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LinkedIn

A two-hour Zoom recording has maybe four minutes worth keeping. Nova transcribes the call, ranks the moments, follows whoever's talking with active-speaker tracking, and reframes the grid into clean vertical clips — for promos, recaps, or social, without a manual edit.

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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 zoom recording 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

Follows the speaker

Active-speaker tracking switches the vertical frame to whoever's talking, so a gallery-view call becomes a clip that actually looks at the right person.

Skip the dead air

AI moment detection ranks the recording so you grab the decisions and soundbites instead of scrubbing through intros, silences, and 'can you see my screen?'.

Captioned for muted feeds

Word-by-word captions burned in, so the clip lands on LinkedIn or socials where most people watch with the sound off.

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.

How do I get a Zoom call into Nova?

Export the cloud or local recording as an MP4 and upload it — Nova processes it like any other video: transcribe, rank moments, track the active speaker, reframe, and caption.

Does it handle multiple people on the call?

Yes — active-speaker tracking follows whoever is talking and frames them vertically, turning a multi-box gallery view into a clean single-speaker clip.