TED VICKEY

The Power of LinkedIn

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 60M

Over 400M

The Power of Growth

85,000 members2003

1.6M members2004

4.4M members2005

8.5M members2006

10M members2007

60M membersAs of Feb 2010

35M members2008

The Six Degrees of COLLABORATION

Henk van Ess

China BAK Battery Co.

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designerDutch box designer

Blogger made web

commercial

NY video commercial

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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)

1. United Kingdom

2. Netherlands

3. France

4. Belgium

5. Denmark

6. Germany

Ireland 243k+

106% increase in just one year!

LinkedIn is for B2B

(by membership)

1. Information Technology & Services

2. Computer Software3. Financial Services4. Marketing & Advertising5. Real Estate6. Hospital & Health Care7. Telecommunications8. Education Management 9. Accounting10. Banking

Top 10 Industries on LinkedIn

Adoption of Technology

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

Screen clipping taken: 5/6/2010, 3:10 PM

Skype From: Jo <@com> To: Ted Vickey <vickey@fitwellinc.com> Date: Mar 04 2009 - 6:12pm

LinkedIn

Hi Ted, I saw you have a Skype Account - can you connect to me? thanks Jo

Success – Status updates

5. Competitive

INTEL

6. Be an

EXPERT

Thank You

Ted VickeyChief Connections Officer

vickey@fitwellinc.com