Category: LinkedIn in the News
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On CEOs: Good to Great
3 Lessons I Learned from Jeff Weiner at LinkedIn My five years at LinkedIn 1 is the best experience of my career. One of the biggest reasons: Jeff Weiner. Here’s my thoughts on what made Jeff the best CEO I’ve ever worked with, as he transitioned his role a month ago to Ryan Roslansky after…
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Previously on LinkedIn: An Infographic, Jobs Alert and a New High
Each week, as Sr. Social Media Manager at LinkedIn, I obsessively track the latest news and tidbits on LinkedIn. I’ve also begun curating the week’s must-read LinkedIn updates on this blog series, so you don’t have to. Here’s LinkedIn snippets from just the past three days. Ask me questions or @mariosundar me on Twitter 1.…
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Previously on LinkedIn: Inspiration, Flipboard and Groups
Each week, as Sr. Social Media Manager at LinkedIn, I get to share breaking LinkedIn news with the rest of the world and fellow bloggers (many of them product related). This weekly series covers the LinkedIn stuff that you may have missed — with a little context into why it matters and to whom. Ask…
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LinkedIn: 1st in Site Uptime, 2nd in Response time
Of course, you know I’m gonna blog this. Yes, I work at LinkedIn and I’m stoked to see the really hard work many of my colleagues come to fruition. Web site performance monitor AlertSite tracks site reliability and uptime for social networking sites. This past quarter, LinkedIn came up tops with “near flawless availability” of…
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Comscore: LinkedIn’s Global Reach
Comscore looks at LinkedIn’s web penetration numbers across different countries and comes to this conclusion: It was only a matter of time before online social networking fused with real-world business networking in a meaningful way, and LinkedIn is a testament to the emergence of this trend. It should not come as much of a surprise…
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Previously on LinkedIn: Why Killer Profiles Matter
Another week goes by and a lot of great LinkedIn tips unearthed including a simple articulation of how every professional should craft a killer LinkedIn profile, and more. As Sr. Social Media Manager at LinkedIn, I monitor the social media airwaves for business networking tips, tricks and news so you don’t have to. Here’s this…
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Previously on LinkedIn: Plotting career success and more tips
Another week goes by and a lot of great LinkedIn tips unearthed as well as cool coverage about our Data Analytics team at LinkedIn. As Sr. Social Media Manager at LinkedIn, I monitor the social media airwaves for business networking tips, tricks and news so you don’t have to. Here’s this week’s awesomeness! Ask me…
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Previously on LinkedIn: An acquisition, 75M users and 3 useful tips
I couldn’t think of a better week to revive my series “Previously on LinkedIn” (featuring 3 to 5 carefully curated blog posts sharing smart ways to use LinkedIn). Not only did we cross 75 million professionals on our site this week, but we also added new tech talent to the LinkedIn family – mSpoke. Ask…
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Previously on LinkedIn: Jobs, Marketing and a $1M success story
This was a blog series that was begging to be made. Every week, there are countless stories about LinkedIn, tips and tricks on using our site as well as stories on how professionals are using the social networking site. Here’s a weekly summary on the Top 5 such articles each week. For similar awesomeness; either…
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LinkedIn Grows Audience and Engagement – July 2008
Before you continue reading, couple of things to keep in mind: 1. my affiliation with LinkedIn, and 2. the fact that the numbers you see below are – US only. In March 2008, I blogged about LinkedIn’s stupendous growth rate (Nielsen Online) that saw us grow to over 7 million uniques in the US alone.…
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