blog talk 2010 power tips for linkedin 2010 - final
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Power Tips for LinkedIn - BlogTalk 2010 - Galway Ireland by Ted VickeyTRANSCRIPT
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 members2003
1.6M members2004
4.4M members2005
8.5M members2006
10M members2007
75M membersAs of Aug 2010
35M members2008
The Six Degrees of COLLABORATION
Henk van Ess
China BAK Battery Co.
San FranLogo
designerDutch box designer
Blogger made web
commercial
NY video commercial
Germanmusic
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!
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
Perceived benefits of LinkedIn (Irish)
(Vickey, 2009)
Strongly Agree
Strongly Disagree
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
1. Increase your 1. Increase your
brandbrand
Use in your signature
Use on your business card
2. Enhance your 2. Enhance your
Google rankGoogle rank
3. Build your
network
4. Stay4. Stay
CONNECTEDCONNECTED
Skype From: Jo <@com> To: Ted Vickey <[email protected]> Date: Mar 04 2009 - 6:12pm
Hi Ted, I saw you have a Skype Account - can you connect to me? thanks Jo
Success – Status updates
5. Competitive5. Competitive
INTELINTEL
LINK
6. 6. ENGAGEENGAGE
LINK
Open Coffee Ireland 1230Open Coffee Galway 113Galway Entrepreneurs 107Enterprise Ireland Americas 627Bizcamp Ireland 377Irish/America Business Network 1909IBA 657UL MBS International Entrepreneurism 20SME Links Ireland 751UL Alumni Association 2722Biz and Entrepreneurship Network Ireland 68FB for Business Ireland 596Innovation Ireland 1485Irish Cloud 629NUIG 1994Social Media Ireland 1249US Alumni NUIG 96US Alumni and Friends NUIG 109
Total: 14739
