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Microsoft buys LinkedIn: the largest martech acquisition in history?

chiefmartech

Last week, Microsoft announced that it was acquiring LinkedIn for a whopping $26.2 This is the largest acqusition in Microsoft’s history — over three times the size of its acqusition of Skype for $8.5 LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a great example of the company marketing this capability. of LinkedIn’s total revenue.

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Social Media, Pretend Friends, and the Lie of False Intimacy

Convince & Convert

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. ” “Linkedin is for people you know, Facebook is for people you used to know, Twitter is for people you want to know.” (Happy Holidays. This is #5. R.I.P. Trey – Jay).

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List of Brand-Side Corporate Social Strategists: Twitter Edition

Webbiquity

It’s an outstanding list, categorized by industry including Automotive, Chemicals, Electronics, Telecommunications, and a dozen other sectors, but all of the names were linked to the individuals’ LinkedIn profiles—no Twitter links! List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011. Share this on LinkedIn. Tweet This!

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10 Rules for Succeeding in a Web 3.0 World

Hubspot

LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman took the stage at South By South West Interactive to discuss the future of the Internet and how data is the next major evolution of the social Web. Hoffman used LinkedIn Skills as an example of how leveraging data can improve user experience. An example of this type of business is Skype.

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90 Tips to Make Your Blog Rock

Online Marketing Institute

Promote and distribute your posts on to other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn 29. On LinkedIn Make sure your Profile is public with Your Blog, Website and Facebook pages entered in your Settings (Profile Section) where you are allowed 3 website URLs 71. Be yourself even if it is a company blog.

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4 Tips for B2B Marketing on Facebook

Online Marketing Institute

The winners will be announced at the Mashable Awards Gala on January 6th, 2011 Purchase Tickets Recently Trending Double Rainbow Appears Over L.A., The winners will be announced at the Mashable Awards Gala on January 6th, 2011 Purchase Tickets Recently Trending Double Rainbow Appears Over L.A., Skype Outage, Foursquare Update & Goo.

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Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Convince & Convert

I guess Washington Post acquired the team for $12 million, LinkedIn acquired some patents for $4 million, and Beta Works acquired the, I think, the website and the brand for $500,000. He’s always said that he’s a big fan of social media, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn all these things are great. Are you still on Skype?