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Digital Marketing through LinkedIn Marketing in ThinkNEXT Technologies
Pvt.Ltd
Chandigarh University
(2015 2017)
DECLARATION
I, hereby declare that the research project report titled Digital Marketing through LinkedIn
Marketing in ThinkNEXT Technologies Pvt.Ltd
is my own original research work and this report has not been submitted to any
University/Institute for the award of any professional degree or diploma.
(HUKAM THAKUR)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Acknowledgement is an art, one can write glib stanza without meaning a word on the other hand
one can make a single expression of gratitude.
It gives me a great pleasure to submit this project to CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY. I take this
opportunity with great pleasure to present before this project on Digital Marketing through
LinkedIn Marketing in ThinkNEXT Technologies Pvt.Ltd
which is result of co-operation, hard work & good wishes of many people. The most pleasant
part of any project is to express the gratitude towards all those who have contributed to the
success of my project.
I would like to thanks MrsRajniWadhwaBedi and Mrs. RufyAshta who has been my mentor for
this project. It was only through her excellence assistance & good suggestion that i have been
able to complete this project.
I am deeply grateful to Dr.RajeevKhosla (Head of Department) USB CHANDIGARH
UNIVERSITY for their everlasting support or guidance on ground of which i have acquired a
new field of knowledge the course structure created for curriculum has benefited with inclusion
on recent development in an organization& management aspects.
I am thankful to all members of ThinkNEXT Technologies Pvt.Ltd.Company who have given me
valuable information in part of my project. Above all, I would like to thank all conducted persons
of firm who took out their valuable times to answer my queries & given me full information
related to my project.
I extent my sincere gratitude towards my parents who have always encourage me & give
suggestions as how to work on project. They always stand by me in solving all my enquiries.
Their support has always motivated me.
(HUKAM THAKUR)
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE
TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATE
DECLARATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CH-1 COMPANY PROFILE
CH-2INTRODUCTION TO TOPIC
Introduction of LinkedIn
History of LinkedIn
Advantage of LinkedIn
Disadvantage of LinkedIn
PAGE NO.
Literature Review
Research Design
CH-7 BIBLIOGRAPHY
CH-8 QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER - 1
COMPANY PROFILE
COMPANY PROFILE
ThinkNEXT Technologies has also setup its offices in USA, Delhi, Shimla and Bathinda for its
software support. ThinkNEXT has its own multiple Smart Card printing, encoding and barcode
label printing machines to provide better and effective customer support solutions.
ThinkNEXT has also setup its own placement consultancy and is having numerous placement
partner companies to provide best possible placements in IT industry.
ThinkNEXT Technologies has developed for the first time in northern region cloud computing
based Cloud Campus 4.0 to facilitate knowledge and placement centric services. It is a unique
concept for effective and collaborative learning.
First Company of India who has Launched NFC Technology (The Future) for Smart
Campuses through NFC Smart Cards.
First Company of India who has launched Android Version of Smart Campus ERP
Solutions for Mobiles and Tablet PCs.
First company of India who has developed SMS Opt-In Technology so that
Institutes/Colleges can send Transactional SMS with SMS Sender ID and without SMS
Template approval.
First company of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, J&K (Northern region) who launched
Smart Cards (Contact Type), Smart Cards (Contactless) in Punjab for campus automation.
First company of India which has launched its Think NEXT Smart Card as Discount Card
in more than 120 enterprises.
Established own multiple Smart Card Designing, Smart Card Printing, Smart Card
Lamination and Oyster Barcode Printing Units.
SERVICES:
We provide Software Solutions using latest technologies or features:
NFC
Smart Card
Barcode
RFID
SMS
Android
ions (phone)
GPS
VISION:
Technologies Pvt. Ltd. are already very flexible and scalable. Still, we always take care of specific requirements of
our clients. Our highly committed R&D team makes our software feature rich, dynamic and future
tuned everyday so that our clients always maintain the lead over their competitors. The
development of the software is being done and the purpose full customization of the package is
carried out in the ThinkNEXT lab.
MISSION:
ThinkNEXT is pioneer in Smart Campus ERP Solutions for Universities/Colleges/Schools using
latest technologies and features. We provide software solutions using .NET, PHP, Android, iPhone,
Java technologies with three tier-architecture support. We provide back-end solutions using MS
SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL.
QUALITY POLICY:
We have wide experience working with eminent Educationists, Managements, Directors,
Principals, Head of Departments, other Staff Members, Parents and students. Therefore we do not
sell only software Modules but an innovative system which has more importance than just ERP
software modules. Today Smart Campus solutions are a need of hour for every University/Group
of Colleges or an Institution to make edge over others and maintain a lead over their competitors.
Our Research and Development team is committed to make your institute(s) to maintain lead over
their competitors.
MORE SERVICES:
ThinkNEXT offers various industry-ready programs so that student needs not to struggle
for jobs. ThinkNEXT offers 6 weeks/2 Months/6 Months training programs to make
students industry.
ThinkNEXT offers Part-Time/Full Time Job Offer for each student during training so that
students can earn while they learn. Student can bear their food, accommodation and other
expenses on.
BOARD OF DIRECTOR
Sunil Jindal
Munish Mittal
Ghansham Das
Vikas Gupta
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Sunil Jindal
MARKETING HEAD
Munish Mittal
IT HEAD
Mukesh Kumar
ACHIEVEMENTS
Approved from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India. Corporate Identity No.
U72200PB2011PTCO35677
OTHER INFORMATION
Type
Privately Held
Company Size
32 Employees
Website
Industry Type
http://thinknexttraining.com/
IT Development and Professional
Training Company
Year of Establishment
August 2009
CHAPTER-2
INTRODUCTION
SOCIAL SOFTWARE
What is social software?
The term "social software" refers to a wide range of web-based programs, services and tools. A
key part of these new technologies is their collaborative aspects-- social software allows users to
contribute create and customize in ways that earlier models of software do not.
Social software includes user-created items like blogs, wikis and podcasts; user-enhanced
services such as photo-, video- and music-sharing sites; alternative communication resources
such as instant messaging and virtual worlds; and social networking sites.
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Social networking services take advantage of social software tools to create online places for
people to meet, share photos and videos, send messages, play games and more.
Wikipedia outlines three primary types of social networks:
Sites which contain a specific category directory (i.e. former classmates)
Sites used as a means to connect with friends or fans (often featuring customizable profile pages)
Sites which rely on recommender systems linked to trust (for professional networking)
Facebook is an example of the second type of social networking services.
INTRODUCTION OF LINKEDIN
March 2016, LinkedIn has more than 433 million accounts, out of which more
than 106 million are active.
Based in the United States, the site is, as of 2013, available in 24 languages,
including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,
Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese,
Czech, Polish, Korean, Indonesian, Malay, and Tagalog.LinkedIn filed for an
initial public offering in January 2011 and traded its first shares on May 19,
2011, under the NYSE symbol "LNKD".
On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced it will acquire LinkedIn for $26.2
billion, a deal expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
ThinkNEXT Technologies Pvt. Ltd. uses Linkedin mainly for recruiting
purpose.
FOUNDER OF LINKEDIN
ReidHoffman
Chief Executive Officer of LinkedIn
HISTORY OF LINKEDIN
Linkedin is created May 5th 2003 by Reid Hoffman Cinco de Linkedin! Became a
profitable company just 3 years after its launch No longer holds fund raising for
operational costs History of the Social Network First premium paid subscriptions
began in 2005 Paid subscriptions offer the subscriber more options for employment
and allows them to see who is interested in their profile Launched its first
international office in London, January of 2008 Exectutive Chairman and Co-founder
Continued exponential growth gaining 81000 members by the end of 2003, 1.6
million in 2004, 4 million 2005, 8 million 2006, 15 million 2007, 33 million 2008, 40
million 2009, 70 million 2010.
ADVANTAGE OF LINKEDIN
we will discuss about advantages of using LinkedIn which is one of the largest professional
networking site with more than 170+ million users. LinkedIn started in the year 2003 and it is
basically used for professional networking. The main USP of LinkedIn is its target audience is
professionals and not like twitter or Facebook generic users. People who register to LinkedIn
talks business. We even covered in our previous blog posting that LinkedIn is one of the website
where your business presence is important to improvise your social media networking.
Professional Connections
One of the main advantages of using LinkedIn is getting connected with Professionals who are in
the similar industry. By connecting with professionals you build a very serious network of people
where you can release news and other important aspect of your business.
Opinions
Another advantage of using LinkedIn is the opinion which comes from various professionals.
Yes they are not only opinions but they are an experienced opinion which helps you to take
corrective decisions for your career or for your business.
Discussions
With LinkedIn you do discussion to the point and you get answers for what actually you might
be searching for. There are Question and Answer section where you can ask question related to a
topic.
Job Seeking
Every day you will find job postings where companies are hiring people may be in your category.
This way you get detailed information about the companies working and it also allows you to get
right job for yourself.
New Clients
You can search for new clients, opportunities and business on social media by connecting with
people. There are many companies who do advertisements on LinkedIn since the scope of getting
intouch with the decision makers on the site is higher comparing other way of online
advertisement. Apart from that you also get connected with your old customers who can
remember you and may provide new references.
Old Connections
Getting connected with your old college friends or old customers is another advantage; you
always get news about their whereabouts.
Increase Social Networking: Using LinkedIn helps you increasing your social networking with
various people across the globe. You can start your own company page where other news or
announcement can be posted.
There are many other advantages of using LinkedIn both for professionals and for businesses. Do
share on what advantages you got while using LinkedIn.
DISASVANTAGE OF LINKEDIN
a loss of work time, a good best practice is to be very strategic in terms of deciding which areas
of the site to focus on and how much time to spend on a daily or weekly basis.
While LinkedIn boasts more than 100 million users as of this article's publication, the figure is a
reported one, and can be misleading. Users who have created a profile may not be actively
participating, and may not check it on a regular basis. Adding or making contacts on the site may
not necessarily translate into a social business network, particularly if focusing on making those
contacts online causes you to less actively seek out direct connections with key business contacts.
Fortunately, it is easy to search to find out which contacts are on the site and to view their
profiles to determine level of activity, should it prove more beneficial to reach out to them
instead via email or otherwise.
Privacy Concerns
One big concern with LinkedIn, as with all social media sites, is privacy. LinkedIn provides the
opportunity for you to adjust your settings to control who can see your activity broadcasts or
activity feed, who can see when you've viewed their profile, who can see your connections and
who can see your profile photo and visibility. Your decisions about how to manage your privacy
settings will be based on your objectives in using the site and the levels of privacy you are
personally comfortable with.
Your Reputation
While it is possible to manage your privacy settings on LinkedIn, the nature of social media
means that at least some people will be able to see some of what you're doing and saying some of
the time. Managing and protecting your reputation online is important because what goes online
stays online--and can be readily shared with others. Posts made on LinkedIn through updates,
Groups participation and involvement on Answers, are relevant examples, and without exercising
caution both in the writing and content, have the potential to be damaging. It is important to be
cognizant at all times that what you are doing is public and to think carefully about the reputation
you are establishing through your profile and contacts. A profile that lists a past employer as
current, for instance, might send a sloppy message to others. Outdated references call into
question whether you have done anything of note lately. Think of your LinkedIn profile as your
face to the world, but it won't be useful unless it's accurate, relevant and kept up-to-date.
CHAPTER-3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research methodology defines what the activity of research is, how to proceed, how to
measure progress, and what constitutes success. It provides us an advancement of wealth of
human knowledge, tools of the trade to carry out research, tools to look at things in life
objectively; develops a critical and scientific attitude, disciplined thinking to observe objectively
(scientific deduction and inductive thinking); skills of research particularly in the age of
information.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction Digital Marketing to Linkedin Marketing
An Analytical Study of the LinkedIn Optimization Techniques for
Information Retrieval Systems
ABSTRACT:
LinkedIn is the most prominent tool to extract and share the information and ideas .It is a very
large distributed social network site .The concept of information retrieval systems is to only
receive the input from user as keywords, process it then compared with the database and the
information is provided to the user LinkedIn is the technique which is used to increase the
importance of the pages which are most frequently visited which the user come upon regularly.
This article introduces and discusses the concept of LinkedIn optimization, features of LinkedIn
and overview of elements and tools used in LinkedIn optimization.
RESEARCH DESIGN
POPULATION
A POPULATION is a summation of all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in
a particular geographical area and have the capabilities ofinterbreeding.
SAMPLE
A sample is a set of individuals (a sample) chosen from a larger set a population.Each individual
is chosen randomly and entirely by chance, such that each individual has the same probability of
being chosen at any stage during the sampling process.
SAMPLE SIZE
The sample size that was taken into consideration was 50 Applicants .These prospects were
randomly selected from the sample area and were asked to fill questionnaire.
SAMPLING TECHNIQUEA simple random sample is a set of individuals (a sample) chosen from a larger set a population.
Each individual is chosen randomly and entirely by chance, such that each individual has the
same probability of being chosen at any stage during the sampling process,
The sample size that was taken into consideration was 50 Applicants .These prospects were
randomly selected from the sample area and were asked to fill questionnaire.
The Sample area that has been selected for conducting the research was Mohali. The sample size
was taken randomly from all parts of Mohali region. The questionnaire are being distributed to
the various prospects in the sample area the prospects involved are doctors, college students
,lawyers, employees ,teachers etc.
SAMPLING UNITIn a multi stage sample , the sampling unit could be blocks , households and individuals within
the households .sampling frame is the actual list of sampling units fromwhich the sample or
some stage of the sample is selected. It is simply a list of the study population.
DATA COLLECTIONThe report is based on primary as well as secondary data, however primary data collection is
given more importance since it is overhearing factor in attitude studies. Research is being done
by primary data collection and primary data collection is being done by interacting with various
people. The secondary data has been collected through various journals and websites.
PRIMARY DATA:
Primary data refers to information that is generated to meet the specific requirement of the
investigation at hand. The primary data will be collected through the questionnaire from the
employees of ThinkNEXT Technologies PVT. LTD
SECONDARY DATA:
Secondary data is information that is collected for the purpose other than to solve the specific
problem under investigation. The secondary sources of data collection were information obtained
from books, magazines, websites and articles on the topic etc. In the study, the researcher would
use the secondary data to supplement the primary data.
TECHINIQUES OF ANALYSIS -
The tools that were used for analyzing the data that have been collected through the
questionnaire and other sources are as follows:
1. Pie chart
2. Bar diagram
3. Column chart
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
1. Sample size
2. Lack of prior research studies on the topic
3. Lack of available and/or reliable data
4. Measure used to collect the data
CHAPTER-4
DATA AND RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
1. Do you have any of your blog or website on any of the Social media platform?
a) YES ( )
b) NO ( )
OPTIONS
YES
NO
PERCENTAGE
45%
55%
PERCENTAGE
30%
NO
70%
Internet Connection
a; 30%
b; 70%
b) Reading news
c) Reading magazine
d) Making Blogs
OPTIONS
Reading Articles
Reading News
Reading Magazine
Making Blogs
PERCENTAGE
20%
40%
15%
25%
25
15
40
20
From the analysis of 50 respondents, 20% people spend time on internet for reading articles,
40% people spend time on internet for reading news, 15% people spend time on internet for
reading magazine, 25% people spend time on internet for making blogs
OPTIONS
PERCENTAGE
Bing
Ask
LinkedIn
20%
30%
50%
From the analysis of 50 respondents 20% Bing is biggest search engine, 30% Ask is biggest
search engine, and 50% LinkedIn is biggest search engine
PERCENTAGE
30%
20%
Many People
50%
linkedin
50
40
30
20
10
0
From the analysis of 50 respondents 30% people know about google search engine, 20% people
know about google search engine, 50% people know about LinkedIn
OPTIONS
Yes
No
PERCETAGE
40%
60%
From the analysis of 50 respondents 40% other search engine than google, 60% other search
engine than LinkedIn
PERCENTAGE
Amitabh Bachan
10%
Dr.NarendraModi
20%
Reid Hoffman
70%
From the analysis of 50 respondents 10% Amitabh Bachan, 20% Dr. NarendraModi, 60% Reid
Hoffman
PERCENTAGE
Yes
60%
No
40%
b; 40%
a; 60%
From the analysis of 50 respondents 60% said that the Whatsapp is the Product LinkedIn.
CHAPTER -5
FINDINGS
From the research it has been found that most of the common users are unaware
about LinkedIn Origin.
From the analysis it can also be observed that LinkedIns useful in Online
Information.
From the analysis it has been found that the marketing on LinkedIn is mainly need to
be done on weekly basis.
From the analysis it has been found that people are also aware about the Youtube,
which is the list of 2ndtop Search Engine.
From the customer point of view the perception about LinkedIn Marketing is
excellent.
From the research it has been found that people found that LinkedIn is safe to work.
CONCLUSION
LinkedIn marketing being a broader concept, a great experience it gave me and what from the
research and findings it has been found that there are number of organisations who have clarity
on LinkedIn marketing success by using various social media platforms such as facebook,
Twitter and YouTube. There are many marketers who use technology for their website to look
more good and relevant.
From audience and uses point of view they mostly interacts and tend to be more active on these
social networking sites. An Analytical study of LinkedIn Marketing mainly focuses on Sales
Lead Quality, Sales. From the website traffic they come to know that how many users are
subscribing to their websites and from which social media.
CHAPTER-6
RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATION
From the market survey it was able to identify that users have clarity on LinkedIn
marketing success and they effectively use in their organisations.
The most important task that any organisation can do is that they can held internal
LinkedIn marketing meetings which is very valuable for the marketers as well as for the
organisations also and they can discuss programmes on monthly or quarterly basis.
From the market survey it was revealed that LinkedIn marketing focuses on Lead
Generations and Sales.
Company should appoint some executives to make strong relationships with customer.
Company should target its audience and users for Channel preference.
CHAPTER-7
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Websites:
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spm.edu.in/International Journal/saru.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodology
CHAPTER-8
QUESTIONNAIRE
QUESTIONNAIRE
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name.............................
Gender: M ( ), F ( )
Occupation......................
Email address....................
Phone No.........................
1. Do you have any of your blog or website on any of the Social media platform?
YES ( )
NO ( )
Reading news
Reading magazine
Making Blogs
Dr. NarendraModi
Reid Hoffman
8. Whatsappis the product of LinkedIn?
Yes
No