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By letting members learn new skills right on its website, LinkedIn is encouraging them to log in more often and stay longer on the site. LinkedIn Learning is now an important enabler for better user engagement of LinkedIn members.Īs of March 2016, 53% of registered LinkedIn members only spend around 2 hours per week on the site. However, prior to Microsoft's $26.2 billion buyout (of LinkedIn last June), LinkedIn only steered its members to 's online video training/education website. LinkedIn bought online education portal for $1.5 billion in April 2016. Increasing Site Visit Sessions Via Online Learning There is, therefore, little risk of LinkedIn Learning inspiring LinkedIn members to cancel their current subscriptions.Īside from the economic benefits of being an online skills service provider, LinkedIn Learning could also boost engagement of the LinkedIn members. The monthly training fees of LinkedIn Learning and are the same.

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Meanwhile, LinkedIn Learning is now the default skills training service provider for LinkedIn's free and premium members. can continue focusing on recruiting non-LinkedIn members. This guesstimate is reasonable since the standalone subsidiary helped LinkedIn's Talent Solutions Learning & Development's segment earn $62 million in Q2 2016 revenue. If Microsoft can encourage 1 million LinkedIn members to sign up for a 1-year subscription, LinkedIn Learning has the potential to generate new revenue of $299.88 million per year.

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This subscription will allow people to watch online or save offline videos of training courses on any device. LinkedIn will charge individual subscribers $29.99/month thereafter ($299.88 if paid annually). While its subsidiary only offers a free 10-day trial, LinkedIn Learning offers a 30-day free trial. However, the video lessons are now going to be watched within LinkedIn's domain. LinkedIn Learning offers unlimited access to the 9,000+++ training courses library of. LinkedIn is now a standalone training center that will compete with global online education leaders like Udemy, Udacity, and. Although the business is predicted to decline, online training platforms like LinkedIn Learning is still a healthy expansion move which can help Microsoft better monetize LinkedIn members. The self-paced online e-learning products and services platform industry is still a massive multi-billion annual global-wide business. I am in the Philippines and I could already sign up for LinkedIn Learning. More importantly, LinkedIn Learning is already available for LinkedIn members outside America.

Early adopters of the LinkedIn Learning service reportedly keep coming back over and over. Firms like Bertelsmann, Box ( BOX), NBC Universal, Ellie Mae ( ELLI), and Viacom ( VIA) are adopters of the pilot process for LinkedIn Learning. It is a new product aimed at empowering individuals and corporate clients. Microsoft has decided that LinkedIn ( LNKD) members should get their skills training right inside LinkedIn's website. The 450 million members are now potential clients of LinkedIn's in-house premium skills training system. Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT) recently launched its subscription-only online skills training platform, LinkedIn Learning.

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