Tonight i had the pleasure to attend #SMCSYD (Social Media Club Sydney) at the Oxford Art Factory thanks to event organiser Grant Newtown.
Speakers of the night were:
Cliff Rosenberg – Managing Director LinkedIn Australian & New Zealand
Michael Field – Strategy Consultant
The night was focussed on how to better used LinkedIn in your business quests.
First off was Cliff from LinkedIn.
- half of Fortune 500 countries in the USA used the LinkedIn recruiter tool.
- currently LinkedIn has over 1 million registered members from Australia.
- LinkedIn removes fake profiles in 48 hours (im not entirely convinced on that one).
- Globally 1 new member signs up every second (roughly)
- When a lots of employees from a particular company starts updating their profile, it could be a sign something is about to happen (eg redundancies)
- 1.9 million Directors in Australia
- LinkedIn has 3 main revenue models:
1. Premium members
2. Enterprise model/ company/ recruiter
3. Online Advertising, PPC, CPM, job advertising
- 70% of the LinkedIn Australian audience is between 25-52 years old.
- 32% of members have a university degree. Compared with other major ‘executive’ online spaces in Australia LinkedIn is the leader. Yahoo7 is 2nd and NineMSN is 3rd both with under 20% of users having degrees.
Michael Field:
- Most people use LinkedIn as an online CV, address book. Business Developers can use LinkedIn groups to target customers and also polls with advertising.
- Be part of the conversation, reply to groups and discussions
- Sign up to TripIt to see where your LinkedIn connections are moving around for work.
- Build a strong brand on LinkedIn and business will come your way.
- LinkedIn is still a very popular recruiting tool.
Cliff Rosenberg - LinkedIn Australia & NZ MD
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My name is David Cowling and I am the Founder and Chief Editor of Social Media News AUS. I am based in Surry Hills, Sydney - and enjoy commenting on the Social Media landscape in Australia and also major developments worldwide. Feel free to get in 
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