LinkedIn – 100 Million Members Strong
Last week LinkedIn achieved over 100 million members and published this infographic:
Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn said:
“We’re now growing at roughly one million new LinkedIn members every week, the equivalent of a professional joining the site at faster than one member per second.”
Are you on LinkedIn? We’d love to hear how you are using LinkedIn to network and grow your business. Leave us a comment below!
Written by: Katie Lance, Senior Marketing Manager, Inman News, @katielance
Duke Long | Mar 29, 2011 | Reply
If you are in commercial real estate it is the ONLY platform.
Chris | Mar 29, 2011 | Reply
Way to go LinkedIn! What an accomplishment…
David T. | Mar 29, 2011 | Reply
I bet everyone is searching for that one martini whisperer and wondering who this might be. That’s the ultimate recipe for best marketing – be unique!
Anyway, congratulations to LinkedIn!
Cynthia Hoskins, R(S) | Mar 29, 2011 | Reply
I am not a part of our commercial division, but will be sitting in on a meeting with them tomorrow. Please elaborate – it is “the ONLY platform” for commercial?
Cynthia Hoskins, R(S) | Mar 29, 2011 | Reply
Sorry, that was supposed to by “why is it the only platform” for commercial?
Rob Watchorn | Mar 30, 2011 | Reply
We see it as a great networking tool. Get on it and get used to its function and you will benefit from it in some way im sure.
Well done LinkedIn!
Brian Block | Mar 30, 2011 | Reply
I was just astonished to get the email last week from the LinkedIn CEO and find out that I was member #713,063 — quite an early adopter!
Chris Adams | Mar 30, 2011 | Reply
That’s amazing – 1/5th the size of Facebook. For anyone not already part of Linkedin Groups, what are you waiting for!?
Alex Cortez | Mar 30, 2011 | Reply
I know and fully realize that I should be LI’ed, but it’s one of those platforms that I haven’t joined yet. For those who use it successfully, can you expand/explain your LinkedIn strategy?
Patrick Moorton | Apr 2, 2011 | Reply
LinkedIn lets us communicate with professionals who want to do business. People who want to make something happen.
Alex Cortez | Apr 3, 2011 | Reply
Aloha Patrick, I understand the concept behind LI, but can you expand on HOW it has produced leads for you? Do you have a strategy to maximize your time on LI?
Katie Lance | Apr 3, 2011 | Reply
Thanks everyone for chiming in. I’d like to recommend you check out our LinkedIn group – it’s the 2nd largest real estate group on LinkedIn (32K+ members!) I personally monitor all posts to get rid of spam. We have a really nice community of agents and other real estate pros from all over the world. We also have a lot of consumers come into our group to ask questions.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Real-Estate-Connect-Inman-News-59?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
Katie
Jonathan Long | Apr 4, 2011 | Reply
I knew LI was big in the US but I didnt know it was so big in other parts of the world.
John S. Jenkins | Apr 4, 2011 | Reply
Is there a group that does resort/ vacation sales such as the Outer Banks of North Carolina and other coastal communities on the east coast?