Having already charted how LinkedIn has grown over the last eight years , as well as comparing the growth of LinkedIn to Facebook ,  it’s time to take a look at the top 10 companies on LinkedIn. Users on LinkedIn can be linked to a company in one of two ways; by being an employee or by following the company. The top 10 followed companies on LinkedIn are  IBM , HP , Accenture , Microsoft , Oracle , Deloitte , PwC , Cisco , Apple , Google. Share it on StumbleUpon. On average, each company has almost 2.5 followers for each employee on the site. MORE >>

One of the major players in B2B social media is LinkedIn. recently shared this presentation on how to optimize your LinkedIn profile for search. The techniques outlined in this presentation can assist you in improving your search result rank both within in the LinkedIn search function, and in other search engines such as Google, Yahoo! Connect with Wendy on  LinkedIn ,  Facebook or  Twitter. Related Articles: Marketing on LinkedIn – Optimize, Analyze and Leverage Your Profile. Share this on LinkedIn. Share it on StumbleUpon. Wendy Boyce. MORE >>

Despite it appears that Facebook may be beating LinkedIn at the job seeking game, you can learn about how LinkedIn creates effective email calls to action. million and the unemployment rate, at 9.5%; LinkedIn created an effective (and well-timed!) Here’s how LinkedIn does it and what you can learn from it. – What’s So Good about LinkedIn’s Email. Here’s the email that LinkedIn sent out on August 3rd, 2010: LinkedIn is following 2 of all of the 4 Steps to Get Started on Email Marketing and creating a great call of action. MORE >>

Last month, we chronicled one major milestone when StumbleUpon surpassed Facebook for social media traffic generation. Other than a few functionality changes, the basic premise has remained unchanged over the years, which may be… The Secret to StumbleUpon’s Success. Those who love surprise parties and movies with twist-endings are prime candidates to be one of the millions of avid StumbleUpon fans. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, “StumbleUpon is like a box of chocolates.&#. Social Media Marketing StumbleUpon business garrett jones marketing MORE >>

In response to the many options for sharing content online such as Twitter and Facebook, on November 30, 2010 LinkedIn released its new share button. Photo Credit: LinkedIn. Why should you share content on LinkedIn? According to LinkedIn (as of 11/30/10),  because LinkedIn has: 85 million word wide users, 7.9 Here’s a breakdown of the top sharers on LinkedIn by title and by industry: The LinkedIn Share Button can be customized in 3 ways and has the option to track the number of shares. Do you think a LinkedIn Share Button is relevant? MORE >>