Over the past year, LinkedIn has reached a number of milestones. The popular professional networking site, which celebrated its eighth birthday, increased unique visitors by 63% from the previous year and is now the second most popular social network. Additionally, LinkedIn began trading publicly and released many new features. …
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Five New LinkedIn Features That Can Help You and Your Brand
December 23, 2011
10 Ways PR Professionals Can Leverage LinkedIn
May 12, 2011
Originally posted on the Edelman Australia blog.
Firstly the disclaimer –LinkedIn is an Edelman client. The purpose of this post is to share opportunities for PR folks to leverage LinkedIn and make the most of the professional network.
When I speak with people, I learn that they are mainly using LinkedIn to connect and network with their contacts but there are more ways…
Social Media Milestones
March 9, 2011
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It’s been a year since former Edelman Digital president Rick Murray introduced this property to the community announcing that “it takes a village” to not only launch—but sustain initiatives like what you see here on EdelmanDigital.com. Looking back, we hope that we’ve provided value in the form of insights…
Edelman Brazil Launches LinkedIn In Portuguese
July 6, 2010
Edelman Sao Paulo recently organized LinkedIn’s Portuguese launch in Brazil. The company already has Edelman’s services in Australia, Canada, India and the Netherlands. Sao Paulo office received Arvind Rajan, VP of International and Krista Canfield, Senior PR Manager at LinkedIn.
Edelman Brazil planned and managed 3 exclusive one-on-one interviews and an online press conference with 22 publications. The online press conference…
Study: 43% Of Online Americans Addicted To Social Networking
June 30, 2010
Originally posted on The Steve Rubel Stream.
Experian Simmons is out with a new package of stats that document the incredible growth of social networking in the US. (Experian is an Edelman client.) Here are some of the notable highlights…
First, some 66% of online Americans use social networking sites today, up from just 20% in 2007. This has been covered a lot before. However,…
Edelman Toronto & mesh: Connect, Share, Inspire
May 24, 2010
“As a founding sponsor of mesh, Edelman was a supporter quite literally within five minutes of being introduced to the idea.” – Stuart MacDonald
For the past five years, Edelman Toronto has successfully partnered in launching and sustaining the mesh brand, Canada’s leading web 2.0 conference. In addition to handling the conference’s traditional and digital media outreach, accreditation, and interview scheduling,…
Social Media: Not So Frivolous After All
March 19, 2010
I had a front row seat to the story below, as the author Ted Nation and his wife Susie are longtime friends. Like all those in their extended social networks, I woke to the horror of the Chilean earthquake on the morning of Saturday, February 27. Being the nerd I am, I booted up the laptop, logged into Facebook and saw this status update from Susie:
“Big Earthquake in Chile and Sarah’s on a bus right near the epicenter”
Their daughter Sarah was in Chile, and they were living every parent’s worst nightmare: not knowing if their child was safe… or even…
Digital Lab Notes: Study Reveals A Media Agnostic Public
March 1, 2010
The Pew Internet for the American Life Project is out today with an important study about US news consumers that, in my view, is one of their best yet. While the data only covers the US, it could point to some global macro trends. You can download it here.
Key highlights…
While online, most people say they use between two and five online news sources and 65% say they do not have a single favorite website for news. Some 21% say they routinely…
Friday Five: Women In Power
November 27, 2009
Women represent almost half of the online population and the Internet is their favorite form of media. They spend almost the same amount of time online as men.
According to a recent study by Integrated Media Measurement Inc., women in their thirties have the highest simultaneous television/Internet usage at 23.3 minutes per day, more than double that of males in the same age group.
Women tend to penetrate deeper into areas where they have the greatest interest, like health, beauty,…
