| name | platform-linkedin-company-pages |
| description | Use when creating a Linkedin Company Pages channel plan covering account setup, content, community and measurement for Uganda or East Africa. Use a playbook for cross-channel operations and a strategy skill for channel selection. |
| metadata | {"portable":true,"compatible_with":["claude-code","codex"]} |
LinkedIn Company Page Strategy
Produce a complete Company Page strategy for the client. Every section must be populated with client-specific content — no generic filler. Apply British English throughout. Default to Uganda/East Africa context unless the client specifies otherwise.
This skill covers the organisational LinkedIn asset. For the founder or consultant's personal profile strategy — headline formula, AIDA post structure, connection tactics, thought leadership approach, and individual brand strategy for artists, politicians, and creatives — apply the platform-linkedin skill.
Use When
- Create or revise a Linkedin Company Pages-specific presence, growth or publishing plan.
- Translate a confirmed audience, offer and objective into channel decisions.
Do Not Use When
- The task is cross-channel operating procedure; use the closest
playbook-* skill.
- The task is choosing channels or business direction; use
strategy-channel-architecture.
Required Inputs
| Artefact | Source/provider | Required? | If absent |
|---|
| Client objective, audience and offer | Approved brief or client interview | Yes | Stop and request the missing decision; do not invent it |
| Current account and content evidence | Native account export, screenshots or supplied audit | Conditional | Mark the account baseline unassessed and qualify recommendations |
| Current platform rules and feature limits | Official Linkedin Company Pages help or policy source | Conditional | Omit volatile specifications or flag them for live verification |
Capability and Permission Boundaries
Read supplied artefacts and search relevant evidence. Treat review, audit and planning as read-only. Editing the requested draft is allowed; publishing, messaging, production changes, personal-data processing, spending, destructive actions and certification claims require explicit authority. Use network access only for authorised verification.
Degraded Mode
If accounts, files, network, rendering or current evidence are unavailable, return the narrowest useful qualified Linkedin Company Pages channel plan plus an evidence-gap list. Mark each unavailable check not assessed; never convert it into a pass.
Decision Rules
| Condition | Action | Failure or risk avoided |
|---|
| The update needs an accountable human voice | Publish through the relevant employee and amplify from the page | Faceless company-page reach decay |
| Account is absent or not accessible | Produce a setup plan with assumptions labelled | False optimisation against invented history |
| Evidence shows an established account | Prioritise measured gaps and retained strengths | Destructive reset of working assets |
| A rule, limit or feature is time-sensitive | Verify against the official platform source before stating it | Stale platform advice |
Workflow
- Confirm the consumer, objective, market, decision owner and permission boundary; stop if the objective or owner is missing.
- Inspect supplied evidence and verify volatile claims; record missing inputs rather than filling them with assumptions.
- Apply the decision rules, preserve useful existing material and draft the Linkedin Company Pages channel plan.
- Test each action against platform, privacy, safeguarding, brand and approval constraints; stop and escalate a blocking risk.
- Run the quality and anti-slop gates. If a check fails, correct the draft and rerun it before handoff.
Outputs
| Artefact | Consumer | Acceptance condition |
|---|
| Linkedin Company Pages channel plan | Client owner and delivery team | Uses named inputs, assigns actions, states decisions and contains no unverified specifics |
| Assumption and gap register | Approver or next workflow | Every missing source, unassessed check and required approval has an owner or next action |
Evidence Produced
| Evidence | Format | Acceptance condition |
|---|
| Decision and verification record | Inline table or appendix | Each material choice traces to an input, source or labelled assumption |
| Release-gate result | Completed checklist | No blocking policy, factual, permission or anti-slop finding remains |
Quality Standards
Use British English and the specified market context. Recommendations must be executable with the stated capacity, current claims must be verified or qualified, and acceptance conditions must be observable. A worked example must use a labelled scenario, not fabricated client evidence.
Anti-Patterns
- Inventing a client fact, benchmark, budget or approval. Fix: cite the source or label the assumption and its effect.
- Copying one channel or client pattern unchanged. Fix: tie each choice to the named audience, objective and evidence.
- Stating volatile platform or legal details from memory. Fix: verify the current official source or omit the claim.
- Treating an inaccessible account, file or metric as healthy. Fix: mark it
not assessed and bound the conclusion.
- Publishing, spending, messaging or changing production state from planning authority. Fix: obtain explicit action authority.
- Delivering actions without owner, timing or acceptance. Fix: assign all three or return the item as an unresolved gap.
References
Required Input
Ask for the following before generating any output:
- Client name and industry — trading name and sector (e.g. "SaaS — SME accounting software")
- Country / city — defaults to Kampala, Uganda if not specified
- Primary goal — brand credibility / B2B lead generation / talent acquisition / investor relations
- Current follower count — or "none — starting from zero"
- Target audience — 2–3 decision-maker job titles and the industries where they work
- Personal posting willingness — will the founding team or leadership post personally? (yes/no and frequency) — this determines the amplification strategy
- Budget band for paid — none / low (under UGX 500K/month) / medium / high
- Brand voice — reference
04-brand-voice-intake output if available; otherwise note the three tone adjectives
1. Company Page Setup — 13-Step Checklist
Complete all 13 steps before publishing any content. A complete page receives 30% more weekly views than an incomplete one (Raymond and Johnston, 2021). Pages reach approximately 3% of followers organically — less than half the reach of personal posts (~10%). This is why the personal amplification strategy in Section 4 is not optional.
Completeness checklist:
- Logo — 300×300px; transparent or white background; consistent with all other platforms
- Cover image — 1128×191px; include the brand tagline, website URL, and one CTA (e.g. "Book a demo")
- Tagline — 120 characters maximum; state precisely what the business does and for whom; this is prime search real estate
- About / Overview section — 2,000 characters maximum; open with the value proposition; include keywords the target audience searches; state location, services, and a closing CTA; do not use the About section as a mission statement — it is a search-optimised landing page
- Specialties — up to 20; use specific service and product terms rather than generic industry words; Specialties are indexed by LinkedIn search
- Page hashtags — follow 3 hashtags relevant to the client's audience and content focus; the Page can then comment and engage in those hashtag communities
- Custom URL — set to
linkedin.com/company/[brand-name]; use the brand name, not a number
- CTA button — configure for the primary goal: "Visit website" for brand credibility; "Contact us" for lead generation; "Learn more" for audience education
- Featured content — pin the most important post, resource, or announcement; update when better content is available
- Location — add street address or city; location data improves local search visibility
- Company size — select the correct band; affects how the Page appears in recruiter and procurement searches
- Page type and industry classification — set the correct industry category; this feeds LinkedIn's content recommendation algorithm
- Admin profile linking — all active admins must link their personal profiles to the Company Page via their Experience section; this increases Page credibility and organic reach
Posting cadence note: weekly posting doubles engagement compared to less frequent posting. Posting five or more times per week on a Company Page suppresses the reach of each individual post. Three posts per week is the optimum for most SME clients.
2. Admin Roles
Assign roles before the first post goes live. The wrong admin structure causes inconsistent tone, missed comments, and content gaps.
Internal roles:
| Role | Can publish? | Can edit page? | Can manage admins? | Can view analytics? |
|---|
| Super Admin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Content Admin | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Curator | Suggest only | No | No | No |
| Analyst | No | No | No | Yes |
Paid media roles (only relevant when paid budget exists):
| Role | Function |
|---|
| Sponsored Content Poster | Boost posts and run sponsored content campaigns |
| Lead Gen Forms Manager | Create and manage lead gen forms for paid campaigns |
| Pipeline Builder | Sales Navigator integration for account targeting |
Minimum viable admin structure:
- Solo operator: one Super Admin (founder or consultant)
- Small team: Super Admin (brand owner) + Content Admin (social media manager)
- Agency managing client account: Super Admin retained by client; Content Admin role for the agency
3. Content Strategy
Apply the Know, Like and Trust framework (Raymond and Johnston, 2021) as the organising principle for all Company Page content. The audience must encounter the brand enough times to Know it exists, Like what it stands for, and Trust it enough to act. A page heavy on Trust content (case studies, credentials) without Know or Like content will not grow because it has no top-of-funnel pull.
Three content categories — use all three in every monthly content plan:
| Category | What it does | Examples |
|---|
| Big Picture | Builds awareness and positions the brand as informed | Industry trends, sector news, market observations, thought leadership on business challenges |
| Human Interest | Builds affinity and the Like stage | Team stories, behind-the-scenes, company culture, values-based posts, employee spotlights |
| Products & Services | Builds Trust and drives conversion | Service explainers, client outcomes, product demonstrations, case studies, pricing guides |
Apply the 10-4-1 rule (Bodnar and Cohen, 2012) across these categories: Products & Services content should not exceed 10–15% of total volume. Big Picture and Human Interest content carry the majority of posts.
Assign each content type a Hero / Hub / Hygiene tier (YouTube/Google model):
- Big Picture posts are typically Hub — regular, expected, community-building
- Human Interest posts are typically Hygiene — always-on, humanising the brand
- Products & Services posts are typically Hero for major announcements, Hygiene for FAQ-style explainers
Content techniques:
- Series — recurring formats on a fixed schedule (e.g. "Monday market insight", "Friday team spotlight"). Series build an audience expectation that drives return visits and follows.
- Repurposing — a blog post becomes a carousel; a webinar becomes three short video clips; a research report becomes five separate insight posts. Repurposing multiplies content output without proportionally increasing production effort.
- Themes — a monthly or seasonal content focus aligned to the business calendar (e.g. tax season for an accounting firm, harvest season for an agri-business). Themes make the content plan coherent to the audience.
Five posting mistakes to avoid:
- Wall of text — use white space; one idea per paragraph; make posts scannable on a mobile screen
- Over-promotion — Products & Services posts must not dominate the mix; audiences unfollow pages that feel like catalogues
- Cross-posting without tailoring — content written for Instagram or Facebook reads as off-brand on LinkedIn; always rewrite for the professional register
- Too many hashtags — maximum 3–5 per post; more than 5 reduces reach
- External links in the post body — LinkedIn suppresses reach for posts that send users off-platform; paste the link in the first comment and add "(link in first comment)" at the end of the post
4. Follower Growth — Invite System and Growth Strategies
The invite system:
- Each Company Page receives 100 invite credits per month, pooled across all admins
- Credits are consumed when an invitation is sent; credits are returned when the invitation is accepted — the net cost of successful invitations is zero
- Invitations can only go to first-degree connections of Page admins
- Practical implication: the more admins with large, relevant networks, the larger the monthly invitation pool
Traction threshold: 500–1,000 followers is the point at which LinkedIn's algorithm begins surfacing the Page in discovery results and "Pages you might like" recommendations. Before this threshold, growth requires active effort.
Three growth strategies — select based on the client's current follower count and goal:
| Strategy | Approach | Best stage |
|---|
| Brand Awareness | Broad invite campaigns using all available credits each month; cross-promote the Page URL in email signatures, other platform bios, WhatsApp broadcasts, and website footer | 0–500 followers — building base |
| Niche Community | Targeted invites to specific job titles and industries; content tuned to a defined professional audience; engage actively in the 3 Page hashtag communities | 500–2,000 — qualifying the audience |
| Account-Based Marketing | Target follows at specific named companies; content designed to resonate with decision-makers at priority accounts | 2,000+ or B2B clients with a defined Ideal Client Profile |
Employee amplification: each employee has their own 100 invite credits per month. A team of five generates 500 targeted invitations per month — five times the Page's direct capacity. Provide employees with a one-paragraph brief on who to invite and a suggested invitation message. For the full employee activation programme, apply the playbook-employee-advocacy skill.
5. Sub-Pages
Sub-Pages allow a Company Page to host distinct brand assets for different audiences, products, or initiatives without creating a separate unrelated Company Page.
Showcase Pages
- Up to 25 per Company Page
- Purpose: separate content feeds for distinct brand units, geographic markets, audience segments, or ongoing initiatives (e.g. a recruitment brand, a CSR programme, a product line targeting a different sector)
- Each Showcase Page has its own follower count, content feed, and admin team
- Visible under "Affiliated pages" on the main Company Page
- Use when: the initiative has a distinct audience that does not overlap meaningfully with the main Page's followers, and the client has the content capacity to maintain a separate feed
- Do not use when: follower counts are below 1,000 — creating sub-pages before critical mass fragments the brand's presence and splits follower growth
Product Pages
- Up to 35 per Company Page
- Require LinkedIn approval before going live (submit via the Company Page dashboard)
- Features: product name, description, logo, media (images and video), customer recommendations, featured customers
- Functions as a LinkedIn product catalogue — each product has a dedicated page within the Company Page
- Customer recommendations appear as social proof directly on the Product Page
- Use when: the client has discrete, named products with distinct buyer audiences and wants to accumulate public social proof at product level
- Do not use when: the client offers bespoke or project-based services where a product-style listing would misrepresent the offering
Subsidiary / Acquisition Pages
- Enterprise-level feature; links acquired companies or subsidiaries to a parent Company Page
- The subsidiary's page shows "Part of [Parent Company]" in its profile
- Not applicable to most SME clients; note this feature exists for reference if the client grows
6. LinkedIn Events
Two event types:
| Type | Follower requirement | Registration | Best for |
|---|
| Off-platform event | None | External (Eventbrite, Google Forms, landing page) | Workshops, conferences, product demos, client events |
| LinkedIn Live | 150+ followers | Internal LinkedIn registration | Webinars, panel discussions, product launches, Q&A sessions |
LinkedIn Live requires a third-party broadcasting tool (StreamYard, Restream, or similar). It cannot be broadcast directly from a standard device without this.
Registered vs non-registered events:
- Registered: attendees opt in; the organiser sees the attendee list and can send direct follow-up messages
- Non-registered: awareness only; no attendee data is captured — use only for broad awareness goals, not for lead generation
Promotion cadence:
| When | Action |
|---|
| 2 weeks before | Announce the event with a post; begin sending invitations (limit: 1,000 per admin per week) |
| 1 week before | Reminder post highlighting a key benefit or session preview |
| Day before | Final reminder post; share any preparation instructions |
| Day of event | Go live or share event link; engage in event comments in real time |
| Within 48 hours after | Recap post with key takeaways; send connection requests to all registered attendees not yet in the network |
Post-event follow-up: registrants are warm — they self-selected as interested in the topic. Send personalised connection requests within 48 hours and reference the event in the message.
7. Thirty-Day Company Page Content Plan
Deliver 20 posts across four weeks. Each entry includes format, content category, hook line, content brief, and CTA. Populate every field with content specific to the client's industry and audience — no generic placeholders.
Week 1 — Establish the Page
| # | Format | Category | Hook line | Content brief | CTA |
|---|
| 1 | Text post | Human Interest | "We help [target audience] with [outcome]. Here's who we are." | Introduce the company, the problem it solves, the team behind it, and what makes it different. Warm and specific — not a press release. | "Follow our page for weekly updates." |
| 2 | Document / carousel | Products & Services | "What we do — and the problem each service solves." | One slide per service: name / problem it solves / one-line outcome. Final slide: CTA. 8–12 slides. | "Send us a message to find out more." |
| 3 | Text post | Big Picture | "[Industry observation relevant to target audience]. Here's what we're seeing." | Specific, credible observation about the client's sector. Name the pattern; state the implication for the target audience. | "Follow for weekly industry insight." |
| 4 | Text post | Human Interest | "Behind the scenes at [Company]: how we [key process relevant to clients]." | Show the working reality of the business — preparation, team process, quality control, or day-to-day operations. | "Comment with a question — we'll answer." |
| 5 | Poll | Big Picture | "[Provocative, relevant question for the target audience]?" | 3–4 answer options covering the range of positions. Follow-up post planned for results day. | "Vote and tell us your reasoning in the comments." |
Week 2 — Demonstrate Expertise
| # | Format | Category | Hook line | Content brief | CTA |
|---|
| 6 | Text post | Products & Services | "A client came to us with [problem]. Here's what changed." | Challenge / Approach / Result structure. Specific results. Anonymise if needed. | "Facing a similar challenge? Send us a message." |
| 7 | Document / carousel | Big Picture | "The [X]-point checklist every [target audience] needs for [outcome]." | Practical, actionable framework. Each slide = one step. First slide is the hook cover. Final slide = CTA. | "Repost if your team needs this." |
| 8 | Native video | Human Interest | "Here's what a day at [Company] looks like." | 60–90 second walkthrough — team, space, process. Add subtitles; most LinkedIn video is watched without sound. | "Follow us to see more." |
| 9 | Text post | Big Picture | "Most [target audience] don't know about [insight]. Here's why it matters." | Specific insight that positions the brand as informed. Draw from client work or sector knowledge. | "Save this post for later." |
| 10 | Text post | Products & Services | "Here's what [client type] said after working with us." | Testimonial with context: situation before, what was done, the outcome. Attributed or anonymised. | "Reach out to discuss your situation." |
Week 3 — Engage Decision-Makers
| # | Format | Category | Hook line | Content brief | CTA |
|---|
| 11 | Text post | Big Picture | "[Common practice in the industry]. We think it's wrong. Here's why." | Take a clear, defended position. Three supporting arguments. Invite respectful disagreement — both agreement and disagreement drive reach. | "Agree or disagree? Tell us in the comments." |
| 12 | Document / carousel | Big Picture | "[Relevant stat or finding] about [industry]. What it means for [target audience]." | 5–8 slides summarising a trend or finding. Practical implication on the final slide. | "Follow for monthly market insights." |
| 13 | Text post | Human Interest | "What's the hardest part of [challenge the target audience faces]? We'll start." | Pose a genuine question. Share the company's own answer first to set the tone. Return to reply to every comment. | "Drop your answer below." |
| 14 | Event post | Products & Services | "We're hosting [event name] on [date]. Here's what you'll get." | Announce the event with 3 key things attendees will learn or gain. Registration link in first comment. | "Register via the link in the first comment." |
| 15 | Text post | Human Interest | "We're proud of [team member / achievement]. Here's the story." | Specific team spotlight or milestone. Name the person, describe the achievement, state what it means for clients. | "Congratulate the team in the comments." |
Week 4 — Convert and Grow
| # | Format | Category | Hook line | Content brief | CTA |
|---|
| 16 | Text post | Products & Services | "If you're a [target client] dealing with [problem], this is for you." | Direct description of the service: who it is for, what they get, the outcome, how to start. No jargon. | "Send us a message to start a conversation." |
| 17 | Document / carousel | Human Interest | "A look back at [month]: what we built, who we helped, what's next." | Highlights: client wins, content milestones, team news. Final slide previews next month. | "Follow to stay updated." |
| 18 | Text post | Big Picture | "One thing we learnt this month that every [target audience] should know." | Honest, specific professional reflection. What happened, what was observed, what changed. | "What's a lesson your business learnt recently?" |
| 19 | Text post | Human Interest | "We're growing. Here's who we're looking for — and what it's like to work with us." | If hiring: role + responsibilities + how to apply. If not: team spotlight on a current team member. | "Tag someone suitable, or apply via DM." |
| 20 | Text post | Big Picture | "That's [month] done. Here's what we focused on — and what's coming." | Honest monthly recap. Forward-looking. Personal and specific. | "Follow along — more coming in [next month]." |
8. KPIs
Track all metrics monthly via LinkedIn Page Analytics. Review using the meta-reporting skill at the end of each month.
Company Page engagement rate formula (Raymond and Johnston, 2021):
Engagement rate = (Likes + Comments + Shares + Clicks + Follows) ÷ Impressions × 100
This formula is broader than the formula commonly used for personal posts (which counts only Reactions + Comments + Shares). It includes Clicks and Follows because Company Page objectives include driving traffic and acquiring followers — not only generating discussion.
| KPI | Benchmark | Review trigger |
|---|
| Engagement rate | 2–4% organic | Below 2% for 4 consecutive weeks: increase Big Picture and Human Interest content; reduce Products & Services ratio |
| Follower growth | 5–10% monthly (growth phase) | Track net new followers; monitor invite acceptance rate separately |
| Post impressions | Growing month-on-month | Segment by content category to identify what the algorithm favours |
| Invite acceptance rate | 20–40% | Below 20%: reassess who admins are inviting — quality over volume |
| Event registrations | Set a target per event | Registered events only; track separately from organic post performance |
| Click-through rate | 1–3% for posts with links | Links in first comment; use UTM parameters |
| Sub-Page follower growth | Positive month-on-month | If a Sub-Page is not growing, consider consolidating back to the main Page |
Quality Criteria
- The 13-step setup checklist is complete; completeness payoff stats (30% more views; weekly posting = 2× engagement) are cited with source
- Admin roles table distinguishes internal roles from paid media roles; minimum viable structure guidance covers solo, small team, and agency scenarios
- Know, Like and Trust framework is applied as the organising principle for the content strategy section — not merely named, but operationalised through the three content categories and the 10-4-1 rule
- The invite system is explained with the credit-return mechanic clearly stated; growth strategies are mapped to follower count stage
- Sub-Pages section includes a decision framework (when to use and when NOT to use) for both Showcase and Product Pages, not just a description of features
- Events section distinguishes off-platform from LinkedIn Live with specific requirements for each; promotion cadence states named timeframes and specific actions at each stage
- The 30-day plan contains 20 posts with all five fields (format, category, hook, brief, CTA) populated; entries are written as client-specific briefs, not generic templates
- Engagement rate formula is cited correctly from source; the difference from the personal post formula is noted
platform-linkedin is cross-referenced in the introduction for personal profile strategy — no duplication of personal profile content in this skill- British English spelling throughout; no American spelling variants
