After the demand for our LinkedIn in South Africa infographics we decided to extend our research into Africa. Nearly 6 million people are using LinkedIn in Africa. Proving that LinkedIn is becoming a great resource to connect with people in Africa. As international investment into Africa grows we are seeing great potential to connect with [...]
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LinkedIn in South Africa 2012 [infographic]
Over the last few years the DigitLab team and I have been tracking the growth of LinkedIn in South Africa.In 2011 we saw an 83% growth (600 000 professionals) from this year and in 2012 a 45% increase (500 000 professionals )with a total of 1,6 million people. Its also interesting to note that the [...]
Linkedin adds Company Status Updates [video]
I have been waiting for this to happen for some time. With the growth of Linkedin in South Africa and on a global scale it is only fitting that Linkedin would begin offerring ways for company entities to engage their clients. Linkedin have opened the status updates option for Linkedin. This means that Linkedin company pages [...]
Who uses Linkedin in South Africa [infographic]
I am very proud to present the latest infographic researched, concepted and designed by the team at DigitLab, the social media agency that I lead. Who’s Who on Linkedin in South Africa Linkedin in South Africa has seen a 83% increase in usership over the last 12 months with agriculture and goverment showing the biggest [...]
Whats the point of Linkedin?
In its first minutes as a public company, LinkedIn was valued at roughly $8.5 billion. This made Linkedin the largest internet I.P.O since Google. Linkedin is a social network that focuses on harnessing the power of social technology to improve professional business networking. The website had about 600 000 South African subscribers in 2010 and [...]
Does your name affect your chance of success [infographic]
I found an interesting infographic on the names of CEO’s on Linkedin. It seems that if your name is Peter or Deborah you are destined for success. Whereas top sales people and CEO’s all have names that are shorter than four letters (something to think about on your next sales hire). It should have been [...]
Recruitment Shifts from Social Media
The recruitment industry in South Africa looks like it is on the rise for the first time in two and a half years. Human Resources South Africa reported “employment grew by 5.6% during March.”As business slowly starts to find its feet again after a rough few years in the global economy recruiters are looking for [...]
SA Linkedin usage report
Linkedin is a great network to take part in. It aids business relationship building, employee recruitment, and idea sharing. I have found that being a part of this network has opened up opportunities to profile myself in a professional manner online and start networking with like minded people in my field of work. I have [...]
Coaching the Leadership Coach
Probably the most daunting experience I have ever had was to coach Keith Coats in Social Media. Keith is a well respected and seasoned leadership coach. So I was nervous that I would not hold up under the pressure. Well Keith turned out to be great to coach, he was very interested in learning and [...]
One-on-one Social Media Coaching
“Ever stood facing the cold pool water when all that stood before you and the shock of the cold water was the commitment to jump? Of course you have. And your hesitancy was most likely being subjected to the taunting of kids already in the pool. Then you jump and there is a split second [...]