- LinkedIn Stock Falls 20%: Programmatic Part Of Reason Why?
Around the Net in Real-Time, Tyler Loechner - Friday, May 1, 2015
Shares of LinkedIn dropped over 20% on Friday, and the International Business Times has reported that the shift toward programmatic - particularly in Europe - was blamed as part ...
- LinkedIn Joins Twitter In Share Price Plunge
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 1, 2015
LinkedIn became the third social media company in a week to lose as much as a quarter of its valuation in minutes after reporting a weaker outlook, on a ste ...
- Yahoo Mail Contact Cards Add LinkedIn, Twitter Data
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 16, 2015
Yahoo Mail announced Thursday partnerships with LinkedIn and Twitter to integrate more advanced contact details into its new contact cards feature. Company and title information from LinkedIn and recent Tweet ...
- LinkedIn Elevate Encourages Company Staffers To Curate Content
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, April 13, 2015
Given the cringe-worthy risks, companies are often wary about employees speaking on their behalf on social media. LinkedIn thinks this cautious approach means missing a huge marketing opportunity. LinkedIn testi ...
- LinkedIn Graphs Its Future With $1.5 Billion Acquisition Of Lynda.com
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Thom Forbes - Friday, April 10, 2015
It doesn't take a genius to realize that online learning has huge potential, but it does take gumption, persistence and execution. Those qualities paid off big time yesterday for Lyn ...
- LinkedIn Settles Battle Over Email Invites
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 26, 2015
LinkedIn has agreed to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misappropriating users' names by sending email invitations to their friends, the company said in court papers filed on Wednesda ...
- Google Puts Hometown U.S.A. Businesses On The Map
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Google has been pushing local businesses for years to ensure that their Web site, hours and address serve up in local search results. The company on Wednesday introduced a progr ...
- Facebook Dominates - But Multi-Networking Becomes The Norm
MAD London, Jason Mander - Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Facebook is still the dominant force in social media -- but people, particularly millennials, are now keeping in touch with one another across multiple networks. ...
- LinkedIn Joins Ad Network Race
Social Media Insider, Jamie Tedford - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
They say a goldfish will grow as large as the body of water it occupies allows. Social media data is no different. Though powerful when put to work within t ...
- PepsiCo Running Video Contest With LinkedIn To Recruit For Content Marketing
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, February 23, 2015
To enter, U.S. college and university students can create a short video, by March 3, that pitches an innovative concept for using technology and short-form video content to link ...
- LinkedIn Network Display Extends Brand Reach Outside Platform
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 19, 2015
Expanding its Marketing Solutions platform, LinkedIn will now let businesses target potential business clients beyond its borders. A new LinkedIn Network Display will help brands reach professional audiences with displ ...
- The Valentine's Day Gift Exchange
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 12, 2015
U.S. consumers will spend $2.1 billion on flowers this Valentine's Day. They also will give retailers and brands information about themselves through searches and clicks. Aside from flowers, what wi ...
- LinkedIn Moves Toward Settling Class-Action Over Email Invitations
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 9, 2015
LinkedIn hopes to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging that it wrongly sends email invitations to users' friends, court records reveal. LinkedIn and the consumers say they intend to file ...
- LinkedIn Credits Mobile, Talent Solutions Products For Solid Earnings
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 6, 2015
Thanks to a successful mobile shift and international expansion, LinkedIn posted strong quarterly earnings on Thursday. Year-over-year, revenue for the fourth quarter rose 44% to $643 million. Revenue from t ...
- Facebook At Work Launched To Compete With Linkedin
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, January 15, 2015
Facebook has opened up trials of its LinkedIn-like "Facebook at Work" platform designed to make the social network more useful to professionals. The "Facebook at Work" platform first emerged ...
- LinkedIn Wants to Connect Companies With Existing Employees
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 14, 2015
LinkedIn is reportedly working on an app and some complimentary tools to help connect employers and their existing employees. “That includes a new product for sharing employee contact information, ...
- LinkedIn's New Home Page Enhances User Info
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, December 11, 2014
Linked In has debuted a new homepage, along with a distinct activity dashboard. Users can see how many people view their profiles, and better understand how their status updates a ...
- Facebook At Work: Stroke Of Genius Or Act of Desperation?
Inside Performance, Gord Hotchkiss - Thursday, December 4, 2014
So with the launching of Facebook at Work, Facebook wants to become your professional networking platform of choice, does it? Well, speaking as a sample of one, I don't thi ...
- ANA: LinkedIn Is 'The' Social Net, Finds Ad Execs Extremely Active On All Platforms
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Joe Mandese - Monday, November 24, 2014
LinkedIn, not Facebook, is the social network among advertisers, according to results of a survey conducted by the Association of National Advertisers of their members' personal social media habits. Compar ...
- Facebook Plans Professional Move To Rival LinkedIn
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, November 17, 2014
Facebook is secretly working on a new Web site called "Facebook at Work" to get a foothold in the office that will see the social network of more than 1 ...
- LinkedIn Revenue Up 45% In Q3
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, October 30, 2014
LinkedIn on Thursday reported that revenue rose 45% in the third quarter, but forecast slowing growth in the current quarter in connection with its core recruiting business. Revenue increased ...
- Twitter Sues U.S. Government Over First Amendment Rights To Release National Security Request Numbers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Twitter has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, so it can release more information about national security requests. The company wants to publish its full transparency report. It alleg ...
- Why Consumers Don't Use Twitter
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 6, 2014
Among the reasons why consumers do not use Twitter, 52% said they view it as a waste of time; 36% don't see the point; and 36% receive news and informati ...
- LinkedIn Argues It Has Free Speech Right To Email Users' Friends
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 19, 2014
Social networking service LinkedIn is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of misappropriating users' names and images in order to grow its members. The lawsuit cente ...
- How Social's Influence Contributes To Search Campaigns
SearchBlog, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 4, 2014
Search engine marketers tying in social advertising campaigns on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube want to determine how intent signals in likes, shares and retweets influence a purchase onli ...
- Deschutes Brewery Promotes Top Fan
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, August 25, 2014
A paid social media campaign from Deschutes Brewery promoted its flagship beer, Black Butte Porter, by promoting its unflagging fan, Jimmy Barr. The campaign is the first work from advertisi ...
- LinkedIn Losing Product Head
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, August 22, 2014
LinkedIn is losing its head of product, Deep Nishar, reports Kara Swisher. Regarding Nishar -- who joined LinkedIn six years ago from Google -- Swisher writes in Re/Code: “He do ...
- LinkedIn Steady Rev Growth Hits $534M
Social Media & Marketing Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, July 31, 2014
LinkedIn on Thursday reported that revenue rose 47% in the second quarter, with growth in its ad businesses picking up from the prior quarter. Sales from LinkedIn's premium subscriptions busine ...
- LinkedIn Adds Contextual Info To Personal Pages
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, July 29, 2014
As part of a broader mobile redesign, LinkedIn is more thoroughly personalizing user profiles with various contextual information. “Profiles now have a completely overhauled ‘in common’ section that displays contextu ...
- LinkedIn's Direct Sponsored Content Offers Companies Personalisation Flexibility
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, July 25, 2014
Expanding its native ad strategy, LinkedIn is now giving brands the ability to personalise and test content in the newsfeed without having to originate posts on their LinkedIn Company Pag ...
