LinkedIn-Introduction

1. - Chaitanya Deshpande

2. HERE I AM AT
11th PLACE IN
THE WORLD

3. WHAT IS LINKEDIN ?
The leader in business-oriented social media network. There are 400 million registered
members spanning 170 industries.
LinkedIn describes itself as filling the demand for three things:
1. Re-connect
2. Power your career
3. Get answers
4. The mission statement was keyed to connecting the world’s professionals to make
them more productive and successful.

4.  Founded by Reid Hoffman in year 2003.
 Headquartered in Mountain View, California.
 LinkedIn officially launched in May 2003 with
the help of funding from Hoffman’s
colleagues at PayPal.

5. WHAT IS STORY?
 20035000 Launch
 200433,000 Experimentation
 20052,000,000 Revenue
 20064,000,000 Foundations
 20079,000,000 Growing Up
 200816,000,000 Going global
 200940,000,000 New Leadership (Jeff Weiner)
 201090,000,000 Acceleration
 2011120,000,000 Next Play
 2012160,000,000 Transformation
 2013230,000,000 Turned 10
 2016400,000,000 Top 100

6. WHY LINKEDIN ?
100 million active users online
Increases chance of placements by over 13 times
LinkedIn is number 2 most popular social media network
Increases corporate connections

7. FEATURES
 Personal
• Job search
• Online reputation management
• Profile optimization
• Professional recommendations
• Resume builder
• Personalized homepage
• LinkedIn groups

8. FEATURES (Cont.)
 Job Search
• Search for connections within your industry.
• Join groups and interact.
 Paid profile
• LinkedIn inmail – Ability to message potential employers and contact them
directly.

9. FEATURES (Cont.)
 Company Profiles
• Careers – company job openings
• Product and Services
• Customer Recommendations
• Analytics
 Lead Generation
• Search filters
• Introduction via mutual connections

10. SINGLE MOST IMPORANT FEATURE OF LINKEDIN
 LinkedIn shows the connections between people.
 LinkedIn shows you which of your own contacts can introduce you to their
connections who know them.
 LinkedIn allows you to easily tap into the power of the 2nd (or 3rd) degree.

11. WHY SHOULD I USE LINKEDIN
 "Someone invited me to LinkedIn, I made a
Profile, have a few connections and now I
wonder WHY am I on this website?"
 "How can I benefit from LinkedIn?"
 "And without spending too much time?"

12. LET’S WATCH A VIDEO

13. THANK YOU
Connect with me at:
www.linkedin.com/in/csdeshpande