LinkedIn announced today that the professional social network has passed 200 million members. It’s a tremendous milestone and the announcement went on to break down how that membership is comprised. For instance, the site boasts 74 million members in the United Sates, and 11 million in the United Kingdom. Interestingly, India has actually surpassed the …
Spotlight Groups on your LinkedIn Company Page
Quietly amongst the new Google+ Communities and #PhotoWars this week, LinkedIn has added a new feature to its Company Pages called Group Spotlight. With it, you can feature a group that you own or are a member of right on your Company Page. To spotlight a group, log into LinkedIn and go to your Company …
Use This Killer App for Social Media Management
If you have been writing and blogging for a while now, you have probably started to accumulate a nice collection of articles on various topics. These articles can and should be shared and re-shared across your social networks. One of the best tools we’ve found for that purpose is Buffer. With Buffer, you can share …
Getting Started in Social Media Series, Part Two: LinkedIn
We will cover what LinkedIn is, how to get your account created, and how to start utilizing the network to help grow and promote your business.
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LinkedIn Takes a Page from Klout
If you have a Klout account, you know that each day you are given a set number of K’s which you can use to indicate topics other users are influential in. The giving and receiving of K’s is an activity that generates a lot of user activity and keeps Klout users coming back daily. Now, …
Social Media Usage Statistics [INFOGRAPH]
For more up to date statistics, check out Social Media Active Users By Network. I am often aproached by business and website owners and asked whether or not they should even consider a social media marketing campaign. They often think that social media doesn’t apply to their business or industry. One of most compelling motivators …
Is the LinkedIn Business Experience Getting Better or Worse?
Over the past few months LinkedIn has implemented quite a few changes, from dramatic shifts in the overall look and layout of the site, to minor changes like the ability to follow company pages from your mobile phone. Since LinkedIn is the social network for professionals, one would assume that all of these changes are …
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Social is more than just right now.
Social Media is all about this minute, hour or day and all the tools we usually use, whether to post messages or review what others are saying, our tools are focussed on the real time feed. But what happens when today becomes yesterday, last week, last month, last year? Is there value in our social …
Be Recommendable To Achieve LinkedIn Success
Be Recommendable. Make sure that your customers CAN and SHOULD recommend you on LinkedIn.