Episode 87. Double Dutch

A big change of scenery this week as I take the podcast out 'on the road' to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. LinkedIn has always been very popular in The Netherlands and as a result some of the most respected LinkedIn experts in the world are found there so this week I jumped on a flight to go and have a chat with two of my favourite LinkedIn trainers Perry Van Beek and Petra Fisher.

News

• Sydney university keeps suits for students LinkedIn profile photos


• LinkedIn 3rd quarter results;
  
  
  
  • Total revenue of $780m broken down as follows;
    
    
    
    • Talent solutions 59% (34% growth)
    
    
    • Learning (Lynda) 6%
    
    
    • Marketing 18% (28% growth)
    
    
    • Premium 17% (21% growth)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Revenue is predicted to be $3 billion for the year.
  
  
  • Unique visitors have dropped to 25% of total members (27% in Q3 2014, 30% in 2013)
  
  
  • 55% of unique visitors are via mobile
  
  
  • LinkedIn announce their largest commercial deal ever - with EY for Sales Navigator licences (a sign of the future).
  
  
  
  

Question:

I am wondering if it is possible to see previously sent invites or messages any more? I'm asking because I usually tailor an invite to a person and want to refer back to it when I send a thank you note and a longer explanation on why I want to connect with them. I can find the pending ones but not the accepted ones. Before you could go into Sent and see everything invites/messages even if they were accepted.