It’s been more than 10 years since Reid Hoffman, an entrepreneur, investor and product strategist out of Oxford University, called his colleagues from PayPal and SocialNet to gather in his living room and start a new company called LinkedIn.
Hoffman officially announced on Sunday in a company blog that LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the business.
The company started slow in its early days, with only 4,500 members after its …

LinkedIn recently implemented a mention functionality aimed at improving and increasing user interaction throughout the professional social network. This new update was available to select users during the first week of April and updates continue to roll out to all English-speaking LinkedIn users. Global members will also be included in a future launch.

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Mentions Hope to Increase Conversations
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LinkedIn, proving more versatile as the top enterprise-focused social network of the world, is the top sales tool for sales representatives, says a new survey.
The survey comes from Jill Konrath and Ardath Albee who detail their findings in an eBook titled Cracking The LinkedIn Sales Code.
The survey lists 3,094 participants with varying roles in the sales industry including inside and outside sales representatives, consultants, sales managers and entrepreneurs. They also come from varying …

LinkedIn catered nearly 6 billion professional-related searches last year. Since then the world’s largest social network for professionals (third-largest overall, after Facebook and Twitter) has seen millions of searches to grab information from its search engine.
Whether users looked for contacts, people, companies, jobs, or groups, LinkedIn offered results based on a user’s profile, network, and how people within his or her network engage on the platform.
LinkedIn recently …

During conferences and meetings, it is inevitable that people exchange business cards, with the assumption that potential partnerships or connections would be made.  However, after these events, the business cards sometimes get set aside and stacked in a corner, forgotten.  Because of this, a potential new business partnership is not

More than 58 million professionals have received more than one billion endorsements on LinkedIn. A feat it achieved in less than six months.
During that period, the social networking site for professionals has laid out endorsements for thousands of skills in different industries and disciplines.
The feat is hot on the heels of HP’s milestone to become the first company to reach one million followers on LinkedIn.
According to LinkedIn, a skill endorsement is a valuable way to make a mark …

HP is the world’s first company to reach one million followers on LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals.
While reaching its one-millionth follower was a great feat, the numbers actually represent a more valuable asset: a large community of relevant specialists who interact with the IT firm in real time.
In February, HP CEO Meg Whitman shared on LinkedIn her insights about HP’s “taking on a turnaround.” And she said of plans to use the social network as a …

LinkedIn is planning to add some new features to its page, as part of a revamping that will make it easier for the network’s users to land their dream jobs. In addition, a new look will be introduced, as well as new tools that can help job seekers search for the specific career openings that match their skills and

LinkedIn has unveiled a new LinkedIn Jobs Page in a bid to help users land on their dream job.
Vaibhav Goel, assistant product manager at LinkedIn, writes in a company blog post that the new feature generates potential company hiring for job seekers.
First-degree connections who work for a particular company – dubbed by LinkedIn as an “in” – can help refer a user to an open position.
LinkedIn Jobs offers deeper job searches through Advanced Search, filtering vacant jobs by country, …

LinkedIn has teamed up with Professional Diversity Network (PDN) to help companies hire various professionals.
Diversity recruitment firm PDN handles a set of professional networking sites that aim for different professional groups.
LinkedIn, the world’s largest social network for professionals, will use PDN’s services to help hiring managers and job recruiters look for the best hires from a larger talent pool.
PDN groups include African Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans, LGBTs …