6. Success Stories Jesse Goldman Head of business department at Rypple. Toronto, Ontario Get people excited about Rypple, recruit talent, focused market research. Became well known to the Linkedin community. Company page Linkedin Polls Linkedin Events Linkedin Ads
7. Success Stories Patrick Van Abbeman Ottawa, Ontario, Canda Chief Business Analyst, AltNexus Inc. Built partnerships, secure contracts. Linkedin Contacts, Introduction.
8. Trends The Tables have turned. Value of Linkedin connections decreasing. Building personal brand.
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Editor's Notes
The majority being males with 52% following closely behind with 48% females.A large majority of the population using LinkedIn are aged 35-49 (38%) with closely behind the 50+ age group with 33%.38% of the population using linkedin make an income over $100k+ and 48% of users having a college degree.
Graduates can connect with their alumni group for professional networking.
Business are now finding potential employees instead of them applying for the job.However now that everyone is piling on to the LinkedIn bandwagon, the value of LinkedIn personal connections and networks are decreasing at what seems like an accelerating pace.