Comments on: Professional Social Network, LinkedIn Looking For $1 Billion Valuation http://pulse2.com/2008/05/05/professional-social-network-linkedin-looking-for-1-billion-valuation/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:51:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2008/05/05/professional-social-network-linkedin-looking-for-1-billion-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-12615 Amit Chowdhry Tue, 06 May 2008 23:27:05 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=3442#comment-12615 Interestingly what I’m finding from the poll is that users have more of a tendency to log in once per month. This is probably to find connections (friends) or confirm all connection requests all in one go. The key to a solid valuation is by making users feel like that if they’re not logging in that day, they are missing out on something. Facebook mastered this with the homepage news feed idea. Personally if I don’t log into Facebook for one day, I feel like I missed out on something going on with my friends. How does LinkedIn get users to feel like they’re missing out on something if they don’t login today? That’s the question that the LinkedIn board should be considering to get to a valuation that they want. Interestingly what I’m finding from the poll is that users have more of a tendency to log in once per month. This is probably to find connections (friends) or confirm all connection requests all in one go.

The key to a solid valuation is by making users feel like that if they’re not logging in that day, they are missing out on something. Facebook mastered this with the homepage news feed idea. Personally if I don’t log into Facebook for one day, I feel like I missed out on something going on with my friends.

How does LinkedIn get users to feel like they’re missing out on something if they don’t login today? That’s the question that the LinkedIn board should be considering to get to a valuation that they want.

]]> By: Tom Blue http://pulse2.com/2008/05/05/professional-social-network-linkedin-looking-for-1-billion-valuation/comment-page-1/#comment-12612 Tom Blue Tue, 06 May 2008 18:02:55 +0000 http://pulse2.com/?p=3442#comment-12612 Many people are surprised at this, but I don't find it that hard to believe. Many tech/web companies are 10X revenues and I believe that linkedin still has potential for daily usage if they make the right decisions... Many people are surprised at this, but I don’t find it that hard to believe. Many tech/web companies are 10X revenues and I believe that linkedin still has potential for daily usage if they make the right decisions…

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