A Tale of 4 Researchers, a PhD Candidate and Me: If being found is important…consider where your profiles rank

A Tale of 4 Researchers, a PhD Candidate and Me: If being found is important...consider where your profiles rank

Given we’ve looked at the membership of popular professional, academic and researcher focused social platforms, it’s time to consider other factors that should come in to play when you prioritise what platforms to join. A crucial factor should be what platforms are likely to rank well in search results when people search for you. Basically: … Continue reading

Comparing Membership For LinkedIn, Viadeo & Tianji, Xing, Academia.edu and ResearchGate (April 2014)

Comparing Membership LinkedIn,Viadeo & Tianji, Xing, Academia.edu and ResearchGate

I’m gearing up to do some presentations in May, one will be an updated repeat of the co-presentation I did with ECU’s Research Librarian Getting found using social media to build your research profile, the second will be a an extension focusing on content: where you can share your work and activities. As a result, … Continue reading

Visualising The Ratios of LinkedIn Profiles By Industry For Locations: Anywhere, Australia, Western Australia (April 2014) [Infographic]

Visualising the Ratios of LinkedIn Profiles by Industry for Locations: April 2014 [infographic]

Now that I’ve recorded the numbers and percentages of LinkedIn profiles retrieved for each of the 147 industries for April 2014: anywhere, in Australia and in Western Australia; it’s time to update the infographic visualising the ratios.

Quick Overview: What industries are on LinkedIn? [April 2014]

Quick Overview: What industries are on LinkedIn {April 2014)

This is an update of the Quick Overview: What industries are on LinkedIn?  post I did in August 2013, looking at how many profiles are retrieved for each of the 147 industries on LinkedIn. There are now 250,000,000 members on LinkedIn (LinkedIn About Us (Accessed 28 April 2014)), in Australia there are now over 5 … Continue reading