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A 12-month campaign that grew impressions by 49%, tripled engagement rates, and increased new followers by 414% for a professional services company.

SectorProfessional Services Period12 Months ScopeLinkedIn & Twitter TypeB2B
81k+
↑ 49%
Post impressions
+414%
133 → 684
New followers
5.57%
↑ 24%
Avg. engagement rate
7,951
↑ 241%
Video viewers
+146%
year-on-year
Post shares
418
↑ 57%
Posts published

Growing a B2B brand's social presence year-on-year

A professional services company needed consistent, high-quality social media management across LinkedIn and Twitter. The goal was to increase brand visibility, grow their audience, and drive meaningful engagement with their target market — all while maintaining a professional tone suited to a B2B audience.

The role covered full end-to-end management: strategy, content creation, scheduling, video production, and monthly analytics reporting.

The average B2B LinkedIn engagement rate is typically 1–2%. This account achieved 5.57% — nearly 3× the industry benchmark — while simultaneously scaling post output by 57%.

Full-service social media management

Consistent growth across every metric

Over 12 months (September 2023 – August 2024), every key performance indicator improved significantly compared to the previous year.

Post impressions
81,133  ↑ 49%
New followers
684  ↑ 414%
Video viewers
7,951  ↑ 241%
Post reactions & likes
1,980  ↑ 37.6%
Post shares
330  ↑ 146%
Posts published
418  ↑ 57%

How it compared to the industry

The 2024 Professional Services LinkedIn benchmark (Socialinsider / Closely, organic content only) puts the average engagement rate at 3.2% and typical follower growth at 5–10% year-on-year. Here's how this account measured up.

Avg. engagement rate — this account
5.57% ? 74% above sector
Avg. engagement rate — industry benchmark
3.2% Professional Services avg
Video engagement — this account
6.44% ? 15% above LinkedIn avg
Video engagement — LinkedIn average
5.6% platform average
Follower growth — this account
+414% 133 ? 684
Follower growth — typical B2B YoY
5–10% typical YoY

The Professional Services LinkedIn benchmark in 2024 was 3.2% engagement. This account hit 5.57% — 74% above the sector average — while simultaneously scaling post output by 57%. Maintaining engagement quality at that volume is the harder part.

Source: Socialinsider / Closely LinkedIn Industry Benchmarks 2024 · Professional Services sector · organic content only

What drove the highest engagement

Video content consistently outperformed other formats, achieving a 6.44% engagement rate. Photo posts followed at 5.55%, with status updates and link posts rounding out the content mix. This informed an ongoing shift toward video-first content throughout the year.

Video — 6.44% engagement Photo — 5.55% engagement Status — 5.38% engagement Link — 3.9% engagement
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