Ghost vs. LinkedIn Publishing Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ghost
Score 5.3 out of 10
N/A
Ghost is a CMS for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content. Available open source and free (e.g. for blogging), it can also come with tools for business' content marketing.
$0
LinkedIn Publishing Platform
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
The LinkedIn Publish Platform supports long-form content publishing and blogging by influencers.N/A
Pricing
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Editions & Modules
Ghost (community)
$0
Starter
$11
per month 1 staff user, 500 members
Creator
$31
per month 2 staff users, 1000 members
Team
$63
per month 5 staff users, 1000 members
Business
$249
per month unlimited staff users, 10,000 members
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Best Alternatives
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Small Businesses
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
GhostLinkedIn Publishing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Ghost Foundation
It is well suited for distributed writing and publishing with a subscription component
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LinkedIn
The platform is a great tool for someone trying to find a job. I have personally used the platform to help me get my current position and will use it again once I am back in the job market. There are some people out there who claim the platform is useless. In my opinion, if you see the LinkedIn platform as useless then you don't really understand how helpful it can be in the digital age of 2017.
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Pros
Ghost Foundation
  • Creating a newsletter for web and email simultaneously
  • Allowing for paid subscriptions
  • Allowing content to be segmented by subscription type
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LinkedIn
  • I like how it lets you publish long form content.
  • I love how it lets me copy and paste words and links from my Wordpress website, and it all comes over without me having to reinsert the links.
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Cons
Ghost Foundation
  • They wysiwig editor is missing critical functions like superscript and subscript
  • The markdown complement has those features but it doesn’t integrate well with the wysiwig editor
  • Footnoting is hard to do
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LinkedIn
  • Ability to post on a mirror account
  • Notifications on a campaign could be to a phone instead of email
  • More robust data analytics
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Usability
Ghost Foundation
No answers on this topic
LinkedIn
You can use your own profile and it is intuitive, easy to manage with good headings and tools.
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Alternatives Considered
Ghost Foundation
It is simpler, headless, faster than WordPress. The core functionality is focused on subscription membership which is a bloated add on for WordPress.
The simplicity has a cost as WordPress, while complicated, offers more expansion opportunities.
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LinkedIn
The problem with Facebook for Business is that it is on Facebook. Facebook is a great way for a company to brand themselves. However a companies content is surround by other content that is often not professional. For example, if someone follows my company on Facebook and scrolls down their timeline and sees my post, it is intertwined in their feed with their Facebook friends. This could lead to your content being mixed in with others. With Linkedin, it is solely supposed to be used for professionals. People are not supposed to (even though some do) post things that may be deemed offensive. That is not the case with Facebook.
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Return on Investment
Ghost Foundation
  • Our business is totally built around this product
  • It has allowed us to easily and quickly scale our free and (soon) our paywalled content
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LinkedIn
  • I think it raises the awareness of my SuperStar Careers brand. When I talk to people offline, they often tell me they read my articles and can give specific examples.
  • I've had a few prospects reach out to me. In the past 2 years, I'd guess I've had up to 10 people reach out to me for a assistance.
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