How Linkedin's Lousy Sex Appeal Could End Up Killing It. Poor Linkedin.
From an operational point of view it's doing everything right: The company's revenues rose 126 percent to $140 million in Q3 2011 and it would have been profitable if not for taxes. Its stock remains at a buoyant $71 or so despite heavy dilution from insider sales and new share issues. It should be the most exciting tech company on the block. Instead, it remains a media wallflower.
The notion that Linkedin is boring has become something of a media meme. TechCrunch once called it "the boring social network that won’t find you a date but may land you a job. " Are you seeing a pattern here? This is a huge injustice, of course. Linkedin, meanwhile, continues to plod away. Social media need to have sex appeal in order to cement their brands in the minds of consumers.
This is a branding problem waiting to happen -- how does "boring" help your equity? In the meantime, the company gets full marks for effort but zero for style. Image by smi23le, CC. LinkedIn Lets Companies Post Status Updates. Les chiffres de Linkedin by @ladymissmba #cmitMS. Who are you adding to LinkedIn? I wouldn’t say I’m a very “popular” person on LinkedIn.
With only a few connections made on the platform, I definitely have a ways to go before I hit anywhere near where some of my more established colleagues are. If this was Twitter, their follower count would really set the bar. This, of course, makes me wonder: Am I using the service correctly? Jonathan Bonnet: You too can play "Guess Wh... LinkedIn Debuts Embeddable Job Application Tool For Companies. In April, LinkedIn launched new customizable plug-ins, which are features from the professional social network that can be customized and embedded on websites with minimal effort.
LinkedIn plug-ins launched with the ability to add Member Profiles, Company Info, and the LinkedIn share button to websites. And today, LinkedIn is rolling out a major plug-in to companies—Apply With LinkedIn. The new plug-in (initial details on the feature were originally revealed by GigaOm in early June), puts an “Apply with LinkedIn” button to any company website. Companies can customize the look and feel of the “Apply with LinkedIn” module to feel like part of a specific branding. And companies can manage submissions by routing applications to email address or a web app for applying for a job. Mob-In: Flash mob at LinkedIn all-hands meeting! Jonathan BONNET. LinkedIn To Launch Job Application Button. #LinkedIn : The more you use it, the less you appear in Searc. CHART OF THE DAY: Where LinkedIn's Revenue Comes From.
LinkedIn se lance dans la curation avec LinkedIn Today. HOW TO: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile. With more than 85 million members in more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a professional social network worth using, understanding and optimizing.
After you've covered the basics of setting up your LinkedIn presence, features including recommendations, applications, LinkedIn Answers, and the Resume Builder can add value to your profile. Many of these highly useful features, though, are often overlooked or underused by newcomers. We spoke with four LinkedIn aficionados to get their top advice on making the best use of these tools. Read on for their thoughts and let us know which tips you'd add for optimizing LinkedIn profiles in the comments below. Cover the Basics The first step to spiffing up your LinkedIn profile is to fill in as much information about your work experience as possible. Sharlyn Lauby, president of Internal Talent Management, HR blogger and guest contributor for Mashable, believes that a person's LinkedIn profile should, at minimum, reflect his or her current situation.
12 Ways To Screw Up A Virtual First Impression. 1) Link to inactive social networking accounts: So there’s a prospect, interested enough to check out your Linkedin profile.
They click on your Twitter link thinking “Cool, I spend more time there anyway” then they discover your account either has zero tweets or the last time you tweeted was back in late 2009. I’ve seen this with inactive blogs and even websites. Please go back and update or report to the Principals office folks. Inexcusable! 2) Dancing the “Linkedin two step”. 3) Start a discussion and then go MIA. 4) Continually engage in negativity, combativeness etc. 5) Stalk people: liking everything, commenting on every status update. 6) Broadcasting instead of interacting. 7) Too much me, not enough them. 8) Flooding The Twitter Stream With Irrelevant Data: Live tweeting, twitter chat, rapid fire tweets, mucho foursquare updates. 9) Too much duplication of your message across the platforms.
Why LinkedIn is More Valuable than Facebook - CIO Central - CIO Network. Utilisateurs de LinkedIn. LinkedIn passe le cap des 100 millions d’utilisateurs ! What is LinkedIn?