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LinkedIn
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Why LinkedIn is worth it — the least saturated feed with the highest-value audience
LinkedIn video is where a clip reaches decision-makers rather than a general audience — and the feed is nowhere near as saturated as TikTok's, so competent short-form still stands out instead of drowning. The trade-off is that the norms are different: it plays muted by default, the post copy above the video does as much work as the video itself, and a hard sell dies on arrival.
LinkedIn format cheat sheet
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 vertical or 1:1 square both perform
- Length that performs
- 30–90s; the feed rewards a complete thought
- Upload ceiling
- Up to 15 minutes, but rarely the right call
- Captions
- Non-negotiable — the feed autoplays muted
- Post copy
- The first line above the video is the real hook
- Links
- Keep them in the comments; in-post links suppress reach
How LinkedIn decides what gets seen
The feed rewards dwell time and comments far more than likes. A clip that starts a genuine discussion in the replies gets re-surfaced to second-degree connections for days.
Distribution runs through your network graph first, then outward — the opposite of TikTok's cold-start. Who engages early matters more than how many.
Autoplay is muted and most viewers never turn sound on, so a clip without burned-in captions is effectively a silent film in a feed of text.
Posting webinar clips on LinkedIn
Write the first line like a headline
LinkedIn truncates post copy after roughly two lines. That visible fragment decides whether anyone stops for the video at all — treat it as the actual hook and the clip as the payoff.
Lead with the insight, not the intro
This audience has low tolerance for wind-up. Cut straight to the claim or the number; the credential framing that works in a podcast intro reads as filler here.
Put links in the first comment
An outbound link inside the post itself measurably suppresses reach. Post the clip clean and drop the link in a comment underneath.
What Nova does for you
Repurpose, don't re-record
Every webinar becomes a stream of short clips for LinkedIn, Reels, and Shorts.
Lead with the takeaway
AI moment detection finds the quotable insights, not the filler.
On-brand captions
Clean, readable captions that keep viewers watching to the end.
Questions? Answers.
Does vertical video work on LinkedIn?
Yes — LinkedIn rolled out a dedicated vertical video feed and 9:16 now performs well, though square 1:1 remains a safe choice that reads cleanly in the main feed. Either beats a letterboxed 16:9 clip with black bars.
How long should a LinkedIn video be?
30–90 seconds. Long enough to make a complete point, short enough to finish between meetings. LinkedIn permits up to fifteen minutes, but long video underperforms badly in a scroll-first feed.
Are captions really necessary on LinkedIn?
More necessary than anywhere else. LinkedIn autoplays muted, much of the audience is scrolling at work, and very few turn sound on. Without burned-in captions the clip communicates nothing. Nova burns them in on every export.
Can I use my brand colors?
Paid plans support brand caption colors and fonts so clips match your identity.
Good for talking-head content?
Yes — face-aware reframing is built exactly for single and multi-speaker footage.
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