Tag Archives: users
What sort of LinkedIn user are you?
On May 23, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Whenever I talk about the types of users on LinkedIn there are always people that look sheepishly at their shoes as they embarrassingly recognise themselves. That’s not something to worry about – it’s great as now you can evolve and move forwards. You need to think about how you want to be seen, where and […]
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LinkedIn turns 19!
On May 5, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn has become the de facto platform for all business professionals on the planet and today it turns 19! Not many appreciate its scale, roots, the journey it has taken and where it came from. Today LinkedIn has over 830 million users globally, with 30.8 million of those in the UK. It operates in over […]
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Top 10 industries on LinkedIn in the UK, 2022
On March 2, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Following on from our blog about the industries across LinkedIn globally, we have now looked at the industries in the UK only and thought we’d share the current top ten. Since we last did a review in November 2020 the only changes in the top ten are that Hospitals & Healthcare have moved from 2nd […]
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Top 10 industries on LinkedIn globally, 2022
On February 8, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’ve analysed the industries across LinkedIn globally and thought we’d share the current top ten. It’s interesting to note that the top 8 haven’t moved places at all since we last did a review in November 2020. The only change this time around is that Higher Education (previously in 10th place) and Automotive (previously in […]
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Around the world with LinkedIn in 2019
On June 25, 2019 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It’s been over a year since we last published a map showing LinkedIn members around the world, so we thought it was time to give you an updated insight. This was bought into stark contrast when we did two presentations in central London just a handful of hours apart and yet every hour 100+ users […]
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Around the world again with LinkedIn
On February 28, 2018 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Last July we had a look at “How to get around the world with LinkedIn” and at that time there were over 500 millions users on LinkedIn globally. Looking at the figures today the overall number of users on LinkedIn has increased to over 546 million globally, so it’s good to see that LinkedIn continues […]
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LinkedIn founder says most users are doing it wrong!
On May 11, 2017 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Interestingly Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, said last week that most users are doing LinkedIn wrong by connecting to everyone! He said … “LinkedIn is a closed network, and for a very simple reason: For the network to have value as an introduction tool, the connections need to have meaning. It’s up to you […]
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