{"id":52041,"date":"2020-04-01T08:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T06:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/?p=52041"},"modified":"2021-10-16T09:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T07:13:27","slug":"linkedin-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/en\/2020\/04\/01\/linkedin-future\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of LinkedIn and B2B social media by one of its pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\"><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">What should one think of <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vismktg\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> today, and what will be its future? One keeps hearing rumours about LinkedIn. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot like Facebook, you know\u201d, and \u201cMicrosoft wouldn&#8217;t know what to do with it&#8221;, and so on. I must admit that I\u2019m a bit befuddled with that kind of statements.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">LinkedIn, the king of B2B social media platforms, now and in the future<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"Body\"><em><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">To find out, \u00a0I reached out to <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alainlefebvre\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Alain Lefebvre,<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> a B2B social media pioneer who founded the late <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20060202015636\/http:\/www.6nergies.net\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">6nergies.net<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0B2B social platform and authored a <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketing-professionnel.fr\/bibliographie\/les-reseaux-sociaux-alain-lefebvre-m21-editions-2008.html\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">seminal book on social media in 2008.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51185\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51185 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/29162188162_2befa1415e_c-e1585639579718.jpg\" alt=\"Linkedin, now and in the future, with Alain Lefebvre who answered our questions for the benefit of our readers \" width=\"519\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/29162188162_2befa1415e_c-e1585639579718.jpg 519w, https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/29162188162_2befa1415e_c-e1585639579718-458x300.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linkedin, now and in the future, with Alain Lefebvre who answered our questions for the benefit of our readers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>On LinkedIn, one finds a lot of rude hard-sellers who scour Microsoft\u2019s B2B social platform. Could we imagine that the decision-makers of this world will all leave the network of B2B networks one day?<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;re going straight to the point. I like that!<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51178\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alain-Lefebvre-LinkedIn.jpeg\" alt=\"On LinkedIn, one finds a lot of Joe Isuzus, those unbearable and rude hard sellers who scour Microsoft\u2019s B2B social platform. Could we imagine that the decision-makers of this world will all leave the network of B2B networks one day? You're going straight to the point. I like that! LinkedIn isn\u2019t any different from other Web destinations. There are two types of Internet addresses: those that we discover by chance and the must-see destinations that everyone knows and visits, for different reasons. And so, inevitably, these destinations are more or less &quot;infested&quot; with undesirable people whose behaviour is questionable. But the real question is this: will this online \u201cpollution\u201d be prone to obliterate what made this online destination engaging in the first place? My answer to that question is a resounding no! First of all, we would have to understand what you mean by &quot;decision-makers&quot;.\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alain-Lefebvre-LinkedIn.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Alain-Lefebvre-LinkedIn-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alain Lefebvre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LinkedIn isn\u2019t any different from other Web destinations. There are two types of Internet addresses: those that we discover by chance and the must-see destinations that everyone knows and visits, for different reasons.<\/p>\n<p>And so, inevitably, these destinations are more or less &#8220;infested&#8221; with undesirable people whose behaviour is questionable. <strong>But the real question is this: will this online \u201cpollution\u201d be prone to obliterate what made this online destination engaging in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My answer to that question is a resounding no! First of all, we would have to understand what you mean by &#8220;decision-makers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On various levels, we are all &#8220;decision-makers&#8221; to an extent. <\/span><\/b><\/span><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We all manage large or small issues, and we all face tensions between what we are looking for and what we want to avoid. Hence, could LinkedIn run the risk of losing <i>all\u00a0<\/i>these decision-makers (i.e. us)?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I think not. For the moment, LinkedIn is and remains the easiest and fastest way to spot subject matter experts. <b>Now, being able to contact them is a very different kettle of fish, let alone getting them to answer your calls!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Yet, this <b>exceptional concentration of talent and skills<\/b> alone justifies using this service regularly. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\">From an online CV and networking tool to prospecting tool, what is the actual role of LinkedIn today, and what will it be tomorrow?<\/span><\/i><\/span><b><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">In my opinion, the motivation for the early days of the service is still there. LinkedIn remains a networking tool and <b>an impressive online CV database. <\/b>That hasn&#8217;t changed a bit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">What is new, however, is the emphasis on LinkedIn-hosted content, and I think that this is a step in the right direction too. How could one be better noticed than by publishing exciting content directly in that platform?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">What I think LinkedIn should propose, in a more or less distant future, would be to refer you to professionals directly according to your centres of interest, beyond simple textual search.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Within this framework, LinkedIn could offer you to complete your profile so that this type of research is better handled (by this I mean &#8220;increase the chances that your profile will be taken into account&#8221;).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51181\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/6degrees.jpg\" alt=\"LinkedIn future\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/6degrees.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visionarymarketing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/6degrees-397x300.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"None\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Illustration by <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themirrorinquirer.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/14\/six-degrees-of-separation-and-synchronicity\/\"><span class=\"Hyperlink2\">Themirrorinquirer on their blog explaining the 6 degrees of separation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The idea here is to move from a CV databank to <strong>a database of skills and specialities<\/strong>. The ultimate aim of the service is to become a &#8220;hub&#8221; for professionals and what its users are after (especially those who are paying for it) is to be more easily found within targeted searches (that we imagine are relevant to their skills).<\/p>\n<h3><em>So, LinkedIn\u2019s<\/em> <em>future<\/em><em> is bright, I suspect.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Absolutely! LinkedIn has a bright future ahead of itself, especially since the takeover by Microsoft, which bestows technical and financial stability to the B2B social platform.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when the world of IT is moving towards a growing proportion of contractors and freelancers at the expense of IT Services companies, a service like LinkedIn is ideally positioned to be a relevant and useful relay for these increasingly numerous and demanding players.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Is the 6 degrees of separation principle still relevant? Should we even be interested in it?<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2008\/aug\/03\/internet.email\">6 degrees of separation<\/a> was indeed relevant from a theoretical point of view. Knowing that the emperor of Japan is only distant from you by this short chain of links is undoubtedly fascinating, but not wholly relevant on a practical level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We can see that the vast majority of contacts never exceed two degrees and that, beyond that, no one is willing or able to take the necessary steps to link in with one another. It&#8217;s a bit like search engine results: few go beyond the first page, nobody bothers after the third.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s essential to be pedantic about this. Yet, <strong>networking principles must be instilled in young people<\/strong>; that&#8217;s our mission.<\/p>\n<h3><em>LinkedIn is now the undisputed leader in the world of B2B*. Will this last forever? <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m always sceptical about that kind of statements. I\u2019m not sure things can ever go on forever.<\/p>\n<p>In our high-tech field, all positions are temporary. Even dominant positions that seem to be best anchored in the long term are transient.<\/p>\n<p>And when a player dominates his field of expertise outrageously, to the point of crushing competition entirely, the wind of change manifests itself other ways, when things go out of fashion, and are replaced with other more trendy ones. Then, the frozen situation gradually melts away automatically (of course, this kind of shift can take ten to twenty years, but it happens).<\/p>\n<p>To cut a long story short, I would certainly not bet a penny of the fact that the undivided reign of LinkedIn in the professional world will last forever.<\/p>\n<p>Such an important subject will always attract new players and innovative approaches. If only LinkedIn were to rest on their laurels, its dominant position could be overturned in barely two years.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, no serious challenger of LinkedIn can be identified, but things may change, quickly and profoundly. I don&#8217;t think the threat will come from other Silicon Valley tech giants but from a nimble start-up, one which will be able to find a pertinent value proposition.<\/p>\n<p><em>(*except in <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/guce.techcrunch.com\/copyConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_cdc551eb-12cd-49a1-b980-f68a6dccdd11&amp;inline=false&amp;lang=fr-FR\"><i>Russia<\/i><\/a><em> and a few other places)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should one think of LinkedIn today, and what will be its future? One keeps hearing rumours about LinkedIn. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot like Facebook, you know\u201d, and \u201cMicrosoft wouldn&#8217;t know what to do with it&#8221;, and so on. 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