In business? Are you using LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is for those who don't use it, a business version of facebook so to speak. You can make connections with past workmates, school mates etc. It is a great platform for businesses to make new connections and maybe gain extra business. On a local level their is a great LinkedIn group called ''The kerry Business&Tourism Network'' which was founded by Ken Tobin of Tobyworld. LinkedIn is proving to be a great worldwide platform for connecting businesses and seems to be getting more popular by the day.
Growth for some of the world’s biggest social networks — like Twitter and Facebook — appear to be flattening One site bucking that trend though is LinkedIn, which saw a 5.68% growth in traffic for the month of September, according to a recent survey.
It’s not just traffic that’s growing, users are increasing too. In a recent blog entry LinkedIn reports that it now has over 50 million users worldwide.
As the company’s announcement points out, it took nearly sixteen months for LinkedIn to reach its first million users. The last million took only 12 days.
LinkedIn says that while 50% of its users are based in the US, 50% are international. This is an impressive stat that speaks highly to LinkedIn’s continued growth.
As more and more social networks start to expand their focus and go after more types of users, we like that LinkedIn has continued to reinforce its mission of connecting professionals to each other. Sometimes having a solid target and niche can be more effective and lead to greater consistent growth than trying to be all things to all people.