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LinkedIn Is Your Best Social CRM Resource to Drive Revenue – Next Experts Connection for Business Explains How

April 10, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media Expert Jim Durbin Provides Step-by-Step Approach to Show You How to Mine LinkedIn for New Sales Leads and How to Connect with Decision-Makers.

NOVATO, Calif. (April 10, 2013) — Connecting with your prospects before you even make a sales call is having a terrific impact on business, and LinkedIn is the first source of social selling for most sales, marketing, and business development professionals. LinkedIn provides a social CRM database that is being continually updated by users so the information is always current. In the next session of Experts Connection for Business, “LinkedIn for Sales: Driving New Revenue” (http://www.experts-connection.com/business.aspx), social media specialist Jim Durbin will show how to use LinkedIn to find new clients, understand their company, and engage with them in a way that turns connections into revenue. The webinar is scheduled for 4:00 to 5:30 ET (1:00 to 2:30 PT) on Tuesday, April 24 and is archived online for registrants to access after the presentation. The Experts Connection webinar series is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Social media gives sales and marketing executives – anyone who is really connected -new ways to increase the top line. LinkedIn escalates social selling by providing a central forum where you can identify new company and new prospects, assess their needs, and build a meaningful dialogue that will allow you to present your solution to their problem. Using LinkedIn as a social CRM platform, you can quickly gather intelligence, uncovering hidden knowledge about your prospects and their business activities. LinkedIn can turn good salespeople into great salespeople.

In this 90-minute webinar, Durbin will show you how to:

– Use social CRM to track decision-makers and executives through their social connections;
– Use LinkedIn profiles to find direct phone numbers and contact information;
– Connect with prospects, including how to use simple messages that generate responses from connections;
– Identify revenue opportunities from former employees and competitors;
– Develop “before and after” strategies for the sales presentation; and
– Optimize search and profile techniques to boost your personal profile.

“LinkedIn now has 200 million members in 200 countries making it the biggest directory of professional contacts around. And all these contacts are self-selecting, offering up any number of details about themselves and their business for those who know how to mine for it,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinar series. “When used properly, LinkedIn can be any sales professional’s most powerful tool, and Jim will give you a detailed approach to show you now to use LinkedIn to build your client database.”

The Experts Connection webinar series allows business professionals to connect with experts in a wide range of areas, gathering information about business-critical topics presented with an eye toward the practical, not just the theoretical. Experts Connections recruits the most knowledgeable specialists to address problems facing small companies, multi-national corporations, B2B, B2C; businesses of any size serving any market. The cost of the seminar is $100, and access is provided via web and telephone. A web archive also is available for registrants. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at http://www.experts-connection.com/business.aspx.

About James Durbin:
Jim Durbin is vice president of social media for Brandstorming Interactive, a B2B marketing firm. As well as being a blogger and business owner, Jim shares his expertise as a frequent speaker on topics such as CRM, online marketing, and harnessing the social enterprise. Before he started one of the first social media companies in 2006, Jim was a top performer as a sales executive for a national staffing firm. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and lives in Dallas.

About NETSHARE
NETSHARE (http://www.netshare.com) is a confidential, membership based organization dedicated to providing executives across all disciplines and industries with quality $100K plus job lists. NETSHARE also offers networking opportunities and a community of peers for the exchange of strategic information related to job search, professional development and best practices. NETSHARE has been recognized by Fortune and Forbes magazines as the best online destination for executive positions.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
annette@netshare.com

Business

Experts Connection Offers LinkedIn Master’s Class for Executives

November 7, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media Recruiting Specialist Jim Durbin Discusses Advanced Career Management Strategies for LinkedIn Users.

NOVATO, Calif. (November 7, 2012) — LinkedIn continues to be the first stop for recruiters and hiring managers looking for fresh talent. It’s also the best place to find networking contacts that can make the right introductions when you are trying to get hired. In the next Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar, “LinkedIn for Executives: Beyond the Basics (2012 Edition),” social media headhunter Jim Durbin will demonstrate to attendees to advanced techniques in how to use LinkedIn to research new contacts and how to be found by hiring professionals. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, November 14, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

During this webinar, Jim will apply his expertise as a retained search headhunter to show executive job seekers how to identify contacts, executives, and colleagues, how to use LinkedIn search engines and filters, and other executive sourcing techniques that will reveal how job seekers can increase their own visibility. He also will show you how to be found by those seeking your talents. The webinar will include live demonstrations of how to approach interviews and meetings armed with superior knowledge.

In this 90-minute webinar, Jim will explain how to:

– Read the information hidden in a profile;
– Find companies that are hiring in your city, and identify who they want to hire;
– Get instant updates on promotions, terminations and hires from your connections;
– Turn your profile from “average executive” to “forward thinking rock star”;
– Be found by those looking to hire;
– Quickly research someone you’re scheduled to meet; and
– Stand out, both in your profile, and online.

“LinkedIn continues to reign as the primary resource for professional networking, yet few senior executives really understand how to really use LinkedIn effectively to meet their own needs,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “In this master class, those with a basic understanding of LinkedIn will be able to add to their expertise. The tools and techniques that Jim will share in this session are not well known, and will give attendees competitive edges that will make them stand out online.”

The Experts Connection teleseminar series gives executives access to leading career experts. The cost of the seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members, and access is provided via web and telephone. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at http://www.experts-connection.com.

About James Durbin:
Jim Durbin is a retained search headhunter and trainer specializing in social media. As a blogger and business owner, Jim is an expert and frequent speaker on such topics as online employment, recruiting blogs, and using social media in the hiring process. His prior experience includes account management for a national staffing firm where he was a top performer. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and lives in Dallas.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business, Human Resources

October Experts Connection Offers Tools and Techniques for Using LinkedIn To Extend Your Career

October 5, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Webinar Provides an Intense Course in LinkedIn Basics, Including How to Use LinkedIn for Better Job Research and for Personal Brand Building.

NOVATO, Calif. (October 5, 2012) — LinkedIn continues to dominate the Web as the world’s largest professional networking destination with more than 175 million members in 200 countries. More professionals are making LinkedIn their first stop when they have to research a new job prospect or career opportunity, but most executives only use a fraction of LinkedIn’s capabilities. In the October session of Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com), headhunter and social media expert Jim Durbin will present “LinkedIn for Executives: The Basics” with practical strategies and dos and don’ts to help executives get the most out of their LinkedIn engagement. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, October 24 from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

More users are turning to LinkedIn to manage their professional connections, but the scope and diversity of LinkedIn offer so much more than basic contact information. LinkedIn can help you research potential employers, learn more about a target industry, prepare for an interview, and much more. No matter what your career objective, LinkedIn can be an invaluable tool once you understand how to use it.

In this webinar, Jim will explain how to optimize LinkedIn for your specific goals, including how to change the way you network. The presentation will include:

– How to create a professional profile that promotes a positive, searchable personal brand identity;
– Criteria for contacts to add to your network, and who to keep out;
– How to use LinkedIn’s search tools for your next career move;
– The three biggest mistakes your colleagues are making on LinkedIn;
– How to research competitors for better business intelligence; and
– How to communicate effectively using your LinkedIn network.

“LinkedIn continues to gain momentum as the first resource people turn to when they want to advance their career,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinar series. “Using LinkedIn effectively gives you an advantage that other job seekers may be missing. This webinar will provide all the basics you need to apply LinkedIn to meet your career goals.”

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business

Executive Recruiters Get Advanced Class in LinkedIn from Social Media Guru in Next Experts Connection Webinar

September 7, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media Recruiting Specialist Jim Durbin Demonstrates Advanced Strategies for Using LinkedIn to Find the Perfect Job Candidate.

NOVATO, Calif. (September 7, 2012) — LinkedIn is the first stop recruiters make when searching for qualified job candidates, which makes it harder to compete for the best candidates available. Where most recruiters do a superficial search, the best recruiters know how to dig below the surface to find hidden skills and talents that make their candidates really stand out. In the next Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar entitled, “LinkedIn for Executive Recruiting: Beyond the Basics (2012 Edition),” social media headhunter Jim Durbin will offer step-by-step instructions into how to use advanced techniques that make LinkedIn your most powerful tool to find job candidates. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, September 27, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

LinkedIn continues to grow as the premier social network for business with more than 175 million profiles, including profiles from executives at every Fortune 500 company. LinkedIn is also one of the largest providers of recruiting services. This webinar will offer point-by-point instruction in how to use LinkedIn as the insiders use it, including a live demonstration that allows participants to follow along online.

In this 90-minute webinar, attendees will learn:

– The latest sourcing strategies for 2012, including techniques for both free and paid LinkedIn accounts.
– The fastest ways to search for candidates both using LinkedIn and outside of the network.
– Job posting strategies and recommendations as to how to generate employee referrals.
– Three ways to craft messages that generate responses from targeted candidates.
– Alternative contact strategies to reach passive candidates across a variety of industries.
– How to market your positions and your companies using LinkedIn.

“Recruiters have started to take LinkedIn for granted, which means they aren’t utilizing its full potential,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “Once you understand the nuances, LinkedIn can become an incredibly powerful tool that will help you compete as a recruiter, as well as identify the best candidates for any job. Jim has made a science of using LinkedIn for recruiting, and this is a rare opportunity to see how a master uses the hottest recruiting tool available. This Master’s class will be invaluable to anyone in recruiting or HR.”

The cost of the Experts Connection seminar is $100, and access is provided via web and telephone. A web archive also is available for registrants. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at http://www.experts-connection.com.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business

Learn How to Drive New Sales Revenue through LinkedIn Topic of Next Experts Connection for Business

June 6, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media Expert Jim Durbin Offers Tactical Approach to Building Sales with LinkedIn.

NOVATO, Calif. (June 6, 2011) — Social selling is the new sales approach that is yielding incredible results, and LinkedIn is the best resource for social selling with continually updated information about your clients and prospects. In the next session of Experts Connection for Business, “Social Sales: Driving New Revenue Through Linkedin,” social media specialist Jim Durbin will demonstrate how to use LinkedIn to find clients, assess their needs, and interact with them in a way that turns connections into revenue. The webinar is scheduled for 4:00 to 5:30 ET (1:00 to 2:30 PT) on Tuesday, June 26 and is archived online for registrants to access after the presentation. The Experts Connection webinar series is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Social selling offers professionals an edge, providing a fast way to develop new business relationships and expand your client list. LinkedIn escalates social selling by providing a central forum where you can find clients, assess their needs, and contact them directly to present a solution. Using insight from LinkedIn you can quickly understand your clients’ needs before you contact them, which is a real competitive advantage and shortens the sales cycle. However, to use LinkedIn effectively, you need to be able to mine the data repository to reveal the hidden knowledge that turns good salespeople into great salespeople.

In this 90-minute webinar, Durbin will show you how to:
– Use LinkedIn profiles to find direct phone numbers and contact information;
– Identify revenue opportunities from former employees and competitors;
– Use Social CRM to track decision-makers and executives through their social connections;
– Connect with prospects, including how to use three sample messages that generate responses from connections;
– Develop “before and after” strategies for the sales presentation; and
– Optimize search and profile techniques to boost your personal profile.

“In the past 18 months, LinkedIn has become one of the biggest companies in corporate employment, with the largest database of self-selected professionals on the planet,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinar series. “When used properly it, can be the sales professional’s most powerful tool. Jim is intimately familiar with LinkedIn and understands how to use it to reach new clients and prospects, which will make this webinar invaluable for any professional looking to expand his or her client network.”

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

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Experts Connection Presents LinkedIn for Executives: Beyond the Basics, the 2012 Edition

May 10, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media and Recruiting Expert Jim Durbin New Advanced Tips and Techniques on How to Make the Most of LinkedIn for Business and Career Advancement.

NOVATO, Calif. (May 10, 2012) — The World Wide Web continues to change the rules of doing business and LinkedIn has become the largest business networking resource on the planet. LinkedIn is the fastest means to get more information about new contacts, potential customers, business partners, and new career opportunities. In the next session of Experts Connection for Executives (http://www.experts-connection.com), social media headhunter Jim Durbin will offer the latest tips and techniques into how to use LinkedIn to be found by potential employers and others. The webinar entitled, “LinkedIn for Executives: Beyond the Basics (2012 Edition)” is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Designed for executive job seekers and those who are currently employed, this webinar is designed for those who understand the basics of using LinkedIn, and offers advanced techniques in harnessing LinkedIn to find companies, hiring managers, and others who need your expertise. Jim has extensive experience in using social media to research contacts, and he will share his knowledge in how to identify contacts, resources, and colleagues using LinkedIn, and how you can adapt those same techniques to be found by those looking for your talents. During the webinar, Jim will use live demonstrations to show how to search for key contacts and how to react when they find you. He also will demonstrate how to approach live interviews and meetings armed with superior knowledge to achieve your objectives.

This 90-minute session will include advanced techniques for using LinkedIn, including:
– How to read the information hidden in a LinkedIn profile.
– How to find companies hiring in your area, and who they want to hire.
– How to receive instant updates on promotions, terminations, and hires from your LinkedIn connections.
– How to be found by those seeking to hire.
– How to research a contact quickly before a meeting or call.
– How to stand out, both in your profile and on the Web.

“LinkedIn says their members conducted 4.2 billion professionally-oriented searches last year, and will do more than 5.3 billion this year. Understanding how to search LinkedIn effectively, and more importantly how to be found, can open new doors, whether you are looking for a new job or looking for new ways to research potential partners and customers,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “Jim’s is a master at using LinkedIn for recruiting and his techniques will be invaluable to any professional who wants to take advantage of the most powerful professional network available today.”

The cost of the Experts Connection seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members. Access is provided via web and telephone and a web archive also is available for registrants. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at http://www.experts-connection.com.

About James Durbin:
Jim Durbin is a retained search headhunter and trainer specializing in social media. As a blogger and business owner, Jim is an expert and frequent speaker on such topics as online employment, recruiting blogs, and using social media in the hiring process. Before starting his own social media company in 2006, Jim was in account management for a national staffing firm where he was a top performer. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and lives in Dallas.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business

Experts Connection Webinar Introduces Executives to the Power of LinkedIn as a Business Resource

April 12, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Social Media Expert Jim Durbin Offers LinkedIn Basics to Show Professionals How to Use LinkedIn to Achieve their Career and Business Goals.

NOVATO, Calif. (April 12, 2012) — LinkedIn is now the world’s largest social business network with more than 150 million members in 200 countries. LinkedIn also is the first stop for professionals seeking experts, partners, a new career, or any kind of business intelligence. In the April session of Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com), headhunter and social media expert Jim Durbin will host “LinkedIn for Executives: The Basics” to show professionals how to prepare to make the most of their participation on LinkedIn. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, April 25, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Most users consider LinkedIn as their online rolodex or strictly for job search, but the size and diversity of LinkedIn now offers valuable intelligence to the savvy professional. LinkedIn can help you research potential employers, your competition, or merger and acquisition candidates. It also can be useful in finding consultants or industry experts with free advice, and it’s ideal for sales professionals looking to penetrate new markets.

No matter what your professional goal, LinkedIn can be an invaluable tool, if you know how to use it. In this Experts Connection webinar designed for all executives, Jim will explain how get started with a LinkedIn profile optimized to achieve your goals, and how to effectively use LinkedIn to change the way you network.

During this 90-minute webinar, Jim will explain:

– How to create a professional profile that promotes a positive personal brand;
– Whom to add to your network and whom to keep out;
– The three biggest mistakes your colleagues are making on LinkedIn;
– How to use LinkedIn’s search tools to achieve your goals, including your next career move;
– How to research competitors for better business intelligence; and
– How to communicate effectively through the LinkedIn network.

“LinkedIn has evolved from a job search network to a powerhouse for sales and business development, and those professionals who aren’t part of LinkedIn are at risk of losing their competitive edge,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “Jim has made a close study of LinkedIn and knows how to cultivate connections and turn them into real business assets. This webinar offers a great opportunity to learn how to harness the most powerful social business resource on the planet.”

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business

Experts Connection Webinar Offers Advanced Class in LinkedIn for Executive Recruiters

March 14, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Recruiting Expert Jim Durbin Offers Advanced LinkedIn Tips and Techniques to Help Recruiters Find the Ideal Job Candidate.

NOVATO, Calif. (March 14, 2011) – Recruiters have been using LinkedIn for some time to identify qualified executive candidates. However, most recruiters only scratch the surface when it comes to LinkedIn’s capabilities. For those ready to move up to more advanced techniques for using LinkedIn, social media headhunter, Jim Durbin will offer detailed instruction into how to use LinkedIn as the primary tool to source and connect with job candidates. The Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar entitled, “LinkedIn for Executive Recruiting: Beyond the Basics (2012 Edition)” is scheduled for Thursday, March 29, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

LinkedIn remains the top business social network in the world with more than 150 million profiles, including profiles for executives from every Fortune 500 company. LinkedIn also is one of the largest providers or recruiting services in the world. Following last month’s webinar for recruiters on basic LinkedIn techniques, this month’s webinar offers advanced recruiting strategies to use LinkedIn to find and hire the right candidate a client or company.

In this webinar, Jim will offer point-by-point instruction, including a live demonstration to allow participants to follow along using their own computers. In this 90-minute webinar, participants will learn:

– Updated sourcing strategies for 2012, including techniques for both free and paid LinkedIn accounts.
– Faster ways to search for candidates using LinkedIn, as well as outside of the network.
– Three ways to craft messages that generate responses from targeted candidates.
– Alternative contact strategies to reach passive candidates in a variety of industries.
– Job posting strategies and recommendations as to how to generate employee referrals.
– How to market your positions and your companies using LinkedIn.

“Recruiters are using LinkedIn on a routine basis, but the vast majority of them are only skimming the surface. LinkedIn is an incredibly powerful networking tool that can deliver highly qualified candidates right to your email box, if you know how to use it effectively,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “Jim has made a science of using LinkedIn for recruiting and has developed an arsenal of techniques that just plain work. This is a rare opportunity for recruiters to take a LinkedIn Master’s class from a true master.”

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business

Experts Connection Webinar Helps Recruiters Unlock LinkedIn to Find the Ideal Candidate

February 16, 2012 staronepr Leave a comment

Recruiting Expert Jim Durbin Shares Secrets of Social Media Success for Job Search in “LinkedIn: Basic Training for Recruiting”.

NOVATO, Calif. (February 15, 2011) — Social media has become a mainstream tool for recruiters, especially LinkedIn, but many search professionals only have a rudimentary understanding of how to best use LinkedIn to identify and qualify the right job candidates. Drawing from his expertise as a social media headhunter, Jim Durbin will explain the core principles of using social media for recruiting in an Experts Connection (http://www.experts-connection.com) webinar entitled, “LinkedIn: Basic Training for Recruiting.” This recruiters’ webinar for novice and intermediate social media users is scheduled for Thursday, February 23, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT), and is sponsored by NETSHARE® (http://www.netshare.com).

Recruiters are increasingly relying on the crowdsourcing and reach of social media platforms to uncover the most talented professionals, and LinkedIn has become their first online stop when seeking out candidates. LinkedIn now has more than 110 million professional profiles, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, which makes it a perfect resource for recruiters. Some companies are filling 25 percent of their open reqs using LinkedIn, and one company is filling 60 percent.

In this webinar, Jim will offer practical, step-by-step instruction explaining how to get the most from LinkedIn. Drawing from his experience training Human Resources departments for Fortune 500 companies, Jim will offer hands-on instruction into the best strategies for getting fast candidate search results from LinkedIn, including what a profile should contain what to look for, and how recruiters are shortening time-to-fill using LinkedIn.

Jim will provide point-by-point instruction that will apply to both independent and corporate recruiters, including:
– How to build your own social network to improve your time-to-fill;
– Connection strategies for novice recruiters;
– How to create a profile that gets the right candidates to ask YOU for a connection;
– Three ways to craft social media messages that generate the right response;
– Search skills that work both within LinkedIn and on other social media platforms; and
– How to find candidates outside your network of visible connections.

“Those executives looking for new career opportunities or who are simply trying to expand their sphere of professional influence are on LinkedIn, which makes it the most powerful online destination for recruiters,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection webinars. “However, LinkedIn has become so expansive that it has become harder to navigate. It takes skill to identify those professionals with the ideal skillset to meet your recruiting needs. Through his experience with social media and human resources, Jim has become a master at using LinkedIn to find the right candidates, and this webinar will certainly offer new tips and techniques for every recruiting professional.”

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

Business, Internet & Online, Small Business, Social Media, Technology, Web 2.0

New Player in the Market Will Compete with LinkedIn

February 7, 2012 EPR Network Leave a comment

Rumors have abounded about Masterseek.com’s professional profile site’s imminent introduction to the World Wide Web. Still under development, it boasts the world’s largest business database with over 145 million personal professional profiles from around the world—that’s more than LinkedIn which is currently estimated to have just over 125 million professional profiles.

What makes Masterseek’s profile database so competitive?

Masterseek is already the largest B2B search engine, with 40 million more businesses listed than the nearest competitor and growing at a faster pace. Masterseek.com’s service is free, like most similar databases. Where it differes is in its ability to allow businesses full control over their profile. In addition the actual search functions are more intuitve, with more accurate local results or global results if that is the user’s search preference.

This is what has attracted so many businesses, and so many professionals to the website. Upon launch Masterseek.com’s professional profile section is fully expected to perform as well as the business search portion of the site. It seems to be the natural evolution of a business search engine, that it should incorporate professional profiles as well. However other sites have not done so, at least not to this degree. There in lies the power of Masterseek, and why it is expected to replace LinkedIn at some point in the near future.

How will Masterseek’s professional profiles work?
Currently it is very similar to LinkedIn it looks like. As of now the primary difference is in the numbers. Masterseek already has more, and if past growth is any evidence it will soon be one of the new places to search for professionals. Masterseek’s site is also free and it gives users control over their own profile. It is expected to use Masterseek’s primary search engine application from the business listing side of the site. If so expect it to have faster, more complete, more specific and more accurate search functionality both locally or for any specified geographic search.

We got a hold of Masterseek President Rasmus Refer who preferred not to comment on current plans,

“We are working on many new activities with the objective to become the largest global provider of business information, but cannot tell you more about our plans right now” –Rasmus Refer

Despite details being kept close to the vest, we have dug up a number of key points:

• Masterseek will have more profiles right off the bat as mentioned, 145M to LinkedIn’s 125M.
• It will use a different search platform, if it is the same as the Business Listings section it will be faster, more accurate and more comprehensive locally and globally.
• Listings will be 100% free.
• Those making a profile will have as much or more control to share information than those using LinkedIn.

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