42244 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>LinkedIn's network currently has 9m users, while it claims to be adding around 100,000 new ones every week. </p> <p>It has predicted that it will earn revenues of up to $100m (£51m) in 2008 - through advertising, subscriptions and job listings. Its turnover was around $10m (£5.1m) last year. </p> <p>LinkedIn said it intends to use the capital to launch new services, such as the <a href="/blog/683-connected-questions-from-linkedin-pros">recently launched LinkedIn Answers,</a> and to expand its presence in Europe, where it faces competition from other networks, such as <a href="/blog/637-web-2-0-company-xing-raises-eur35-7-million-in-ipo">German business network Xing. </a></p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>LinkedIn's network currently has 9m users, while it claims to be adding around 100,000 new ones every week. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>It has predicted that it will earn revenues of up to $100m (£51m) in 2008 - through advertising, subscriptions and job listings. Its turnover was around $10m (£5.1m) last year. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>LinkedIn said it intends to use the capital to launch new services, such as the <Link URL="/blog/683-connected-questions-from-linkedin-pros" Window="New">recently launched LinkedIn Answers,</Link> and to expand its presence in Europe, where it faces competition from other networks, such as <Link URL="/blog/637-web-2-0-company-xing-raises-eur35-7-million-in-ipo" Window="New">German business network Xing. </Link></Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-01-29T10:01:00+00:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Business social network LinkedIn has raised $12.8m (£6.5m) in a third round of funding, led by Bessemer and the European Founders Fund. </strong> </p> <p>The move brings the total invested in <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=logo">LinkedIn</a> to more than $26m (£13.2m), and valued the company at $250m (£127m).</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Business social network LinkedIn has raised $12.8m (£6.5m) in a third round of funding, led by Bessemer and the European Founders Fund. </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The move brings the total invested in <Link URL="http://www.linkedin.com/home?trk=logo" Window="New">LinkedIn</Link> to more than $26m (£13.2m), and valued the company at $250m (£127m).</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 760 <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> 362555 LinkedIn targets Europe after new funding round false 2007-01-29T10:46:00+00:00 linkedin-targets-europe-after-new-funding-round 2009-04-30T04:30:35+01:00 2009-10-13T08:50:58+01:00 184