Wednesday 11 February 2015

How Social Media Agencies May Evaluate Linkedin's Expansion

By Paula Hess


Last year, LinkedIn gave its users the ability to publish their own posts on the social media website. To say that the response has been strong would have been an understatement, as more than 330 million people have taken advantage of this very feature. With that said, the platform could have benefited from a bit of expansion, which I'm sure any and all social media agencies can attest to. As of recent times, this ability has come into being.

As of recently, LinkedIn has expanded its publishing platform - a blogging center of sorts - to all English-speaking countries. What this means is that the previous statistic has expanded, adding on 230 million more people to the previous statistic. I believe that this can only benefit LinkedIn, since there are many posts that can be made about business. This is especially true when given the litany of industries that exist under the umbrella of LinkedIn.

It's easy to see why so many people are engaged on LinkedIn. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other entities, LinkedIn is primarily focused on employment and the ability to connect to others in specific industries. However, it's easy to forget that this is still a social media website. As a result - and I am sure that social media agencies across the board will agree - there's still the focus on content that's made stronger because of this development.

It's easy to see that engagement can occur, on various networks, but only if the capabilities are present. This should always be the case, though, especially when considering that social media agencies rely on the engagement in question. Of course, in the case of LinkedIn, not every user has had access to this. To say that this been a problem would be an understatement. Fortunately, with this platform's expansion, firms the likes of fishbat may start to see heightened results.

It's clear that LinkedIn poses the potential to become one of the strongest channels for engagement, in general. However, it has to be utilized well, which is especially true when given the recent expansion of the website's publishing platform. Such a platform has the ability to create success, for businesses and individuals alike, but can this be done? I am sure of it, however it's difficult to say that this will be the case, especially since the development is relatively new.




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