Success Stories
Here are just a few of the amazing successes LinkedIn members have had using our site. Follow their stories here, or go to our blog to check out more stories.
If you have your own LinkedIn Success Story you'd like to share, we would love to hear it.
Advertising/Marketing Professionals
- Integrated Marketing Firm Uses LinkedIn to Shorten Sales Cycle and Uncover Speaking Opportunities
- Advertising Professional Uses LinkedIn to Find Investors and Help his Sales Team
- Marketing and Advertising Industry CEO Uses LinkedIn to Find Partners
- Managing Director in the Marketing and Advertising Industry Builds Business Based on Referrals from LinkedIn
- Advertising Industry CEO Lands Two Biggest Clients via LinkedIn
- Advertising Sales Director Lands Dream Job via LinkedIn
- SVP at PR Firm Lands a $250,000 Client via LinkedIn Answers
- President and CEO of Interactive Advertising Bureau Uses LinkedIn to Hire Chief Officer and SVP
- CEO of Online Agency Vets Meetings By Doing LinkedIn Searches
Entrepreneurs/Small Business Owners
- LinkedIn Helps Small Business Get Clients Across the Nation
- Startup CEO Uses LinkedIn to Source Deals, Check References and Connect with Entrepreneurs
- Small Business Owner Uses LinkedIn to Get Advice and Avoid Pitfalls
- Member Goes From Being Laid Off to Becoming an Entrepreneur with his LinkedIn Network
- Entrepreneur Creates New Company Because of Advice and Connections He Found on LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Helps Facilitate an Acquisition by The Weather Channel
- SMB Goes from Startup to Being Acquired by Yahoo! via LinkedIn
Global
- Public Relations and Event Management Consultancy in Singapore Gets Three Global Clients via LinkedIn
- Business Development Manager at an Investment Fund in Thailand Uses LinkedIn to Get to Market Experts
- UK Man Goes from Author to Professional Speaker with LinkedIn's Help
Grads/Students
- Cleveland State University Student Gets an Internship Because of a LinkedIn Groups Conversation
- Caltech's LinkedIn Alumni Group in Action
- University of San Francisco Student Lands Internship at Sun Microsystems Because of LinkedIn
- University of Washington Student Uses LinkedIn to Find Internships
- Grad Student at Brown University Lands Job at Microsoft Before Graduation Via LinkedIn
- Hamilton College Student Lands Job Interview Because of LinkedIn
Job Hunters/Hiring
- Former Operations VP at Bank of America's Job Hunt: How She Uses LinkedIn to Avoid High Cost of Networking Events
- After Layoff, Worker Lands New Job By Using LinkedIn Groups
- CEO Uses LinkedIn to Hire Employees
- CEO Uses LinkedIn Jobs to Recruit Talent, Saves Tens of Thousands in Recruiter Fees
- CEO Uses LinkedIn to Hire 20 Employees
- Why LinkedIn is High Octane Fuel for Job Searching
New Business/Clients
- Transition from Private Practice to Corporate Life and Back to Private Practice Made Easy with LinkedIn
- VP of Sales and Business Development Makes Millions Using LinkedIn
- Venture Capitalist Uses LinkedIn to Get Connected
- Investment Banker Uses LinkedIn to Land $300,000 in New Business
- CEO Lands Million Dollar Client Via LinkedIn
- SVP Gets $250,000 Opportunity Because of LinkedIn