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57% -- buyer engagement likelihood uplift with socially active reps for LinkedIn buyers (2025)

2025  · Hootsuite

Buyers on LinkedIn are 57% more likely to engage with socially active employees compared to those relying on cold outreach.

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57%
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2025
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LinkedIn buyers
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LinkedIn buyers: 57% buyer engagement likelihood uplift with socially active reps. Source: Hootsuite (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-socially-active-employee-engagement-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-socially-active-employee-engagement-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>57%</strong> -- buyer engagement likelihood uplift with socially active reps for LinkedIn buyers<br><small>Source: Hootsuite (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linkedin-socially-active-employee-engagement-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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