Blog talk 2010 power tips for linkedin 2010 - final

TED VICKEY The Power of LinkedIn

Biggest difference between when I was there and now…. ..they let anyone in

How powerful is social networking? … it got this man elected President

Global populations Source: Wikipedia, May 5, 2010 1 China 1,337M 2 India 1,180M 3 USA 310M 4 Indonesia 231M 5 Brazil 193M 9 Russia 142M 14 Germany 82M 20 France 65M 22 UK 62M 23 Italy 60M 27 Spain 46M 119 Ireland 5M Over 75M Over 400M

The Power of Growth 85,000 members 2003 1.6M members 2004 4.4M members 2005 8.5M members 2006 10M members 2007 75M members As of Aug 2010 35M members 2008

The Six Degrees of COLLABORATION Henk van Ess China BAK Battery Co. San Fran Logo designer Dutch box designer Blogger made web commercial NY video commercial German music http://www.cnbcmagazine.com/story/six-degrees-of-collaboration/1148/1/

LinkedIn Global Reach LinkedIn data as of October 2008
Fastest Growing EU
(by member sign-up, March, 2008)
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Ireland 243k+ 106% increase in just one year!

Perceived benefits of LinkedIn (Irish) (Vickey, 2009) Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree Future Business Opportunity 1.5 Stay Connected 1.6 Partnership Opportunity 1.8 Research 1.9 Personal Networking 2.2 New Ventures 2.3 Expertise Requests 2.4 Sales Prospecting 2.6 Career Opportunity 3.7

LinkedIn is for B2B

(by membership)
Information Technology & Services
Computer Software
Financial Services
Marketing & Advertising
Real Estate
Hospital & Health Care
Telecommunications
Education Management
Accounting
Banking
Top 10 Industries on LinkedIn

1. Increase your brand

Use in your signature

Use on your business card

2. Enhance your Google rank

3. Build your network

4. Stay CONNECTED

Success – Status updates Skype From: Jo < @com > To: Ted Vickey < [email_address] > Date: Mar 04 2009 - 6:12pm LinkedIn Hi Ted, I saw you have a Skype Account - can you connect to me? thanks Jo

5. Competitive INTEL

6. ENGAGE

Open Coffee Ireland 1230 Open Coffee Galway 113 Galway Entrepreneurs 107 Enterprise Ireland Americas 627 Bizcamp Ireland 377 Irish/America Business Network 1909 IBA 657 UL MBS International Entrepreneurism 20 SME Links Ireland 751 UL Alumni Association 2722 Biz and Entrepreneurship Network Ireland 68 FB for Business Ireland 596 Innovation Ireland 1485 Irish Cloud 629 NUIG 1994 Social Media Ireland 1249 US Alumni NUIG 96 US Alumni and Friends NUIG 109 Total: 14739

Ted Vickey DERI [email_address] @tedvickey

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