Posts Tagged ‘linkedin’

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by Jason Kincaid on November 24, 2008

LinkedIn has a launched a revamped version of its search engine that aims to streamline the business social network’s most oft-used features. Most of the new features revolve around people-search (not surprising given the network’s theme), and while there isn’t anything particularly exciting from the [...]

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by Michael Arrington on November 5, 2008
a study by Anderson Analytics confirms what everyone already suspects: LinkedIn users are rich.
Nearly 60% of users have incomes of $93,000 or more. Executives with an average income of $104,000 make up 28% of the 2,000 random users polled for the study. Another 30% are [...]

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November 2, 2008 - 1:53 pm PDT - by Brian Wallace 6 Comments

In a time of stock market crisis, bailouts and a weak dollar, LinkedIn still raises $22.7 million in funding. How? It’s a relevant site with a number of useful resources for professionals and businesses. Meanwhile, the launch [...]

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By David Chartier | Published: October 29, 2008 - 11:12AM CT

The folk at LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, have grown bored of the traditional résumé filled with bullet points and buzzwords. Announcing a new application platform, LinkedIn now provides nine apps (and more on their way) for gussying up your profile résumé [...]

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By Jacqui Cheng | Published: October 28, 2008 - 09:00AM CT
“Professional” social networks—that is, the ones you’re supposed to be using for reasons other than hooking up or playing Scrabble with old classmates—are making steady popularity gains, as of late. Sites like LinkedIn and Xing have grown this year, along with other social [...]

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October 12, 2008 - 4:22 pm PDT - by Doriano “Paisano” Carta4 Comments

Referral Key has been described as LinkedIn mixed with AngiesList. That’s not a bad way to put it. Referral Key allows you to build a network of professional contacts as on LinkedIn and they build lists of reputable businesses as Angieslist does with reliable contractors. 
This service focuses [...]

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by Erick Schonfeld on September 14, 2008

At a time when most social networks are still trying to figure out how to make money from advertising, one social network is bucking the trend. LinkedIn, the social network for business professionals, has so much demand from advertisers that it will be launching its own ad [...]

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As LinkedIn struggles to remain relevant in an ever more socially networked world, the Internet company has found a constituency that might need its help.
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