5 tips for LinkedIn that more charities should try! LinkedIn Admins Can Comment and Like Status Updates As Company Itself. Company pages are a pivotal part of the LinkedIn experience, given that they offer a reference point for users’ employment history and also convey the firm’s work, corporate personality and reputation.
These pages look a little drab, however, and lack the same level of interaction afforded by rival social networks such as Facebook. LinkedIn is hoping to change this by giving administrators the ability to comment and like posts on their company page as if they were the firm itself. It’s a small addition, but one that should give marketing and social media managers greater control over their brand and how they engage with new and existing customers. This functionality has been offered on Facebook for sometime, simply by hitting the arrow icon in the top right-hand corner and selecting the appropriate company account. LinkedIn is therefore playing catch-up, although it’s a welcome addition nonetheless. With LinkedIn, the user retains their personal profile at all times. LinkedIn Users Grow by 60%, Premium Subscriptions Double.
Today LinkedIn shared its Q3 financials in its second-ever earnings statement as a public company.
Its user base has increased by over 60% this year, and unique visitors grew substantially as well. Revenue has more than doubled. For the first time, hiring solutions comprised more than half of LinkedIn's quarterly revenue. That became the company's biggest source of revenue in Q1 2010. LinkedIn appears to have found a unique position as a place for jobs and and employees to find each other and is clearly pushing to cement that role. The earnings overview breaks down between premium subscriptions, marketing solutions and hiring solutions. The number of members paying for premium subscriptions doubled in the last year, growing at a faster rate than other subscriptions. The company reports strong growth in the U.S. and internationally. 55 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Grow Your Business « Unsolicited Business Advice from Carol Roth.
Blog Archive TextIn: Another day, Another Hackday Win! « Hi, everyone.
My name is Sudeep Yegnashankaran, and I’m a software engineer on the LinkedIn Mobile team. I recently joined LinkedIn as part of the CardMunch acquisition, and with this being my first “real” job out of college, I had no idea what kind of work environment I would find. I am thrilled to find myself surrounded by people who are not only passionate about innovation but are obsessed with it and celebrate it frequently. I created this project as part of LinkedIn’s Hackday, a monthly competition that pits the entire company in a battle to produce some of the coolest, geekiest, and most compelling hacks. The winners are rewarded with fame, fortune, and (most importantly) the hope to launch their hack as a product for all of our users.
About My Hack: TextIn Around 80% of mobile phones sold worldwide are feature phones. Try TextIn on LinkedIn Labs Imagine that you’re in an important business meeting. Simple, But Powerful Commands TextIn features the following commands: LinkedIn Thrives Across All Markets.