Category: LinkedIn
LinkedIn reaches 150 Million Members
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 […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Stats Update
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 […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn buys real-time search company Indextank
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 […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn SEO
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 […]
Read More | ShareOldschool: Reid Hoffman and Biz Stone
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 […]
Read More | ShareLinked Privacy Blunder with Social Advertising?
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 […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Marketing tips for LinkedIn
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. […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn Tips for Increased Contact
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 […]
Read More | ShareLinkedIn IPO, What Happened?!
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 […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media SEO
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 […]
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