New data shows that globally there are more than 15 million small business professionals on LinkedIn, over 75 percent of whom reside in 10 countries around the world. Mountain View, Calif. — September 13, 2012 — LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 175 million members worldwide, today released new data about its popularity among small business professionals. LinkedIn looked at how many small business professionals…

At Social Media Delivered we know how to help you leverage the power of LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the largest professional networking website, and it is also the most affluent social media. It is the ideal tool for reaching prospects in the B2B world, finding a job, obtaining venture capital, forming business partnerships and growing your business. Looking for LinkedIn training for your sales, business development, HR staff or more? Head over to o…

By: Amelia Clark | @dishpit So, you’re on LinkedIn (as you should be). But, you ask, what IS LinkedIn? Why is every professional you know flocking to the site? What do you do with your profile now that you are signed up? We are going to answer your questions this week, starting with: What is LinkedIn? Wikipedia’s intro paragraph on LinkedIn: LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) ( / ˌ l ɪ ŋ k t . ˈ ɪ n /) is a business-related social networking si…

From the CEO: Eve Mayer Orsburn | @LinkedInQueen Featured on Forbes Like many business people of a certain age, I probably wouldn’t consider myself very cool. Jeans are cool. Indie flicks are cool. And the Italian woman in that new Fiat commercial is certainly cool. I, however, am a 38-year old CEO and suburban mom of a five year old. Decidedly uncool. Nonetheless, I do work in a cool industry—social media. Social media is a young industry full…

Originally posted on Forbes.com From the CEO: Eve Mayer Orsburn | @LinkedInQueen Recently it was announced that you can no longer post your tweets automatically onto LinkedIn. Many people freaked out and contacted me immediately asking how this monumental turn of events would affect their lives. Now I understand as much as the next person that social media is a powerful, rapidly growing media, and that people across the world are communicating…

Matthew Leach | @MatthewLeach13 2012 has been an exciting year for all those at LinkedIn. It’s stock continues to rise more and more, in addition to its already competitive edge in a cluttered social media industry. But finances aside, LinkedIn’s greatest changes have come with various new user-friendly features on both its website and apps. Major 2012 Changes In July, LinkedIn presented us all with a new, clutter-free homepage with a f…

By Rosalyn Eishen | @rosalynchoo LinkedIn is the ideal tool for reaching prospects in the B2B world, finding a job, obtaining venture capital, forming business partnerships and growing your business. Make sure you’re using it the right way. Company Pages- First thing’s first: pages should be detailed and updated often. Employees of your business should all link to you company page, as LinkedIn pulls statistics about your company from th…

Frustrated because your LinkedIn efforts aren’t turning into sales? LinkedIn is a powerful prospecting and lead generation portal, not to mention an indispensable tool for sales, YET most people still don’t know how to make it work for them. Acuity Systems, Inc. and Social Media Delivered (SMD) are teaming up for the first time to offer an exclusive, LinkedIn training course in central Dallas to help sales professionals start using Linke…

Brandie Broihier | @BrandieNic The value of LinkedIn lies not in solely the strength of your profile, but in how you network within the sight. Through recommendations, connections, applications, and groups, LinkedIn provides the best online networking experience. By now, your profile on LinkedIn should have an eye-catching summary of your accomplishments and interests, a mirror image of your resumé, and applications linking your profile to the…

By Amelia Clark So, by this point you know LinkedIn is a great tool for professional networking.   However, you may not know exactly how to unlock that potential.  LinkedIn provides a variety of tools to extend your networking capacity, including the LinkedIn tool bar for Outlook. This nifty application allows you to build your network from frequent connections, manage LinkedIn connections from Outlook, and stay connected to your network throu…