Starred: LinkedIn Cofounder Allen Blue Reveals First Ever LinkedIn Invite. Welcome to another edition of Starred, where we take you deep inside the inboxes of our favorite CEOs, entrepreneurs, and VCs. Think that first message Jack Dorsey ever sent to Biz Stone describing his crazy idea for a 140-character blogging platform--the emails you've had starred in your inbox for years, saved almost solely for nostalgia. Joining us today, Allen Blue, vice president of product management and cofounder of LinkedIn: On May 5, 2003, we were ready to launch LinkedIn with the vision of building the world’s first and largest professional network.
Jean-Luc Vaillant, vice president of engineering at the time, created the first account and sent an invitation out to each of the 11 founding team members. This invitation started it all. Initially, it was an exclusive club. We only invited each other--getting the whole founding team connected at the core of the LinkedIn network. [Image: Flickr user tychay] 5 Tips to Writing a Compelling LinkedIn Summary | Jay Nine's Social Media Marketing. For the video version, check out my video on writing a compelling LinkedIn summary A compelling LinkedIn summary has the potential to really set your LinkedIn profile apart from your competition. We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” but I continue to see that few people realize the power of this philosophy. LinkedIn provides you an opportunity to expand that “who you know” professionally field more than any other social networking platform. That being said, I’m seeing a lot more marketing mistakes made by LinkedIn users than any other social networking website, starting with the summary, or, the biography you are allowed to write about yourself.
Before you get into the “Five Tips,” take a second and think about what your goal is on LinkedIn. Write From the 1st Person – The biggest mistake I’ve seen is someone writing a company biography, rather than an actual self-written, down-to-earth summary about themselves. Image: Credit Nan Palmero Share Via: LinkedIn finds common threads for entrepreneurs | Business Tech. What makes an entrepreneur? LinkedIn may have uncovered at least some answers to that question. Digging through the public profiles of tens of thousands of people who've launched startup companies, the social network spotted at least some elements in common among them.
Unveiling her findings in a blog published yesterday, Monica Rogati, a senior research scientist at LinkedIn, found that attendance at one of 10 U.S. business schools was one common thread, with Stanford, Harvard, and MIT Sloan at the top of the list. Looking at the fields of study sought by future entrepreneurs, Rogati discovered that computer engineering, computer science, physics, and electrical engineering were the most popular, while social work, civil engineering, education, and nursing were among the least popular. Calling some companies "breeding grounds for entrepreneurs," Rogati found certain firms popping up the most as former workplaces for entrepreneurs. How You Should Be Using LinkedIn: Tips from an Insider. With 120 million users, LinkedIn has become for business professionals what Facebook has long been for everyday consumers. It's increasingly rare, in fact, to meet a professional contact who isn't on the site. There's no doubt small business owners can gain a great deal simply by having a profile on LinkedIn as part of their social media strategy.
There are many other ways to use the social network, however--some offering even greater rewards--but not everyone is aware of them. I recently had a chance to speak with Nicole Williams, LinkedIn's Connection Director and a small business owner herself, for some ideas on smart ways SMBs can use the site. 1. One thing SMB owners often don't do when they create a business page on LinkedIn is to include their employment history or even their education, Williams told me.
Whatever business you're in, “you are a legitimate business owner by virtue of your past employment history,” Williams advised. 2. 3. 4. 5. 15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative. This is a guest post by Lior Levin. LinkedIn has enjoyed explosive growth since its debut in 2003. The real question is whether or not you’re making the most of your LinkedIn efforts and networking in general?
LinkedIn is so much more than social networking for businesses and business people – it can totally change how you run your business as a whole. Here’s some of our favorite tips to get the most out of your LinkedIn experience: Be Professional Remember, you’re not on Facebook, Google+, or MySpace here – this is a social network for business professionals. If you take a look at your LinkedIn inbox, you’ll noticed that it’s more like an email inbox rather than a social networking message system.
Also, the groups on Linkedin are not like your average Facebook group. Add Your Personality People want to know about the real you, not the person who you want them to think that you are. Your Profile Contribute Many people aren’t aware of the timeline on LinkedIn. Personalize Requests Stay Fresh. Social Barrel » LinkedIn share price, valuation climbing. Professional social networking website LinkedIn, which launched in 2003 and staged its very successful IPO in late May of this year, has lately been seeing is share price and valuation rising.
The LNKD initial share price, when it debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in May, was $45 with more than 4.8 million shares sold. But on the first day of trading, shares sold for as high as $122.69, then finished the day out at $94.25, 109 percent higher than the opening share price. LinkedIn share price subsequently dipped to a low of $70.75 on October 4th as the market struggled but has now climbed back up to its prior level, closing at $90.31 on October 14th, making its market capitalization about $8.7 billion. LinkedIn initially sold more than 4.8 million shares comprised of Class B and Class A shares – which had just 1/10th the voting shares of Class B shares. LinkedIn’s prospectus explains as a result: LinkedIn share price rising again. Here’s Why Linkedin Is Suddenly Interested in Search | BNET. LinkedIn Gets Closer to Job Seekers. Welcome to eFinancialCareers, the number one career site for financial services.
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Over 1,000 finance jobs in the US right now Over 8,000 finance jobs worldwide Keep up with the industry by reading breaking news and career advice. IndexTank Becomes LinkedIn's Latest Darling. This week LinkedIn announced they are acquiring hosted search service IndexTank, and will incorporate their technology into the overall LinkedIn search algorithms. IndexTank powers the search behind Reddit.com, Spoke and Blip.tv, among others. LinkedIn claims more than 120 million members, with half outside the US and two million company pages on its service. They stated in a blog post that they will "release key components of IndexTank as open source software.
This would enable other parties to run the IndexTank API. " The post continued: "LinkedIn has agreed to maintain the IndexTank service open to the public and unchanged for the next six months. " Any existing paid customer will get their service for free during the transition, and they have stopped accepting new customers. Obama Asks for Entrepreneurs' Questions on LinkedIn | Blog | Daily Dose.
In case you haven't heard, President Barack Obama is currently taking questions on LinkedIn. What's the occasion? He's prepping for a town hall meeting on his Putting America Back to Work initiative, which is scheduled for Monday in Mountain View, Calif. (Exact date TBA.) Well, entrepreneurs don't need to be asked twice. The request brought more than 700 comments in just a short time, and lots of them aren't very polite. A few highlights: Have you stopped promoting green jobs and renewable energy technology development? Why did it take almost three years to focus on fixing the economy and putting Americans back to work?
Why did you prioritize the health care bill over the economy? Why do we continue to subsidize China? How can you plan to pass the jobs bill when Republicans have already said they oppose it? In what ways have you met the benchmarks for success as President during your past four years as a public servant? Have you ever held a private sector job? Ouch. LinkedIn to Emphasize ‘Follow Company’ Feature at Advertising Week. Brands hoping to keep up online better hurry up and start courting LinkedIn followers fast. So says the recently public social network for professionals, which plans to emphasize its follower feature (that lets members follow specific companies) at the upcoming Advertising Week in New York. Mike Gamson, SVP of sales for LinkedIn, said now that the company has achieved brand-friendly scale (with a membership of 120 million professionals globally), it plans to make a major push with advertising. And, he added, the next step in engaging customers on LinkedIn will involve the “Follow Company” feature it launched last year.
“We believe there’s an incredibly important moment right now in the world of online advertising,” he said. “Right now is the moment of acquisition of a follower base.” For the next year to year and a half, brands around the world will be investing in their follower and fan base “assets,” he said. LinkedIn Acquires Social CRM Company Connected. LinkedIn plans to shake up the social ads paradigm. Recently floated LinkedIn is redoubling its efforts to grow its online advertising business by providing new marketing tools that reflect the subtlety its 120m business members require, the company’s marketing director for Europe told Siliconrepublic.com. Fredrik Bernsel, who was in Dublin last week, told Siliconrepublic.com that as well as conventional advertising, the social network for professionals intends to drive revenues by making use of new information-rich platforms, including LinkedIn polls, LinkedIn Groups Sponsorship and LinkedIn Inmails.
LinkedIn is one of the major coterie of ‘born on the web’ companies that have chosen to locate in Dublin, where it employs about 100 people. The company in the second quarter made a profit of US$4.5m on revenues of US$121m. Founded by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant, the company’s IPO in May gave it a valuation of around US$8bn. How LinkedIn plans to unleash the power within its network.
LinkedIn reports top office pet peeves. LinkedIn Groups, Company Pages Finally Arrive On Hootsuite. We look forward to seeing how leading companies like HP connect with their customers and communicate their brand message on LinkedIn, said Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes. With Hootsuite's social media and management system, HP can now actively engage and manage conversations with their 350K+ member audience from one simple tool. On Hootsuite, users can post updates simultaneously to their profiles on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, WordPress, Foursquare, and other social sites. LinkedIn's Company Pages and Groups are two big additions to Hootsuite, given its main user base is social media marketers. The new Hootsuite features allow brands, publishers, and social media managers to send company status updates through LinkedIn and start group discussions around the content.
PepsiCo, a Hootsuite Enterprise client, believes sharing company information through Hootsuite's upgraded LinkedIn functionality is an excellent way to attract job candidates. LinkedIn updates highlight the changing nature of marketing.