LinkedIn: High-impact Strategies - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

LinkedIn: High-impact Strategies - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) is a business-related social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. As of 22 March 2011, LinkedIn reports more than 100 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The site is available in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Russian and Turkish. Quantcast reports Linkedin has 21.4 million monthly unique U.S. visitors and 47.6 million globally. In June 2011, LinkedIn has 33.9 million unique visitors, up 63 percent from a year earlier and surpassed MySpace.
LinkedIn filed for an initial public offering in January 2011 and traded its first shares on May 19, 2011, under the NYSE symbol ""LNKD"".

This book is your ultimate resource for LinkedIn. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about LinkedIn right away, covering: LinkedIn, LinkedIn Answers, 2degrees Network, Academia.edu, AfterCollege, BoardEx, Brave New Talent, Brightnetwork, Business networking, Circalit, Doostang, Epernicus, Eureka Streams, Exploroo, Exxset, Focus.com, HR.com, International Association of Internet Professionals, International Ombudsman Association, Knowledge Plaza, Law firm network, Lexwiser, LinkedIn Open Networker, Lyro, Meettheboss, MotorCityConnect, MyQick, Nepako Corporation, NRG Networks, OfficeArrow, OnGreen, Plaxo, Professional network service, ProZ.com, Qapacity, Ryze, Sciclyc, SHWBIZ, Spoke (website), Talkbiznow, U24, Viadeo, Visible.me, Webcoherence, XING, Yahoo! Kickstart, Yahoo! Teachers, Yoolinkpro, YouNoodle

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of LinkedIn. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of LinkedIn with the objectivity of experienced professionals.