LinkedIn's Influencer Program Boosts Traffic, Breaks Hearts

LinkedIn's Influencer program, which showcases inspirational blog posts from luminaries ranging from Bill Gates to President Barack Obama, has kept readers glued to the professional networking site while it's kept top executives waiting for their invitations, according to a report by the New York Times.

LinkedIn’s Influencer program, which showcases inspirational blog posts from luminaries ranging from Bill Gates to President Barack Obama, has kept readers glued to the professional networking site while it’s kept top executives waiting for their invitations, according to a report by the New York Times.

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Visitors viewed 63 percent more pages in the first quarter of 2013, ending in May, than they did in the quarter a year earlier, according to the earnings report. Mr. Roth said traffic to all its news products had increased eightfold since Influencers was introduced, although he would not say from what base it was measured.

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