Tag: LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD)

June 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Microsoft buying LinkedIn for $26 billion

Who said that business social networking didn't pay? In a bid to shake up its somewhat stagnant software business and become more of a serious online player, especially when it comes to people interacting online, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has made a $26.2 billion bid to buy business social networking site LinkedIn Corp (NYSE:LNKD). LinkedIn has become…

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May 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Is Social Media still the wrong channel to do advertising?

Bart Burggraaf, Managing Partner at MediaGroup Worldwide takes an interesting look at the pros and cons of social media marketing channels for Forex brokers. It wasn’t too long ago I made the point that Social Media is the wrong channel to do advertising. The idea being that people are in content mode on social media,…

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