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Which Social Network Do You Use For Professional Networking?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 10. Jul, 2011 in Uncategorized

A new infographic has been published by Lab42 which shows the growing trend amongst social media users to use LinkedIn for better job opportunities. The infographic is based on a survey which has been conducted on 500 social network users, who have LinkedIn accounts.
The infograph shows that amongst the surveyees, 61 percent thinks that LinkedIn [...]

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LinkedIn Social Ads To Leverage Follows And Recommendations

by Shabbir Akhtar on 24. Jun, 2011 in Uncategorized

LinkedIn is going to introduce two new features. In the official blog of the company, Ryan Roslansky wrote, “We’re excited to announce today that we plan to roll out changes to the advertising platform across LinkedIn which will surface actions from your network.” Among the two features, one is called Recruitment ad and the other [...]

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Who Are Savvy Networkers, Men Or Women?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 24. Jun, 2011 in Infographic

LinkedIn found out that women are savvy networkers in tobacco and ranching industries and men are savvy in cosmetics. That sounds odd, but LinkedIn’s conducted a study, which was based on the names of their users to identify whether it’s a he or she. The results came directly from that study.
The infographic focuses on some [...]

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LinkedIn India Now Has 10 Mn Users; Are You LinkedIn?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 21. Jun, 2011 in Uncategorized

The world’s largest professional network LinkedIn just reached 10 million users in India. It’s no surprise. Throughout the last year, many new people joined LinkedIn to stay in touch with the connections they make in their professional lives. As time has kept passing by, LinkedIn’s popularity in India continued surging.

The news was revealed by LinkedIn [...]

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Apply With LinkedIn Button To Be Launched To Facilitate Job Seekers

by Shabbir Akhtar on 04. Jun, 2011 in Social Media Tools

LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature to facilitate its users, according to a report by GigaOm. The professional social networking site will introduce a new button for employers’ websites. It will be named as the ‘Apply With LinkedIn’ button, which will help job seekers apply for a job directly with their LinkedIn profiles.
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Are Social Media Companies Overvalued?

by Shabbir Akhtar on 30. May, 2011 in Infographic

Are social media companies overvalued? The question occurs once again. An infographic released by G+, a community comprised of social media professionals and academicians holds few facts, which remind us of the 1999 .com bubble burst era. The infographic pinpoints at the raising valuations of different tech, social media, e-commerce and professional outlets like Facebook, [...]

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LinkedIn Launches Connection Timeline To Help You Visualize Your Connections

by Shabbir Akhtar on 26. May, 2011 in Social Media Tools

A new feature has been launched by LinkedIn. Though a professional network, this new feature give users the feel of social media. The feature is called ‘Connection Timeline’ and it allows users to look at their career from a third person perspective.
LinkedIn’s developer Gordon Koo wrote in a blogpost that the new feature lets users [...]

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LinkedIn Shares Soar At IPO

by Shabbir Akhtar on 19. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

The waiting is over and those who crossed their fingers, can now relax. After the IPO filling on January, today LinkedIn started trading their shares at NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Earlier, LinkedIn said that they will issue 7,840,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $45. But after the trading began [...]

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The Transformation From LinkedIn To LNKD

by Shabbir Akhtar on 19. May, 2011 in Uncategorized

If you see a new ticker symbol LNKD in any finance website, don’t get surprised. It’s the symbol for LinkedIn. On Thursday morning, LinkedIn began the initial public of their shares. Earlier they indicated the price per share could be as high as $45. The stake started at this price only, but then after early [...]

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The Social Media Usage Trends of Men And Women

by Shabbir Akhtar on 11. May, 2011 in Facebook, Infographic, Twitter

A web analytics site called KissMetrics published an infographic on social media demographics. They were made considering age, gender, education level of the users. For creating the demographics, two major social networks were used as resources; Facebook and Twitter. MySpace, Digg and YouTube were also used side by side.
The infographic shows that women use social [...]

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