LinkedIn Channels: Deepening User Connections to Content

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on May 13, 2013 · 4 Comments

ShareLinkedIn’s content experience continues to evolve with the launch of LinkedIn Channels, a content discovery feature that lets people stay up-to-date with the industry-related topics that matter most to them. Channels offers more than 20 broader topic areas including Your Career, Economy, Social Impact, Innovation and Higher Education, among others. Once you follow a channel, [...]

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LinkedIn Unveils Tagging and Company Admin Comments

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on April 26, 2013 · 4 Comments

ShareAs LinkedIn continues to become more robust and user-friendly, the professional networking site has introduced two new features: comment tagging and the ability for Company Page admins to interact in status updates as the company. “After all, you are involved in millions of conversations across LinkedIn day after day,” according to the LinkedIn blog. “That’s [...]

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LinkedIn Improves Search Functionality

Posted by Shelly Kramer on April 15, 2013 · 4 Comments

ShareIf you’re a fan of LinkedIn search, good news—the site has improved its search functionality to deliver more and better results. Whether you use LinkedIn for new business development, recruiting, networking or job seeking, finding the information (or people) you need is likely an important part of your experience on the site, which is why [...]

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B2B Marketers: LinkedIn Launching Sponsored Posts

Posted by Shelly Kramer on February 8, 2013 · 8 Comments

ShareLinkedIn has announced yet another new feature that B2B marketers should be paying attention to—sponsored posts. On the heels of lots of changes, including new personal profiles and revamped company pages, this new functionality is interesting and sure to be something that smart B2B marketers will put to use as part of their integrated marketing [...]

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LinkedIn Missteps: Killing LinkedIn Answers

Posted by Guest on January 21, 2013 · 9 Comments

ShareI don’t usually get all up in arms when a social media site I like changes its features. Stuff happens. Things change. Improvise, adapt, overcome. But when I heard the news about LinkedIn killing its Answers section through my friend, Todd Van Hoosear, and then this article on AGBeat, I was upset. This, I feel, [...]

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LinkedIn Unveils New Personal Profiles

Posted by Shelly Kramer on October 17, 2012 · 4 Comments

ShareThe changes keep coming out of LinkedIn headquarters. On the heels of an announcement about new company pages (not to mention a recent design overhaul of the homepage), LinkedIn has unveiled a new look for personal profiles. The streamlined design is touted as offering “a better way to connect and build relationships,” according to LinkedIn. [...]

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LinkedIn Unveils New Followers Feature

Posted by Shelly Kramer on October 3, 2012 · 15 Comments

ShareIn an effort to build the site’s content library, LinkedIn unveiled a new followers feature that lets users follow selected industry leaders who will post original content to LinkedIn. “We know millions of conversations take place on LinkedIn everyday,” writes LinkedIn’s Ryan Roslansky. “Today, we’re providing another way for you to get even more value [...]

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How (And Why) To Upgrade To New LinkedIn Company Pages

Posted by Shelly Kramer on September 19, 2012 · 16 Comments

ShareOn the heels of a home page redesign, LinkedIn just announced a new look for Company Pages. A number of aesthetic changes (and some improved functionality, too) unites for one purpose: “simplifying the LinkedIn experience across our core products,” says LinkedIn’s Mike Grishaver. LinkedIn Company Page admins are being urged to upgrade to the new [...]

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Microsoft Office Adds LinkedIn Integration

Posted by Shelly Kramer on August 9, 2012 · 2 Comments

ShareBig news out of LinkedIn headquarters—the next version of Microsoft Office will include LinkedIn integration by way of the Outlook Social Connector. For Outlook users, that’s good news, since it means they’ll no longer have to complete an additional download to sync with LinkedIn. The Outlook Social connector will give users access to photos, contact [...]

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LinkedIn Targeted Status Updates Increase Content Relevance

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on June 29, 2012 · 1 Comment

ShareAfter testing the feature among a small sampling of customers, LinkedIn has released targeted status updates for LinkedIn company pages. The new feature gives page admins the ability to personalize the content that they deliver to their page audience, while LinkedIn members receive more relevant information from the companies they follow. The targeted status updates [...]

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LinkedIn’s iPad App: Proof They Get Mobile

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on May 8, 2012 · 2 Comments

ShareNow that LinkedIn’s iPad app is here, it’s clear the simple yet sophisticated tool was worth the wait. The iPad app proves that LinkedIn not only understands mobile, but also how mobile users want to interact with the site’s features and content while using a tablet. So let’s take a look at what the LinkedIn [...]

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LinkedIn Update Makes Finding Connections Easier

Posted by Katy Ryan Schamberger on April 11, 2012 · 2 Comments

ShareIn a move that makes finding social media connections easier, LinkedIn recently unveiled changes to its “People You May Know” functionality that includes new features and an updated algorithm. This is great news for everyone who uses LinkedIn—after all, what good is a professional networking tool if you don’t have a robust network? And if building a [...]

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LinkedIn’s Growth Fuels a Buy from Goldman

Posted by Shelly Kramer on March 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

ShareAs a result of membership growth, increased user engagement and other positive signs, Goldman Sachs’ Heath Terry has upgraded LinkedIn’s rating from “neutral” to “buy.” The firm has also raised LinkedIn’s price target to $135/share, a declaration that the stock offers “47 percent upside,” according to Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal. A number of promising indicators [...]

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LinkedIn Buys Rapportive, Gets More Social Connectivity

Posted by Shelly Kramer on March 5, 2012 · 7 Comments

ShareLinkedIn’s recent purchase of Rapportive gives the business social networking site even more connectivity. LinkedIn purchased the San Francisco-based Rapportive for a cool $15 million and we’re looking forward to seeing what transpires as a result. Rapportive is a free plugin for Gmail users that works on both Firefox and Chrome browsers. What makes Rapportive [...]

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