How and why LinkedIn is becoming an engineering powerhouse

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Most LinkedIn (s lnkd) users know "People You May Know" as one of that site's flagship features -- an onmipresent reminder of other LinkedIn users with whom you probably want to connect. Keeping it up to date and accurate requires some heady data science and impressive engineering to keep data constantly flowing between the various LinkedIn applications. When Jay Kreps started there five years ago, this wasn't exactly the case.

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Always like to see people with a passion for getting the best out of what they do, however nerdy it may seem to some of us mere mortals.

Helping a Loughborough graduate – survey about health

Hello Simon, 

Thank you for your reply. There are 4 links, each is exactly the same, apart from the page which provides some brief health information, this information is different for each group. I ask that participants select the link which corresponds to the first letter of their last name. 

Let me know if you would like any further information, or if you have any problems. 

A-E: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/A__E 
F-L: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/F_L 
M-R: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M__R 
S-Z: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S-Z 

Thanks so much again, I appreciate all help to disseminate this. 

Emily

How to become a thought leader

How to become a thought leader

Presently the buzz on social media is all about owning and creating content and then using this to become a thought leader to create and secure a strong brand. Then you utilize the brand to build influence, and the influence to drive profits through increased sales.

 

I think you’ll see this trend continue for 18 months until people realize what creating content is really all about, but obviously I’m not going to put that in print here. You’ll have to get to know me better and create a relationship with me to secure that trust  ;-)

Small businesses turn to LinkedIn, overlooking Twitter and Facebook - Brafton

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Small businesses turn to LinkedIn, overlooking Twitter and Facebook
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LinkedIn is gaining ground, now home to 200 million monthly active users, and small businesses are taking advantage.

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SMBs perceive LinkedIn as most beneficial social media tool ...

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A survey of small business CEOs by The Wall Street Journal and Vistage International found that LinkedIn is perceived as being the most beneficial social media tool.

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CEO's network on LinkedIn - where there's a lot of action and a little less "white noise"

LinkedIn endorsements - why I've done an about turn

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When LinkedIn rolled out their skill endorsement programme my immediate reaction was not positive.   My inner voice said "Tacky, superficial, transactional. Tapping into the worst aspects of social media interaction and white noise, akin to Facebook "likes" and Twitter Follow Fridays.  There was no way to quantify the scope or quality of any endorsement and it all seemed like a silly popularity contest.   

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Another post from one of the "Top recommended People" group on LinkedIn, featuring Endorsements