LinkedIn Company Page vs Personal Profile: Which Should You Grow?

Businesses often put all their effort into the company page and wonder why it grows slowly. Both have a role, but they work differently.

What a company page does

A company page is your official presence. It shows what you do, lists employees, hosts job openings and gives you a place for announcements, products and company news. It also lets you run LinkedIn ads and see page analytics. People searching for your brand often land there.

What a personal profile does

A personal profile is a human voice. People connect with people more easily than with logos. Posts from individuals, such as founders, experts and team members, usually reach more of their network and attract more comments than the same message posted by a page. Many B2B buyers will trust a named expert before an unfamiliar brand.

Why personal profiles often win on reach

• People follow and engage with people.
• Personal posts feel more genuine than corporate messages.
• Your network is a ready audience from the start.
• Conversations happen in comments and direct messages.

Why you still need the page

• It adds credibility and completeness when buyers research you.
• It is the place for employer branding and job posts.
• It provides a permanent brand home, independent of any single person.
• It supports ads and company-level analytics.

A combined approach

1. Complete and tidy the company page with a clear description, logo, banner and a few posts a month.
2. Grow the founder's or leader's personal profile as the main voice, with regular posts and engagement.
3. Encourage team members to share their expertise and company news, with their own words.
4. Link them together. Add the company in each person's experience and mention the page where it fits.
5. Reshare carefully. Company posts can be supported by employees, but forced sharing looks fake.

What to measure

For the page: followers, visitor profile and click rates. For personal profiles: profile views, follower growth, comments and conversations started.

Common mistakes

• An abandoned page with old posts.
• Employees sharing identical copied text.
• Putting all the effort into the page and none into people.

Summary

Use the company page as your professional storefront and the personal profile as your voice. Grow both, with the personal profile leading.

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