According to LinkedIn, it has more than 900 million members that expand across 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Now it might seem impossible and implausible to reach all those members, but there is always space to improve with networking, engaging and interacting with those that you are already connected with.

Keen to know more?

Follow along as Jané Rossouw from media update discusses LinkedIn's features:

LinkedIn Learning Hub

This skill-building platform offers professionals to use the app's data and insights to further individual, employee and business growth.

It offers professionals:
  • access to a wide range of courses
  • customised learning paths
  • interactive learning experiences
  • flexible learning options, and
  • certification and accreditation.

Creator mode

Creator mode is a setting that is especially important for the pros tackling the milestones of growing their reach and influence on LinkedIn.

This is a profile setting that offers the following:
  • increased visibility
  • customising your profile
  • access to content creation tools
  • insights to analytics, and
  • community building.

Video Cover Story

This feature allows professionals to create a short video introduction that plays automatically when someone visits their profile. This offers these pros a unique and personalised way to introduce themselves and their brand on the platform.

Some of the benefits of using this feature include:
  • personalisation to a page
  • increased engagement
  • personal branding
  • differentiation, and
  • mobile optimisation.

Career Explorer

LinkedIn Career Explorer is a feature that offers professionals the opportunity to explore potential career paths based on their skills, interests and experience.

Individuals can expect:
  • skill assessment
  • industry insights
  • job recommendations according to adjusted filters
  • learning opportunities, and
  • relevant salary insights.

Enhanced messaging

The enhanced messaging mode is a feature that offers pros a more intuitive and efficient way to communicate with their connections on the platform. These benefits can include the following:
  • real-time messaging
  • multi-media messaging
  • group messaging
  • message suggestions, and
  • message reactions.
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