Category: LinkedIn
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Tweet Business Social Networking Leaders In Australia we have seen the rise of Twitter and LinkedIn as valuable social networking sites for business. Twitter and LinkedIn also have a special relationship which combines Tweets and LinkedIn Shares to power the LinkedIn Today news product. As Australian’s we have embraced both sites and today [...]
LinkedIn reaches 3 Million Australian Members
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LinkedIn has just sent an email out to all their Australian members – letting us know that there are now 3 million Australian’s registered to LinkedIn. According to Google Adplanner, in February 2.2 million unique Australian visitors went to the LinkedIn site. So whilst LinkedIn has reached this 3 million milestone, how many are active [...]
LinkedIn releases Company Follow Button
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LinkedIn has updated their suite of social buttons, yesterday announcing that they have created a Company Follow button. Similar to the Twitter follow button, the LinkedIn follow button will allow users to follow the updates of a particular company or organisation. LinkedIn obviously wants to develop their site and enhance brand pages, much like Facebook [...]
LinkedIn reaches 150 Million Members
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LinkedIn has just announced their 4th Quarter Financial Results for 2011 and a number of other interesting facts about their social network: Site now has 150 million registered members Revenue for Q4 2011 was $167.7 million USD, up 105% from Q4 2010 Net income for Q4 2011 was $6.9 million USD For the full 2011 [...]
LinkedIn Stats Update
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LinkedIn has just announced that their Q3 revenues for 2011 was $139.5 million USD, seeing strong increases in customers taking up their hiring products across the globe. LinkedIn has also released a number key statistics about their growth: – now 131 million registered members – 180,000 websites have integrated the LinkedIn share button – 40,000 [...]
LinkedIn buys real-time search company Indextank
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LinkedIn has acquired a company called Indextank, which specialises in real time search technology. No financials on the deal have been disclosed however this is no doubt a strategic move to improve the companies products, services and search capabilities. What does this tell us about LinkedIn’s future strategy? They may be looking to build products [...]
LinkedIn SEO
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I was having a look at how to use LinkedIn more and more for SEO purposes and connecting with the right people in your industry/ location. LinkedIn is without a doubt the best business Social Networking website. Google Plus also does seem to be doing a decent job, but LinkedIn functionality and user numbers are [...]
Oldschool: Reid Hoffman and Biz Stone
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I was scrolling through the LinkedIn help pages today and I came across an interesting video of 2 great entrepreneurs. Reid Hoffman – LinkedIn Founder Biz Stone – Twitter Founder If you are not already aware, the LinkedIn Today product, which has been very successful – draws the most shared news across the internet, specifically [...]
Linked Privacy Blunder with Social Advertising?
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It seems LinkedIn has rolled out a new feature on the site whereby it can use your name and photo in their Social Advertising products. I had no idea about this until I saw people mentioning the change in their LinkedIn profile streams. Whilst many members may not mind about the change and their personal [...]
Social Media Marketing tips for LinkedIn
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LinkedIn is the largest business/professional social network in the world with over 100 million members. Many blogs and websites are generating a lot of traffic from LinkedIn especially as they have now launched Linked Today news product. Therefore including LinkedIn in your social media marketing policy is a must for business, bloggers and online brands. [...]
LinkedIn Tips for Increased Contact
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LinkedIn is one of the most popular Social Networks in Australia, but let’s look at some way to increase the amount of LinkedIn contact you are receiving. If you are looking to grow you business – LinkedIn is a must, but often people sign up and are not entirely sure how to tackle this sort [...]
LinkedIn IPO, What Happened?!
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LinkedIn yesterday had their initial public offering with shares initially being sold by LinkedIn shareholders to the open market for around $45 USD each. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America were LinkedIn’s underwriters whom managed the deal. It seems they have underpriced the stock considerably as LinkedIn shares are now trading above $80 USD a [...]
Social Media SEO
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So what is the best way to Search Engine Optimise your Social Media Profiles? Lets look at the 3 most prominent social networks we are using for Business: 1. Facebook (pages) 2. Twitter 3. LinkedIn Facebook For the purpose of this exercise, we will look at optimising your Facebook Fanpage. When people search Facebook, instead [...]
LinkedIn passes 2 million Members in Australia
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Many of you today may have received an email from LinkedIn announcing that they now have 2 Million members in Australia using the popular business social network. LinkedIn has also now opened an office in Melbourne and the site now has 20 staff in Australia working across sales, marketing, advertising and recruitment. LinkedIn have been [...]
LinkedIn passes 100 Million Users
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A recent announcement from LinkedIn reveals the company has passed 100 Million registered members. The site is getting around 1 new user registration every second. Just under half the total users are located inside the United States. See the below Infograph from LinkedIn showing their growth and expanding markets.
LinkedIn Lauches new Social News product: LinkedIn Today
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LinkedIn has just launched a new news product for their site, which is a Social News Service called LinkedIn Today. This allows users to follow news publications or blogs and keep regularly updated via LinkedIn of any recent news. An algorithm determines what is the most appropriate news for you, determined by your contacts and [...]
My name is David Cowling and I am the Founder and Chief Editor of Social Media News AUS and I also run my own 
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