Linkedin News & Articles

Social networks like Facebook and Google+ may have much larger membership bases than LinkedIn, but LinkedIn's steady run has proven why it beats them both in the business world. It's become a real battle among the three companies, and LinkedIn's success keeps the other two innovating and hustling.

Sales and marketing teams need to shorten their sales cycles and fill their pipelines, and the GageIn business networking platform has tweaked a few of its core features to help do just that.

Forty six percent of companies increased their investments in social business in 2012, while 62% said they would do so in the next three years an IBM report has found.

My confidence in the "thought leader" blog posts at LinkedIn is waning. First, there was the ridiculous Inge Geerdens post on being reluctant to hire forty-something professionals. And last month, Ron Baker had written a "Big Idea for 2013", which to me actually seems quite small.

Digital marketing may seem a difficult task for many small and medium sized businesses (SMB’s), but with the right tools and knowledge, SMB's can execute successful and engaging marketing campaigns.

Unlike other social networks, LinkedIn has grown its memberships slowly and steadily. While other networks usually have taken five years to reach the 100 million mark -- LinkedIn took eight years, only reaching the mark in 2011. However, when it comes to crossing the 200 million member threshold, they’re right on schedule. So what does 200 million members look like and what helped them get there so speedily?

In 2012, the social media landscape got manicured. Many more prominent channels emerged and older ones became more refined as they worked to embrace where and how we engage, manage and otherwise share information. Still, even as the types of social media changed, the strategies used to engage fans, friends and followers stayed mostly the same. Here, we take a look at the social media channels that emerged and evolved throughout the year.

In an effort to continue to improve its advertisement services, LinkedIn has announced the addition of an ads API to their advertising platform. 

For this week’s Mobile App of the Week our focus is on the LinkedIn iPhone app. This app version of the business social networking site gives users the ability to connect with their LinkedIn contacts and manage their profile on the go.

Start off Fall with a new gig -- we've got a shopping list of hot jobs for you to browse. Our featured jobs list is a great collection of opportunities spanning specialties and continents. Here's who's hiring this week (and if you're hiring, post your open jobs here).

Business social network LinkedIn has announced a new way for companies to promote their products to the website’s users. Linkedin Ads has announced that videos have been added to their self-serve advertising interface, in addition to their text and image based forms of advertising.

LinkedIn use is exploding, and all those millions of new users added over the last two years have some updated features to play with.

Professional social networking platform LinkedIn is rolling out its redesigned Company Pages to more than 2 million corporate users. As part of the roll out, LinkedIn is also introducing new functionality to highlight important content on Company Pages.

If you throw enough bricks a wall will emerge..

With nearly one-quarter of its unique users visiting the site from a mobile device, LinkedIn announced several new mobile features to keep them happy.