Doubled a VC firm’s following and engagement on LinkedIn

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The Wise Idiot team has been able to understand BII and execute what no other agency has been able to until now. There’s a lot more that we will be added to the ongoing activities… we’ll be doing it together in the future.

The Company

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) is the strategic investment arm of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in India (a German private multinational conglomerate). BII is a sector-agnostic venture capital fund focusing on early growth stage investments (Series A to D) in tech-driven startups.

Growth Summary

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A 160% increase in followers to 8,000 within 6 months

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BII had and a substantial increase in the number of likes on different posts.

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Better quality and aesthetics, with uniformity across all content published by the firm. 

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Pankaj Makkar, MD, has now has a more prominent presence and better-defined personality on LinkedIn.

Challenges

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Poor engagement across every content category – text, pictorial, video-based, and reshares
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Almost zero repurposing of content

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No recognition or recall value for senior leadership, including the MD

Solutions

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To understand the industry landscape, we studied the competition’s LinkedIn pages.
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After a page audit for BII, we decided to introduce direct communication from the brand approach.
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Adding a human element in the creatives with pictures of the BII team and the portfolio for almost every creative.
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Utilizing existing assets like the CNBC podcast Building it up with Bertelsmann and various news publications.
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Upgrading to videos, resharing news articles and engaging collaterals like carousels instead of only static creatives
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Bringing Pankaj on the frontline on social media, we incorporated a personal opinion by Pankaj in almost every repurposed collateral.

The Results

8,000

Increase in the number of followers from 3,000 to 8,000

4x

A 4x increase in average
engagement on LinkedIn

A stronger digital presence

for Pankaj Makkar, the Managing Director