Comments on: LinkedIn hits 3 million members in the UK, eyes IPO in not so near future

By: ralph lauren polos

ralph lauren polos — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:53:00 +0000

thx your sharing ,i learn a lot form it

By: Update RSS » LinkedIn Furthers Expansion In India With Local Office And Media Partnerships

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:01:25 +0000

[...] out of 55 million members globally. That’s more than its members in the U.K., which just hit 3 million users. Today, LinkedIn is opening an office in Mumbai India, to set up shop in the area where [...]

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LinkedIn Furthers Expansion In India With Local Office And Media Partnerships — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:30:30 +0000

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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:23:11 +0000

[...] originally reported by TechCrunch Europe, Linkedin is the latest private company to consider an initial public offering in the digital media [...]

By: פרילנסר

פרילנסר — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:30:15 +0000

to find friends too

By: פרילנסר

פרילנסר — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:28:58 +0000

yes it is a good site let you do a lot of things

By: Mark Littlewood

Mark Littlewood — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:14:09 +0000

I love some of the comments that come out of these discussions, however badly informed. LinkedIn is a professional network, it is not really for people to organise parties. If you use it sensibly, it generates huge value. As for someone preferring ecademy, I think that says a lot about them and less about LinkedIn.

http://thebln.com/2009/10/linkedin-is-the-best-social-media-tool-for-business/

By: Yamba

Yamba — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:01 +0000

It really has not taken off in Australia, but it does come in handy to make contacts with overseas customers from time to time.

By: Adi Gaskell says… » Blog Archive » LinkedIn gets 3 million UK members

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:11:26 +0000

[...] Posted by adi on Nov 26, 2009 in Work | Subscribe I read with interest the discussion over at TechCrunch this morning about business networking site LinkedIn surpassing 3 million UK members recently. [...]

By: Adi

Adi — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:57:34 +0000

People have to remember that LinkedIn is no different to any other social media site. For instance if you go onto Twitter without any kind of strategy for using it and somehow expect value to fall at your feet then it’ll never happen.

LinkedIn is just the same. You need a reason for going on there and a strategy for how to achieve that.

By: Debalina Basu

Debalina Basu — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:45:28 +0000

Well i too dont have a linkedin account…. coz i dont know much about it… rather how to use it!

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http://www.msoftwebtemplates.com/

By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +0000

I think LinkedIn is useful for info on specific professional topics and do use it on a monthly basis, but its not a ‘social network’ as is most commonly understood. Its specific to professional use. On a daily basis I use Wadja.com. The labels feature keeps feeds filtered and topic-specific. No fluff. Great site.

By: Ravi

Ravi — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:03 +0000

Linkedin is very big in the recruitment industry almost equal alongside the major job boards (monster, careerbuilder) as a sourcing tool.

Its Q&A section is better for certain niches as are the group discussions.

Other useful uses are business development, lead generation, competitor intelligence, etc. Lots of data out there if you have a large enough network esp. once you break the 500 contacts barrier, you basically have access to @13 million profiles.

It has a different set of strenghts than facebook and the overlap is small. It is especially strong in Europe, Asia for important tasks like job search, for entrepreneurs to network, etc.

By: renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day

renaissance chambara | Ged Carroll - Links of the day — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:02:06 +0000

[...] LinkedIn hits 3 million members in the UK, eyes IPO in not so near future – it doesn’t seem that long ago that they were celebrating their millionth member in the UK. [...]

By: SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 25, 2009

SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 25, 2009 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:50 +0000

[...] LinkedIn hits 3 million members in the UK, eyes IPO in not so near future, TechCrunch [...]

By: Social Networking Watch

Social Networking Watch — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:19:11 +0000

LinkedIn Hits 3 Million Members In The UK…

TECH CRUNCH – Nov 25 – LinkedIn has hit a milestone in the UK, surpassing 3M registered users. LinkedIn could pursue an initial public offering at any time it wanted to, considering it’s been running at a profit for a……

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LinkedIn Now Has 3 Million Users In The UK — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:24 +0000

[...] million in venture capital so far. The valuation of the company is about $1 billion. The company has not yet used any of its last round of funding which was $22.7 [...]

By: Social Media IPOs: LinkedIn Joins the Crowd of Possibles | Fantastic Loan application advice

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:16:33 +0000

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By: ricosuave

ricosuave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:34 +0000

i would be interested to see the breakdown on number of users paying versus active users and the revenue from recruiters vs non. they may be concerned in opening the kimono as a large portion of revenue comes from recruiters paying to search /contact people. they probably need to broaden their revenue sources. many opportunities to do that now they have the users.

By: Jeremiah Lee

Jeremiah Lee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:25:11 +0000

Yes, that was the news that they released out. Based on what I was told from a former employee of Linkedin. Linkedin was getting “really close” to become profitable mid 2007 and they released the “profitable” news based on forecast. Unfortunately after July 2007, the economy started to take a turn and ad revenue started tanking. I was told LinkedIn generates more revenue from ads than from subscription. So mid 2007 was the only time Linkedin came close to making a profit but because they released the news based on forecast, they had to go with it.

So did they become profitable. Close but no they did not. After mid 2007 until now, they are still not profitable. But maintaining that they are profitable, allows them to rise above Facebook, especially since during 2008 there was a lot of competition and comparison between Facebook and Linkedin especially among VC’s and bloggers.

By: Social Media IPOs: LinkedIn Joins the Crowd of Possibles | Stocks and Sectors

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:08:34 +0000

[...] at an event in London on Wednesday. "That will not occur in the near term." The remarks echo comments made by Hoffman earlier in the [...]

By: erez

erez — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:29:14 +0000

great site

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Social Media IPOs: LinkedIn Joins the Crowd of Possibles | Reaction Radio — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:11:42 +0000

[...] at an event in London on Wednesday. "That will not occur in the near term." The remarks echo comments made by Hoffman earlier in the [...]

By: Robin Wauters

Robin Wauters — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:07:23 +0000

They’ve been profitable since mid-2007

By: Jeremiah Lee

Jeremiah Lee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:57:16 +0000

Yea very true. When you are on Facebook and you try to connect with someone within maximum 2 days, they will accept your connection.

On Linkedin, it takes about 2 – 3 months for someone to accept your connection request. Why?because no one spends time on Linkedin. It is so freaking frustrating, especially connecting with people on Linkedin.

I am sure a lot of people are frustrated with similar issue with Linkedin.

Also before they go public Linkedin needs to reveal how many users are paying customers. Because as of right now, they are not making money. Pretty far from it.