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Chief executive Dan Nye said: <blockquote> "What we are seeing is revenue accelerate and we expect that to continue next year. We are projecting somewhere in the $100m range next year." </blockquote> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/">LinkedIn</a> wouldn't be the first social network to list - European rival Xing, which has also experienced<a href="/blog/898-xing-posts-results-reports-massive-user-growth"> rapid user growth</a>, raised <a href="/blog/637-web-2-0-company-xing-raises-eur35-7-million-in-ipo">€35.7m (£24m) in an IPO last year</a>. Further reading: <a href="/blog/1400-linkedin-to-open-up-its-platform">LinkedIn to open up its platform</a>

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Business network LinkedIn is reportedly gearing up for a possible IPO that would make it one of the first social networks to go public. <a href="http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=ipoNews&storyID=2007-06-26T162349Z_01_N25324915_RTRIDST_0_LINKEDIN.XML&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=InvArt-C1-ArticlePage2">Reuters reports</a> that the move could happen as early as next year, thanks to the company's rapid growth - its membership has doubled to almost 12m in the past nine months.

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For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a>.

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