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Linking Up on LinkedIn

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Launched in 2003, LinkedIn is a business-related social networking site. Mainly used for professional networking, the company reported more than 100 million registered users as of March 2011. With last month’s LinkedIn stock market launch the company is more talked about than ever. Overview of LinkedIn.

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How Can Linkedin Grow?

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LinkedIn is at a tipping point. After becoming the first social network to go public on May 19, 2011, LinkedIn is now in the hot seat as finance pundits examine whether the company’s market valuation is realistic. One major question that investors have about LinkedIn is: “How can Linkedin grow?

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How to Get Started with Social Media Advertising

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There are lots of ways to advertise on social media sites, but we are just going to cover 3 of the most popular: Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter. LinkedIn Ads. There is no other social media platform that means more business than LinkedIn. According to LinkedIn, the site has about 90 million worldwide users (close to 36% U.S.

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LinkedIn’s Announces First Earnings Call (Q2 2011)

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On 08/04/11, LinkedIn reported their financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. In the second quarter, the company saw record levels of members, unique visitors, and page views, while top line growth accelerated. LinkedIn provided the key highlights: Members grew to 115.8 Unique visitors of 81.8

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Winners from LinkedIn’s First Open Intern Hackday

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On July 29, 2011, LinkedIn’s Mountain View cafeteria was filled to capacity with over 170 interns both from leading tech companies throughout the Bay Area and leading schools (Berkeley, Stanford, Waterloo, Upenn, and MIT among others). Click through the picture below for a closer look. .

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What’s Your Score? How Klout and PeerIndex Affect Social Engagement

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So, given the growing importance of social media, it makes sense that companies are now measuring the relative importance, or influence, of the people using the networks. Klout tracks activity across numerous social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Foursquare and YouTube. That depends on who you ask.

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Be Creative with your Job Hunting and Get Hired Now

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One of the most well known networks in this space is LinkedIn, which has a declared membership base of 90 million people. LinkedIn can be an extremely powerful job hunting tool, as you can use the site to develop connections with people in your choice of company or industry. Share this on LinkedIn. 3 – Deep searches.

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