Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Best Influencer of Them All?
What do you see by first looking at the picture above? They are the 15 top LinkedIn Influencers. Currently, there are only 3 woman in the top 15. I hope to see more women and more diversity there in the following months.
The intention of this post is to get your feedback about the way you feel concerning the LinkedIn Influencers program and its influencers. Are you happy with the content that they deliver? Are they engaging and genuine with their audience? If so, I invite you to share in the comments section. If not, I also invite you to share your thoughts about it. See the questions at the end. #socialmedia
An Overview of the LinkedIn Influencers Program
The LinkedIn Influencer program comprises leaders of different industries and different levels of seniority. Most of them reside in different parts the USA, and a very few outside of the USA. The program was launched in October, 2012 and it consisted of 150 influencers. #Leadership&Management
These thought leaders share insights about industry trends, discuss topics of interest and relevance, such as career management, leadership, management, success, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, social media, and so on.
Presently, the LinkedIn Influencer program accounts for 696 top industry leaders raging from Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group, to James Maniyika, Director of McKinsey Global Institute. As of today, they have 8,223,556 followers and 0 followers, respectively.
Mr. Branson has published 63 posts since October 2, 2012. His most popular post is the first post he published and titled as "Five top tips to starting a successful business." This post has received 1,147,139 views, 21,161 likes, and 11,106 comments to this day.
James Maniyika seems to have recently been added to the list of LinkedIn Influencers - given that he has zero followers. He's published 3 posts since June 3, 2015. His first post is titled "The Digital Revolution Is Making The Job Market Work For You." This post has received 7098 views, 485 likes, and 43 comments to this day.
The list of influencers changes throughout the year. LinkedIn frequently evaluates its existing influencers to keep only the most engaged, prolific, and thoughtful contributors and to make sure that their expertise is aligned with LinkedIn members' interests. Influencers are carefully selected and invited by LinkedIn to participate in the program.
A History of LinkedIn's Most Popular and Memorable Posts
Introducing the Ability to Follow Thought Leaders on LinkedIn. Published 10/02/12
Our 7 Most Shared Posts of 2012 (and What They Say About the Latest Recruiting Obsessions). Published 12/18/12
The 12 Most Popular Stories of 2012. Published 12/19/12
The Top 20 LinkedIn Pulse Articles of All Time by HubSpot. Published 11/07/14.
The 14 Most Popular Influencer Posts of 2014. Published 12/12/14
The top 10 LinkedIn posts of 2015 so far by GotoMeeting. Published 08/05/15.
1. Of the LinkedIn Influencers, who do you follow, or not, and why?
2.What Linked Influencer's posts have been super helpful to you?.
3. Do you think LinkedIn should re-evaluate its list of influencers?
4. Are there non-LinkedIn influencers that you think should be in the LinkedIn Influencer's list?
Please share in the comments section below. Thank you! Have a happy day!
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9 年Informative piece Ivette K. Caballero. I follow Branson and love his posts, but one thing I think we should be wary of "group think" when it comes to LinkedIn's list. I sometimes wonder if there is enough diversity in people and thought.
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9 年Ivette K. Caballero great discussion starter. Out of the top 15 influencers I am guilty of only following 3 (Branson, Weiner and Cuban). The main reasons I choose these influencers (as listed above) great success story, LinkedIn CEO and Shark Tank piqued my interest in his business mind. These three have posted some insightful articles but to be honest I find more fulfilling articles from non-influencers. As with any service being provided this needs to be reviewed, analyzed and updated so that it keeps its effectiveness for the customers. Continuous improvement is a key part of the customer benefit package; which if left unchecked will eventually stop meeting the desired needs of the clients (LinkedIn users). Part of the process should be to include "non-influencers" in these offerings based on the quality of their posts, readers' responses and the relevance of their subject matter (this might be the case already as I am unfamiliar with LinkedIn's protocol on this subject). I will definitely have to review the current list of Influencers and update who I follow.
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9 年We also have to remember the term "Influencer" is really a branding play on words - Linked(In-fluencer) and not get overly wrapped up in the general semantics of the term "influence". It's supposed a clever or cute term applied to some industry leaders.
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9 年Sorry to say Ivette, you did not include my favorite writer James Altucher.
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9 年Thanks Ivette K. Caballero for this post. I follow peoples in this network who contribute towards generating positive contents and interaction. It can be in the form of posts, comments or in the form of interaction in relevant professional fields. Both women and men are empowered to do and achieve good things in the world. Prizes, awards and fellows (such as the Infleuncer program of this network) are just nominated scholarships. There were (and are) so many great works (inventions & innovations) which never got recognition through prizes (such as Nobel prize), or many ordinary achievements were (and are) getting recognitions almost everyday. Because, the good works don't have the only say over the prize rewarding systems which are controlled by a limited number of peoples and their choices and preferences. We can of course raise our voice and give opinions