{"id":30598,"date":"2014-05-02T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandignitybeta.com\/demo\/brandlatest\/2014\/05\/02\/linkedin-turns-11-how-they-acquired-300-million-users\/"},"modified":"2014-05-02T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:11:09","slug":"linkedin-turns-11-how-they-acquired-300-million-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brandignitybeta.com\/demo\/brandlatest\/linkedin-turns-11-how-they-acquired-300-million-users\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Turns 11! 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So many business owners and entrepreneurs under one social roof it is a little hard no to want to spread your wings throughout the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a great infographic from the folks at dpfoc.com showing us the immense growth that LinkedIn has accrued and how they went about acquiring 300 million users across 200 countries and growing to a whopping worth of $7.5 billion!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandignity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/linkedin-11th-birthday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brandignity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/linkedin-11th-birthday.jpg\" alt=\"LinkedIn Turns 11!\" width=\"700\" height=\"5503\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This shouldn&#8217;t come as a shocker to you but LinkedIn is kind of a big deal especially if you are serious about growing your business. 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