousel

Placements
6

Hostel life reel

Campus life
7
8

Hackathon winners

Students
9
10
11

Dean's note: industry labs

Faculty
12

Recruiter spotlight #3

Placements
13

Solar lab explainer

Research
14

Poll: best canteen

Campus life
15

National games medals

Students
16
17
18

Internship stories video

Placements
19

Faculty voice: law clinic

Faculty
20

Patent filed: bio-fertiliser

Research
21
22

Winter fest teaser

Campus life
23
24
25
26

Year in placements

Placements
27

Alumni story: startup

Students
28

Winter fest recap

Campus life
29

Research round-up 2023

Research
30
03LinkedIn content calendar by pillar in Notion, December 2023

LinkedIn Campaign Manager: sponsored content campaigns, Jul–Dec 2023

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Account: Parul University
Campaign groups(3)Campaigns(6)Ads(21)
CreateSearch by name or IDFilters (1)Jul 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Columns: Performance
Campaign name
Status
Spent
Key results
Cost per result
Impressions
Clicks
Average CTR
Total (6 campaigns)
₹256,686.37
822,096
10,415
1.27%
PU | Placements carousel | Parents 40-55 GJ-MHEngagement · Document ad
Active
₹92,146.40
19,406Engagements
₹4.75
302,904
4,817
1.59%
PU | Faculty stories | Students 17-21 IndiaEngagement · Single image
Active
₹61,204.35
12,118Engagements
₹5.05
221,280
2,804
1.27%
PU | Research highlights | Recruiters & HRWebsite visits · Carousel
Active
₹49,440.10
702Landing page clicks
₹70.43
104,316
790
0.76%
PU | Campus life video | Students 17-21Video views · Video
Paused
₹21,871.90
30,208Video views
₹0.72
94,002
506
0.54%
PU | International admissions | Africa, SEALead generation · Single image
Completed
₹18,905.00
106Leads
₹178.35
48,114
604
1.26%
PU | Alumni stories | Page visitor retargetingEngagement · Single image
Active
₹13,118.62
3,404Engagements
₹3.85
51,480
894
1.74%
04LinkedIn Campaign Manager: sponsored content campaigns, Jul–Dec 2023

LinkedIn content analytics: top posts by engagement rate

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All postsJul 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Sort by: Engagement rate
Showing 7 of 96 posts
Post
Impressions
Clicks
Reactions
Comments
Engagement rate
Reposts

PLACEMENTS 2023

Where our graduates are starting their careers

Placement season 2023 in 8 slides: the recruiters, the roles…Dec 5, 2023 · Organic
184,306
11,204
2,413
186
7.54%
97

CONVOCATION 2023

Congratulations, graduates

Convocation 2023 in pictures. Congratulations to every gradu…Oct 28, 2023 · Organic
142,870
6,907
3,120
211
7.22%
84

RESEARCH

Low-cost drug delivery, from our pharmacy labs

New research from our Faculty of Pharmacy on low-cost drug…Nov 21, 2023 · Organic
96,512
4,318
1,806
94
6.51%
61

INTERNATIONAL DAY

One campus, many countries

International Day 2023: students from across the world…Oct 10, 2023 · Organic
38,115
812
1,109
27
5.15%
15

CAMPUS LIFE

A day on the Vadodara campus

Hostel life, in 30 seconds. A day on the Vadodara campus…Aug 30, 2023 · Organic
54,960
1,286
1,390
44
5.01%
31

ALUMNI STORIES

From B.Pharm to quality lead

Meet the alumni: from our B.Pharm class to a quality lead at…Nov 8, 2023 · Sponsored
88,204
2,940
1,062
58
4.63%
22

POLL

Which skill should every engineer learn?

Poll: which skill should every engineering student learn befo…Sep 19, 2023 · Organic
61,033
1,018
802
406
3.67%
12
05LinkedIn content analytics: top posts by engagement rate

Parul University's website today: paruluniversity.ac.in

Parul University website home page
06Parul University's website today: paruluniversity.ac.in

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