In my long quest to harness LinkedIn for greater business and professional success, I have come up with some compelling statistics that I think are worth sharing with others who have an interest in using social media to attain goals.
The LinkedIn Empire is huge and growing:1
- 187 million members
- 10 to 15 million added per quarter
- 21.4 million monthly U.S. visitors
- 47.6 million monthly global visitors
Connected LinkedIn members (with 500+ connections) benefit most.2 They get more:
- Invitations to meet and to functions
- Introductions to others
- References, referrals and recommendations
- Valuable information
- Job and business offers
LinkedIn is where recruiters hunt:3
- 93% use LinkedIn to find qualified candidates
- 65% have hired a person through LinkedIn
- 616 people are in the average recruiter’s network
- 18.5 more are added weekly
- 28% of recruiters have 1000+ connections
LinkedIn is where the job action is:3
- 5.7X more views per job LinkedIn vs. Facebook
- 3X more views per job LinkedIn vs. Twitter
- 8.8X more applications per job LinkedIn vs. Facebook
- 3X more applications per job LinkedIn vs. Twitter
So why is that you are not achieving more by optimizing your business and professional presence, as well as the presence of your associates and clients, on LinkedIn?
1 Sources: Quantcast and LinkedIn
2 Source: Forrest Consulting 2012 LinkedIn Success Survey
3 Source: Jobvite.com